Just Add Water
Theatre CompanyCOUPLES - A Shakespearean Cabaret
A co-production with Just Add Water and Tin Shed Theatre
A cabaret night of love.
Exploring relationships, both old and new, through famous couples from
Shakespeare, Comedy, Music and Physical Theatre.
If music be the food of love, play on.....
Tom Barry & Felicity Goodman joined forces with Ed Green's Tin Shed Theatre Company to transform a village theatre in to a theatrical and fantastical cabaret.
Combining professional and community theatre approaches the two companies explored famous scenes and sonnets from Shakespeare with the aim of making them alarmingly accessible.
This project led to the formation of the community theatre company: Physical Folk,an organisation combining the resources of Felicity's Folka Theatre, Tom's Just Add Water and Ed's Tin Shed Theatre to provide workshops and creative projects for local communities.
The show sold out very quickly with audiences ranging from Secondary school students to the local Women's Institute as well as theatre lover's old and new from all around.
Audience reactions:
"What a fantastic show, so original, moving and funny"
"It is wonderful that you made Shakespeare so accessible"
"Such a wonderful atmosphere"
"Brilliant"
For the first time the company produced a video blog series during rehearsals, giving the community an insight into the processes and playfullness involved.