Instead of having a birthday party this year I decided we’d organise a grandchildren’s Dans Palais and Vaudeville afternoon tea party. So with 11 year old Cassidy as MC we careered through a Punch and Judy show, a Balloon Dance to the tune of Zorba the Greek, two ukelele songs by Cassidy, a piano recital by Olive, a Bull dance with Lauchie as the bull and myself as the bullfighter and Hazel’s film of How to Make Friends starring the Chaplinesque Tony Burton. Lots of flowers and champagne, asparagus rolls and chocolates. And a couple of dancing chickens.
Tandi always surprises me as an actor. In the Events her character goes through a huge range of emotions .But she also emerges as the choir conductor who holds her community together in tragic times. Watching her conducting her choir with such skill and grace I found myself in tears. And so were the choir and Tandi as they sang, “We’re all here. And we’re all here” All glad to be alive.
Don’t miss The Events. An electrifying play about a mass murder and its effects. Starring Tandi Wright and Beulah Koale and a new guest choir every night.
Dinah Priestley 