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…….