All four artistic director’s behind theatre production, La-di-DaDa, (Steve Tiplady and Sally Brown of Indefinite Articles together with Carey English and Guy Holland of Quicksilver Theatre), give Arts Hub a sneaky peak into the goings on behind the scenes of their up-coming children’s show. Princesses, monsters and…Dadaism, it’s all here!
As soon as we are all gathered together outside the performance space, waiting to watch the preview performance, we are asked to take our shoes off, to get our feet dusted and tickled by the ‘palace staff.’ At this we excitedly run through a tunnelled entrance. Well, I say we, but really I mean the children eagerly run. The adults instead attempt a fast-ish crawl through to the other side however, were all quite excited. It’s funny how the smallest of changes in the right environment can make you feel like a child again. Once inside the palace we are told that, ‘the cook had gone and burnt the cake, so there’s no chance of any birthday cake, but it is time to get the party started,” and…we’re all invited!
