The Pop Up Globe is a great new institution. It started in Auckland last year as the world's first temporary working replica of Shakespeare's original theatre. The 2017 pop up has a 3 storey Jacobean-style stage front, hand-painted ceiling and a larger stage than the 2016 version.
The building stands only as long as the season (3 months) and is then dismantled.
We had great seats, eye-level with the stage. Everything is nicely hokey with scaffolding and bench seating and close to the stage. This is how Shakespeare theatres were in the day without all the musty-fusty pretentiousness that has arisen over the last half a millennium.
Much Ado is a farce so was a lot of boisterous fun. The original setting is a Mediterranean island, this production is set on a Pacific island with accompanying 'Laughing Samoan' type references. I'm sure that old Will would have appreciated it.
3 comments:
I was expecting one of Robert's clips.
Why?
Yes, well. I'd fall asleep during Star Wars too.
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