As You Like It

Romeo and Juliet

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A full house at the Globe, Foster Road
Paris wonders if the Python 'Dead Parrot' sketch would be appropriate
Serving types laying out a scrummy feast
The musos have a chuckle looking at a music stand - odd bunch...

The Chorus tells the audience to settle down at the back
Various chaps buckling their swashes
Lady Capulet gives the Nurse a withering glare - she'd make a good teacher
Even on tip-toe, Romeo cannot grab Juliet's rose
It's a bird ... It's a plane ... No, it's that wimp Romeo
The Nurse cannot believe that she hired camp Peter - nor can Romeo
Lady Capulet assures Juliet that Paris is a real catch
Capulet doubts if there is enough room in the family tomb
Friar Laurence wonders why Friar John sounds like Mercutio
Paris casts a shadow, while Romeo tries to wake Juliet up
Friar Laurence appears to have bitten his own thumb
Capulet threatens to poke Tybalt in the eye
The Page seems to have some rather dodgy friends
The Chorus tells the audince that by the end half of the people on stage will be dead
Benvolia fails to convince a sceptical Lord and Lady Montague
The Clown trying to remember where she left her iPhone
The Nurse is scandalised by Romeo and Juliet snogging in a church
"The hey!" ... "The what?"
Mercutio and Tybalt exchange pleasantries
Capulet about to bite his thumb
Juliet anguished at breaking a finger nail
Friar Laurence looking shifty - maybe he knows something ...
Benvolia promises to bring Romeo a paracetamol
Romeo explains to the local dealer how to spell Apocathery
Romeo does not look impressed by Paris' weapon Officer of the Watch threatens one of the congregation Friar Laurence cannot understand how that Watchman's shirt is so sparkling white If only they had done that two hours ago...

Photos courtesy of Will Mason, Antonia Wright and Trevor Page

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