Venus & Adonis

'Venus & Adonis' at Shakespeare's Globe, London 

Better critics than I can tell you about the amazing Isango Ensemble performance of Shakespeare's poem 'Venus & Adonis', performed in a mix of six languages and featuring magnificent singing and music. But one thing I particularly noted about the story was the reversal to our modern gender-based roles in a love story.

Modern music, TV and films are filled with the story of:
boy meets girl, girl isn't interested, boy keeps pestering and following girl (because surely she can't actually mean 'no', she's just playing hard-to-get), and eventually girl gives in - or rather realises the folly of her ways and boys true love.

But in Venus & Adonis these roles are reversed. It's Venus who keeps harrasing Adonis when he refuses her romantic advances. And, interestingly, it has a very difference result to our modern stories.

Punchdrunk: The Drowned Man

A new trailer for The Drowned Man has just been released. Looks intriguing!

(warning: contains flashing images)

Good Times

I'm in a good mood for two reasons
1. I'm using this post to test posting blogs and images from my mobile
2. Recent theatre ticket purchases :)
  'Venus & Adonis' by Isango Ensemble at the Globe later this month
  'The Drowned Man' by Punchdrunk at a secret location in London in September.
Had to book that last one very early as tickets sell out quickly, but I was able to use the last of my Christmas theatre tokens so at least it was affordable