“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” - Oscar Wilde
Friday, November 11, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Tales from the road...
Munich.
The
shamrocks had an amazing two weeks in Munich. Here are a few tales form the
road.
As always
Munich was a joy to visit with fantastic food, wonderful people, fascinating
sights and of course kegs and kegs of delicious beer. We had a massive week
when we were based in Munich performing eight shows in the first three days
followed by a days rest on the Thursday and another two shows on the Friday.
Along the way we were asked the same question by many people, ‘Aren’t you
really tired?’ But for us the answer was always the same. As long as the
audience is enjoying the performance, we in turn feed from their collective
energy and so are able to do so many shows in such a short space of time. The
audiences in that week were fantastic and although we fell into a deep sleep
every night our head hit the pillows of those five days, we awoke each morning
knowing that each performance would present us with another few hundred people
coming to a theatre and allowing us an hour and a half of their day to enthral
them as best we could. In these two
weeks we performed in schools and theatres in and around Munich, Simbach, Nurting,
Plattling, Pfaffenhofem, Pforzheim, Neuotting, Wolnzach and Ingolstadt. Phew…. A particular mention must go to a few
of the venues - Off Broadway, Keller 2 in Munich. A cellar theatre that is an
absolute treat to perform in and a very tasty restaurant above to satisfy the
hungry actors post performance.
Kulturhaus Osterfield, Pforzheim. A beautiful theatre with ultra professional
and friendly staff that makes it a visit we look forward to every time. Theater
Schlosskeller, Nurtingen. This is another beautiful cellar theatre with all the
charm associated with this historic city.
We met some
wonderful people and again we were reminded of the generosity and friendly
nature of the German people. At the end of the busy week we went to a bar
called Jimmy’s café in Landsaut. It was our intention to have a beer or two,
perform a few songs onstage before making our way home. We left Jimmy’s café (http://www.jimmys-cafe.de/ )at 2 45 am.
This little
venue has an open stage one Friday per month. This happened to be one of those
Fridays. During the course of the night we played with two harmonica players (
who had a crowd cheering harmonica duel during Sweet Home Alabama, one of which
can be contacted at albert.koch@gmx.de), a number of guitarists and singers
along with yours truly on drums. Such impromptu nights are always the best. We
also met a lovely lady called Gabriella that night and she invited us to her
home in Erding with her partner and friends the following weekend for a
delicious Italian dinner. We finished that particular evening with a lot of
beer and a good old sing song.
We were
disappointed to bid farewell to Munich but the show must go on…….
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