Anon
I’ve always been interested in History. I don’t know why. I don’t know why. I know all the Kings and Queens, I know all the different wars. I know all the different wars in the Wars of the Roses. Stupid things like that don’t mean anything to anybody else but interest me for some reason. I’ve been to Towton and went to see King Richard the Third in Leicester. That was incredible.
The beauty of being in a company of older performers is the kaleidoscopic range of real-life experiences that they bring to the table. These experiences cover everything from the vivid and strange world of childhood, to the unexpected late awakenings of old age. Take our newest batch of anecdotes, for example. These new stories are delightfully diverse: from the earthly, sensual joy of baking bread, to the cosmic dreams of outer space; from an unnerving encounter with a poltergeist, to the risqué glories of adult pleasure products and burlesque. Running as a rich theme throughout, is the possibility of love, and the simple wonder of human connection. As one writer tells us, in her story of funeral rites and flirting, “Amidst death, life goes on”, and indeed it does, delightfully so.