A_FB_MND_2008_ 20 AFTER family

Transcript

OT = Ollie Turner (Interviewer)
L = Parent
D = Child

OT: Ok, so did you enjoy your experience? 

L: Really, really enjoyed it. Magical. 

OT: Which bits did you particuarly like?

D: The inbetweeney bits, like when they came on dancing with the big things of the costumes and the masks on at the end. 

OT: You liked the way it looked, you liked the costumes?

D: Its like theres, its not just a play it's what they've put into it aswell, it's changed. 

OT: Ahh I see, thats, yeah. 

L: Yes, yes there was a lot of added bits, wasn't there? They appreciated their audience.

OT: Is it a play you know well, A Midsummer Night's Dream? Have you studied it?

D: Not, no not really. We did Much Ado About Nothing at school so...

OT: Ok

L: I knew it, I knew about it

OT: If you were going to go back to school and sell it to your friends, in a sentence, what would you say? How would you sell it? Would you tell your friends to come and see it? 

D: Yes [Pause] [All laugh]

OT: No pressure! Would you tell them about the costumes? 

D: It's like an explosion of magical colour

OT: Ahh thats nice, thats really nice. And is it a company you'd heard of before? 

L: No, no, no. It was just I'd heard it was A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it was the right night, and erm I knew Becky hadn't seen it before. I thought it would be really good and it was. 

OT: Do you come to the Warwick Arts Centre very much? 

L: I come when I can yes. I live over in Rugby so yeah...

OT: Ok. And how does the experience of watching it in a tent differ from...?

L: It added to it. And I love the fact that we were all together, a shared thing. 

D: It was comfier than the cinema seats! 

L: [Laughs]. Yup really, really good.