Saturday, August 28, 2010

How to watch Shakespeare at an outdoor theatre

This describes our evening at The Monford Park Players .  The best part of this outdoor theatre is the picnic that you have at it.  There is nothing better than a sweaty evening mixed with dips, dips, and more dips.  Compliments of my newly discovered outlet grocery store, Amazing Savings, I was able to find gourmet dips and chips for under six bucks!







6 Things to remember while watching Shakspeare at an outdoor theatre:

1.  Keep chip chomping to a minimal.  You don't want to disturb non chip chompers around you. 

2.  Cough loudly when opening a bottle of wine.  The pop sound may scare your neighbors. 

3.  Bring a paper and pen.  You will need this to pass notes because you will not understand anything happening on stage.

4.  Practice your English accent on your way to the theatre.  There is always a possiblity you may get recruited.

5.  Wear sunglasses.  The people around you don't want to know that you are staring at them.

6.  When having a sidebar conversation with your neighbor, save your laughter until something funny happens on stage.  This will lead the audience to believe that you are paying attention.....and not staring at them.