Pevensey looks blessed this year with another top crop of interesting events painting their wagon and coming to town.—Bay Life, 15 January 2017
In what looks like something of a minor coup, the Royal Oak and Castle Inn, the community pub in Pevensey that has established for itself an enviable reputation with community based theatre, is bringing Nicholas Collett to town as the bard.
Computer courses about the digital world and the kinds of community offering that are getting special reviews have characterissd the public house with their profiling in the last two years. Now we are about to see Nicolas Collett come town to perform his show, Your bard—an informal audience with Will Shakespeare,
The actor, director, writer, producer is bringing his show to Pevensey in early March. Written and performed by Nicholas Collett with additional material by William Shakespeare and directed by Gavin Robertson.
Standing room only in the pub like the original productions at the Globe Theatre? Time will tell.
On his website, Nicolas Collett has posted, “I’m delighted to announce that I won Best Performance by an Actor at the British Arrows Craft Awards 2016 for the commercial “Spare the Act – Laptop” made for AMVBBDO by O Positive, directed by David Shane. With Jeff Goldblum.”
Nicholas Collett, amongst other ‘re-envisioned’ theatre roles, has worked with ‘Monster Productions” involved in “cutting edge theatre, cabarets, one and two person shows …. re-envisioned works to a broad audience focusing on language and content rather than theatrical devices while expanding the use of technology and multi-media as a tool for storytelling”.
The event is planned for early in March and likely to be a hot ticket.
Talking about the event he says “Professor Nother is giving a talk about Shakespeare authorship in the function room at the Shakespeare pub – but he doesn’t believe the man from Stratford wrote those plays.
“That’s Will’s cue to kick the door off the hinges and defend his reputation. Come and meet the man himself and take the lid off a legend in your local. He’ll tell you all about his family, what it’s like on tour and the glory days at the Globe. Queen Elizabeth I, Christopher Marlowe and Ned Alleyn – you’ll meet them too. Intermingled with a few of his greatest hits – and maybe a sonnet or a song.
“There’s no fourth wall here – we’re all in this together!!
“Ladies and gentlemen raise your glasses – Your Bard!”
Congratulations to the Royal Oak and Castle Inn in Pevensey for the innovative event scheduling. As with previous years it looks like the event will further the fortunes of the community venture and embed in the hearts of residents and visitors the notion that pubs, theatre, courses and other community delights go together.
Events of this description help to put the historic location of Pevensey and the Castle back on the visitor map.
If events scheduling be the music of love, play on the Royal Oak and Castle Inn in Pevensey.
Further details about the event will be published when available. Read an exclusive interview with Nicholas Collett in Bay Life the broadsheet Journal published later this month.
IMAGE CREDIT: Nicholas Collett
