Hugh Hughes will be touching down at Heathrow any minute now, after a hugely successful American adventure with Story of a Rabbit. The tour started at the Wexner Center in Ohio, then transferred to Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, before finishing with performances at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Hugh and Aled caused a little bit of controversy at Spoleto! Local paper, The Post & Courier welcomed high-profile national critic Tim Page as a special reporter for the festival. Unfortunately Mr. Page wasn't a fan of Story of a Rabbit. But as soon as his review was posted online, the comments box started fizzing with protestors, angrily insisting that the show was fantastic!
We even received a deluge of emails from America, from audience members at Spoleto who'd loved the show and wanted to make sure we didn't take any notice of the review. Some of them included some rather ripe remarks about Tim Page's tastes that I can't possibly repeat here! In fairness, the reviewer responded to the comments very fairly and was quick to disown the review's headline...
Of course, the odd underwhelmed reviewer is something you get used to in theatre. And the bottom line is that Hugh, Aled and the show's Production Manager Tom had a fantastic time at Spoleto where they and their fellow Britons Kneehigh quickly became the toast of the festival.
Hugh and Aled caused a little bit of controversy at Spoleto! Local paper, The Post & Courier welcomed high-profile national critic Tim Page as a special reporter for the festival. Unfortunately Mr. Page wasn't a fan of Story of a Rabbit. But as soon as his review was posted online, the comments box started fizzing with protestors, angrily insisting that the show was fantastic!
We even received a deluge of emails from America, from audience members at Spoleto who'd loved the show and wanted to make sure we didn't take any notice of the review. Some of them included some rather ripe remarks about Tim Page's tastes that I can't possibly repeat here! In fairness, the reviewer responded to the comments very fairly and was quick to disown the review's headline...
Of course, the odd underwhelmed reviewer is something you get used to in theatre. And the bottom line is that Hugh, Aled and the show's Production Manager Tom had a fantastic time at Spoleto where they and their fellow Britons Kneehigh quickly became the toast of the festival.
The Charleston City Paper even named Story of a Rabbit the best show at the Festival, in their Spoleto Buzz Blog!
I haven't heard much from the boys since they moved to Minneapolis. But Hugh did send us a brief email which ended, "THE WALKER IS AMAZING!!". So I'm assuming it all went quite well.
Now... keep your eyes peeled for some Hoipolloi and Hugh Hughes announcements coming very soon. All eyes on the UK, for our exciting summer plans...!
I haven't heard much from the boys since they moved to Minneapolis. But Hugh did send us a brief email which ended, "THE WALKER IS AMAZING!!". So I'm assuming it all went quite well.
Now... keep your eyes peeled for some Hoipolloi and Hugh Hughes announcements coming very soon. All eyes on the UK, for our exciting summer plans...!
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