Shakespeare in the Park

Last night, I was very cultured and went to see a production of The Tempest put on by Auckland University students. It was outside (a bit blustery!) and they'd done a really good job of the set making it look like an island with sand, rocks and scattered driftwood.

I found the whole thing quite funny because the musical 'Return to the Forbidden Planet' (which I did costumes for at uni) is based on The Tempest and has lots of the same lines in it so I half expected the actors to burst into sixties rock and roll songs when I heard certain lines! Very amusing but only to me I think!

Overall it was good though and I very much enjoyed my first outdoor Shakespeare experience but maybe next time I'd like a slightly warmer theatre! ;)