Tired but famous(ish)

[ladyofastolat]

I am so tired, I can barely think. I worked a six day week last week, and three of those were at a training course that included evening sessions, and worked us very hard. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights have all been very late, for various reasons (over-indulgence; a wedding ceilidh; some late-night saving of the world from ancient evils) Plus, I never sleep well anyway, and am always up earlier than I need to be.

I think I will have to make my excuses and not go to a mainland meeting I'm supposed to be going to on Wednesday. That way I can get a day off this week after all, but without falling behind on my real work.

Anyway... In other news, Pellinor and I might have had a "blink and you'll miss it" dancing appearance on Blue Peter, but we (or, rather, our mixed dance side) was on Channel 4, and our Squire did an interview. This was a show about the Bestival, which confirmed my belief that we were some of the most ordinary people there. So this year we've been interviewed on South Today, appeared a little bit on Blue Peter, appeared on the Culture Show on BBC2, appeared on Channel 4, and been closed down by the authorities when performing a mummers' play in the theatre at Delphi. Not bad for a season's dancing.

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[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

What was the Culture Show bit?

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Don't know, but R&J said they'd seen us on it. Something about last year's Bestival, I believe.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

been closed down by the authorities when performing a mummers' play in the theatre at Delphi.

?????

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

True: we have the photos (probably also illicit) to prove it.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

We were on holiday in Greece, with a group. When we got to the theatre in Delphi, our guide jokingly said, "Anyone want to put on a play?" So Pellinor and I obligingly stood up and performed a two-man version of the Mummers' Play.

St George had just heroically killed the Turkish Knight, when along came a very angry official woman, shouting in Greek. We were shooed off the stage in disgrace. Apparently, you need a special licence to "perform" there, even if you're just doing a two-man play to your fellow tour companions. (It was early morning, and no other tourists were around to be corrupted by our evil.)

It became a sort of running joke through the holiday - that we were wanted criminals. We said we should be "The show they tried to ban!" on all our publicity.

The good thing, though, was that everyone in our party spent the rest of the week asking us questions about the play, about customs, about Morris dancing etc, so we felt we'd done our little bit to educate people about English folklore. Several people said it was the highlight of the holiday.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! I do like it when people ask things they expect no-one to answer - we stumped a group of period musicians in Colonial Williamsberg when they asked if anyone had any requests (they were doing all this in character from the period of course) so we asked for The Vicar of Bray ;-)

No-one tried to stop me performing a piece of ancient Greek tragedy in the theatre at Epidauros - perhaps a lone person doesn't count so much as a 'performance', or they didn't mind so much when it was their own historic culture ;-)

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

They didn't bat an eyelid at Epidauros, even when a rowdy gang of French teenagers started singing "Frere Jacques". Delphi just seemed to have different rules. I bet that tour guide isn't going to invite anyone to perform again, though!

Though, really, I'd have through the Greeks would be quite happy to let us perform a play about a heroic saint vanquishing a Turk...

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Good point! And, isn't St. George Greek anyway, or the patron saint of Greece or something?

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Ah. Apparently so. Though he's one of four. The greedy things, having four patron saints. Isn't our good St George good enough for them?