#hippodrama

[notanecromancer]

My family got to talking about what plays might be shown in Rohan, at Edoras, and we came up with the following list:

Timour the Tartar

Mazeppa, the Wild Horse of Tartary

Richard III

Ben-Hur

Equus

War Horse

Can you think of other hippodramas we should add to the list?

[freestoneletters]

So I've exhausted my backlog and every time I try to write the next step in the story my mind throws up TV static. I managed to force out another notes entry. If you wanted a half-true history of hippodramas, it's your lucky day.

Hippodrama

Apologies. I'll try and get things working upstairs by next week. It's going to be a Birch/Reynard episode again, I'm 95% certain of that.

[shakespearenews]

Shakespeare, stunts, swords and royalty in the new attractions at Warwick Castle

Welcome to Warwick’s Midsummer Carnival, a collection of shows, games and events fit for a queen.

Her Majesty also takes a seat in the royal box for the Midsummer Horse Show, a retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream which takes place in the riverside arena (you may have seen knights jousting in the arena during a previous visit).

This is not a full Shakespeare play. Far from it. It’s a fast-paced horse riding stunt show that provides ‘wow’ moments for the audience as four daring riders gallop at speed, sometimes on the horses but more often hanging off them, clinging on with just an arm or a leg.

At one point a rider clings on underneath a galloping horse for a full circle of the arena, a stunt which is said to be a UK first.

The riders from The Knights of Middle England and their incredibly skilled stunts are entwined with Puck’s search for a purple flower which Oberon wants to present to Titania.

[brammurphyillustration]

First in a set of three pieces I have made for the upcoming "All Things Wild Exhibition" At the Art On the Divide Cooperative Gallery. It took me a while to brainstorm this piece, but it thought it was an interesting departure from my usual subject matter.