Sharing New Experiences
SHARING NEW EXPERIENCES
Sylvia Harvey
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside
The Rose Theatre, built in 1587, was the first Elizabethan Theatre on Bankside and was where Shakespeare learned his craft.
I went there to a production of Twelfth Night, as a musical and set on a cruise liner. You are pre-warned there is no heating and no toilets.
On arrival you are given a blanket, the stage is small, you share it with the cast and it overlooks the protected archaeological site of the original theatre.
It was a magical performance, singing, music, dancing and the words of Shakespeare. An experience to be recommended.
The Garden Museum, Lambeth
This museum was set up to save an abandoned church and a knot garden where the gardener John Tradescent was buried. This museum is Britain’s only museum of the art, history and design of gardens. A tranquil place to visit and best of all they have the most delicious cinnamon buns in the Garden café.