Pocket Full of Sunshine

Here's a great video on Propeller's Pocket Comedy, their 60-minute Comedy of Errors.




Propeller's Comedy of Errors from Dominic Clemence on Vimeo.

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Ch-ch-changes

First, the address of the blog will officially be changing from propellerlove.blogspot.com to apropellerblog.blogspot.com as of Sunday (availability permitting). Unless, of course, anyone has a better suggestion for a name...I've clearly been failing.

But now that that's out of the way, far more exciting news! Theater goers at the Watermill last night would have seen a new face treading the boards as David Newman officially joined the cast, filling the gap left by Emmanuel Idowu's departure. David will assuming the roles of Monsieur le Bon and the preacher in Merchant of Venice and Moth in A Midsummer Night's Dream, while Jonathan Livingstone will continue on as Hippolyta.

He will also be one of two officially designated understudies, along with Jonathan Livingstone, and I've heard these two gents got to show their stuff in yesterday's performances. 

Casting Change

Jonathan Livingstone went in as Hippolyta for Emmanuel Idowu on Thursday in A Midsummer Night's Dream. No word on when the switch was made or why, but from the cast board in the lobby it would seem the change is permanent. Will report back on how this affects Merchant of Venice on Tuesday.

Conquering Wales

The Aberstwyth Arts Center blog congratulates the cast on Merchant, paying particular attention to the music, and gives a no-bones about it synopsis (if you were a bit confused about the plot). As for Dream, it was hailed a huge success, though much of the review concentrated on the whole men-as-women thing.

Theater in Wales defends the prison setting as a "perfect metaphor" and calls on Jonathan Livingstone and Jon Trenchard for elevating their characters beyond the text.