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Life Is a Beach in Comedy of Errors 22 Kentish Times www.bromleytimes.co.uk Thursday, 10 February, 2011 Times Out Theatre Eric Brown Wild Times NE of the most important dates Oin the annual calendar is almost Life is a upon us. No, not St Valentine’s Day, but the ornithological equivalent of this annual human love-fest. Right now birds are displaying to each other and pairing up ready beach in to produce a new generation. Just like humans, they will be seeking ideal family living quarters. National Nestbox Week was created by the British Trust for Ornithology Comedy 10 years ago to make avian reproduction just a little easier. The less time and energy spent seeking accommodation, the more time and energy there will of Errors be for birds to spend raising families. Nestbox Week runs HAKESPEARE, accord- this warming comedy of mis- from February 14 to 21 ing to Jane Austen, is taken identity plays out. The and during this period the Ssimply ‘part of an Eng- Dromeos, convincingly similar BTO hope people will put boxes lishman’s constitution’. Some- in Jean Paul Gaultier sailor gear, up in their gardens, schools or thing as unshakeable in the hankie hats and plastic watches, local wood (with permission of LOCATION, LOCATION: British psyche as, say, the sea- provide the terrific comic base the landowner). Already there A unconventional nest side resort. of the play. are nearly five million garden occupied by a Blue tit. And it is in this most charm- Energetic physical theatre and nestboxes across the UK but ing of our traditions that Sell a slapstick can fall flat on its face most of them are used by just two species – blue tit and great Door has set its current produc- in a small house like this, but tit. Why not keep other species in mind if you are planing to put tion of the Bard’s The Comedy of Mark Collier and David Eaton up a box this year? House sparrows, for example, take readily ENERGETIC: Mark Collier as Dromio of Ephesius. Errors. revel in their roles - the former’s to nestboxes. Their numbers crashed dramatically over the last Installed in the Greenwich interpretation particularly re- decade but a recovery could be helped by provision of boxes. Playhouse we are plopped in markable. True to director Bryn House sparrows nest communally so large boxes with several front of three weathered beach Holding’s sumptuous Carry On above (Toby Liszt is disappoint- charming denouement. entrance holes and internal partitions would be perfect. huts, somewhere off stage an Shakespeare, Collier has drawn ing and wooden as Balthazar) one Two pillars of our nation’s Robins like open-fronted boxes while CJ Wildlife offer a organ whirls and waves lap. En- on both Frank Spencer and Ken- man, Robert Madeley as Angelo culture - kiss-me-quick humour yellow wagtail nestbox constructed from recycled car seats. ter the haggard, barefoot Egeon neth Williams, right down to the and a merchant, is spectacularly and Shakespeare - are united Nestboxes are also available for starlings and treecreepers – or (Kenneth Jay) to introduce Ephe- nasal drawl, prompting feel-good funny and dramatic, leaving you sublimely here for a British tri- you may want to put one under the eaves ready for when swallows seus-on-Sea. His hands bound belly laughs again and again. wishing he played a larger part in umph that Miss Austen would be and house martins arrive later in the year. with rope and face wearing the The tall Antipholi (Nico Len- proceedings. proud of. Of course it’s much more fun to make your own especially if chagrin of his life, he tells of his non and Patrick West-Oram) Refreshing against all the ● Shakespeare’s The Comedy you can get the kids involved. All you need is a plank of wood identical twin sons, separated at complete the magic and the laughter is the beautiful Sophie of Errors runs until February about 15mm thick, a saw, a hammer and nails or screws. birth by a tragic tempest, each somewhat exasperated Lennon Cosson’s Adriana. The young 20, Tuesday to Saturday at For details visit bto.org/nnbw/make.htm. Order pre-built boxes with one of two seemingly inter- inparticular shines. actress displays a natural skill, 7.30pm and a on Sundays from CJ Wildlife on 0800 731 2820 (birdfood.co.uk) or the RSPB changeable servant-boys. As drama and comedy unfold grasping the more dramatic at 4pm. For tickets priced on 0845 1 200 501 (rspbshop.co.uk). Each Antipholus, with their side by side this well polished dialogue wonderfully and, £12, call the box office on Beware of boxes in some pet shops or some garden centres as own nave, Dromeo, have grown cast draws the audience further along with the Nick Lennon, 020 8858 9256. they are often unsuitable. up on different islands, so when into Epheseus, Although not she provides a solid backbone they end up in the same place every member lives up to those to the production right up to its Tim Dickens Blues, rock and soul THE Phoenix Brothers, The Ashtones Baldrick and balderdash: The Chase and Kimera are due to play tomorrow (Friday) at The Albany, in Bexley, from 7.30pm. Blackadder rides again A GIANT stalwart of British television exciting. It’s a huge responsibility. INTRODUCTIONS comedy will come to life on stage this “The script has been specially adapted. I ❤ UK LTD month. have been directing for nine years and com- BROMLEY BEXLEY DARTFORD GRAVESEND Loved and loathed in equal measure, the edy is one of my fortes so I was honoured to DON’T BE ALONE ANY LONGER scathing and cynical Edmund Blackadder be asked to do this. We specialise in quality introductions in all of the above areas. will be appearing at Bexleyheath’s Edward “I have an absolutely fantastic cast who Unlimited number of LOCAL introductions in your area Alderton Theare from February 24. all remain faithful but also bring their own ESTABLISHED 1991 ALL LOCAL AREAS ALL AGES Set during the Elizabethan period, personalities. I have been blessed. 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