Thank you to Anna Marie Murphy for reading her Shallal poem, see below! ( you can see her with Keap at The Exchange soon).
Thank you to George for wonderful music. George and Demelza have worked the Ladino Nina Nina song into a beautiful setting, and I relaxed to watch Zoe's amazing artistry which I have wondered at for over 25 years! So much to comment on and everyone to thank.
Especially Ian for coming in and cheerfully lighting and teching it for us. It was such a quick get in and out, and Thank you to Penzance Lit Fest for including and supporting us. We hope to reappear there next year and are already planning ideas.
It was lovely to see so much of 2iis again.
"What a fantastic show, really enjoyed it, it made the world seem a good place."
audience
i have just received this unsolicited feedback, and this is what helps us go on!
also
"Best thing I’ve been to for ages"
We had some excellent verbal feedback and i may ask some of them to write a small review for us. .......Anna has already replied .....many thanks to her and it is reproduced below:
Colin Rogers has also kindly written something for us,
very welcome as I philosophically was musing on my August holiday, which has often in the last few years been fraught with the trauma of trying to keep us going and hatching emergency plans till the next funding arrives, and this morning i opened an email saying we haven't gone through to the second stage of a big bid for the main co. There are others in the pipeline and you win some, you loose some, but as someone outside it all said to me once, "What a waste of man hours!"
if you consider how many people spend time writing/forming /planning bids, so much goes into it (it's similar to bidding for a new home you have to really believe in it!) then how many receive it?
I railed against it for years and now have learned to just get on...keep going until you can't any longer and HOPE!
must stop soon a report to be finished.....
Nice things: Thank you to THE SKINNERS’ COMPANY LADY NEVILLE CHARITY for our new Studio Ipad,
Diana and I are registering it today, and it's first outing will be next Monday when we visit KEAP at the Exchange Gallery, Penzance with the Shallal Sketchbooks. Monday 29th July 1-5pm do come and visit the Shallal Studio artists there, pick up a sketchbook if you'd like one, (drop off one that you've finished - hint!)
http://thestoryrepublic.co.uk/events/the-exchange/
Thank you to Sue ( Sam's aunt) whose wonderful volunteering has saved the Studios and keeps them open. Colin and Toby will be there a lot over the summer working on the St Ives project. See us on 20th September!- catch us in St Ives popping up all over the place!
A wonderful, joyful evening at Shallal’s Poetic Places at The Acorn,
Penzance - a real celebration of the terrific work that Jo and co have done
over the past few years.
Particularly good to hear Anna Maria Murphy, one of Shallal’s
founders, reading the poem she wrote based on a workshop with Shallal members.
Anna’s work in every field of writing - drama, poetry and prose - is always
powerful and the inspiration provided by Shallal produced something packed with
Anna’s trademark wit and keen observation.
As for the rest of the show, it would be impossible to single out
any item from the parade of excerpts from Shallal’s previous work. Poems and performances of great skill and
energy performed with the love and happiness that Shallal engenders in its members
and its audiences.
Having seen some of the performers develop their physical skills,
creative talents and personal confidence over the years thanks to Shallal, it
is hard to understand why they are not beneficiaries of long-term mainstream
funding. They do more for the health and welfare of their members than many
other better-funded providers of support.
Shallal is so inspiring that it is always hard not to be moved to
tears. So no surprise then when the
final number - a marvellous company tribute to their oldest member Marjorie
Wilton, set to the music she chose (Iz’s medley of Over The Rainbow and
Wonderful World), ended with few dry eyes in the house. Tears of joy is what Shallal does in
bucketloads.
Colin Rogers
Shallal
Review of Poetic Places (2iis) Event at the Acorn Theatre.
by Anna Marie Murphy.
“I had the honour of being asked to read a poem at this event, based on ideas from the members of Shallal on things they loved. It had been a long hot day working, maybe I’ll melt by the time the interval comes, I thought before hand , and I will seek the cool of home.
However, I stayed till the end, hoping it would go on for longer, utterly transfixed till the extraordinary end piece, dedicated to Marjory Wilton.
The show was witty, moving, beautiful, both to listen to and watch. The place should have been packed and I wanted everyone I know , love and respect to see the work of this truly amazing company. It’s all the above, and also, a very good night out.”
Things we love , Shallal.
Newlyn, by the rushing
river,
Chocolate and rowing to
the sunset,
Cheese and sheep, the
cheese that comes from sheep,
Sheepy cheese,
Yes please sheep.
We love friendship ,
warm as brandy
Penguins wearing suits
That slide the icebergs
And dream of fish.
We love
Music
and
Unicorns that gallop in
dreams.
Eleanor,
Well she loves love,
And the dove of love
And being in love with
love.
We love Kates’
leathers, black as midnight.
We love Mel-an-tol and
dancing at Mel-an-tol,
Oh and Lydia, she loves
One Direction,
Every Direction of one
Direction,
The north, south, east
and west of
One Direction.
We love the breeze
And walking in vanilla
ice cream sands,
We love to run in
wilderness,
Walk in gardens.
We love the hot sun on
our backs,
The slink of cats,
Candles on a cake
Collecting eggs
From chickens
When they wake.
We love
Being
Here
Today.
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