Mumming at Crosstown Community Orchard
13th January 2024

Pre-Performance : Performance : Post-Performance

Due to ill health and unavailability the team made several team changes during the few days before, requiring script changes and cast changes
There was no opportunity to practice / rehearse prior to the performance.
Regardless of this, "The Mumming Play that goes Wrong" went down very well.

L-R: Doctor (Stever), Phoebe (Henry), St George (Andrew), Dragon (Ian), Johnny Jack (Bill)
Bold Slasher (Jasper), Little Devil Doubt (Del) and Fool (Geoff)

Arrival and Preperations

    
The entrance to the Orchard and welcoming "Green Man"  

Ringheye Morris ws the warm-up act

  
Slasher and sister, Phoebe keeping warm, and Johnny Jack ready for the cold

Milling about the "The Green Room"

The dragon wailing for his cue

The Performance - screen grabs from video

Here am I St George, from England d did I spring...

"Stay you noisy Dragon.."

George Woos Fair Phoebe

Slasher and George exchange words...

George threatens the audience

The big Fight sequence (didn't quite go to plan)

      
The Doctor confirms death and samples the medicine

In come I Little Devil Doubt, to sweep you to the grave

Fool's Jig danced to the Kazoo and Thelwall Mummers Choir 

Post Performance

Fire stirred up

Green man and "Refreshment Stall"

The punters there for the Wassaiul

Leaving the site