28th July - Twelfth Night in Wythenshawe Park

I met up with John in the city centre tonight and he drove to the park. It was good to see that the weather was still fine. We met up with Geoff, Phil, Wendy, Nigel and a new guy called Paul. Phil reckoned that as the afternoon performance was cancelled there would be less people from the group there. I reckon we did well as tickets for the evening performance were £13 and ours were only £5. We found seats in the covered area and we had a good view of the stage.
The production was minimalist and modern. Actors dressed in school uniform with outrageous wigs and almost everyone played two roles. The actors also played the music on oboe, keyboard, flute and guitar. The play was very amusing, especially when Malvolio turned up in stripy black and yellow stockings, garters and a soft toy banana sewed to the front of his briefs! The boxing match between Viola and Andrew Aguecheek was fun too.
In all it was a very enjoyable evening - I'm very glad I was able to go.