Last Thursday, the ‘Whatsonstagers’ braved the elements of what Roger casually described as a cool ‘November evening’ (complete with wind and rain, which quite suited the tone of the play), albeit actually in August, to attend another open air Whatsonstage.com Outing. This time it was to Shakespeare’s Globe for a performance of Jack Shepherd’s ‘Holding Fire!’ directed by Mark Rosenblatt.

With our tickets (to top price seats, thankfully undercover), programmes, stickers, Whatsonstage magazines, cushions (thanks to cushion vouchers the Globe kindly provided for us) and the promise of a free drink and Q&A with the writer, director and cast members following the show - we all settled down to watch what was to be an epic story of the Chartist uprisings, which utilised the whole of the Globe’s space with actors turning up in quite unexpected places, occasionally seated next to you encouraging you to join the rebellion!

The Q&A which followed was a big success giving the Whatsonstage group an exclusive opportunity to put their questions to the writer and the director. We were also pleased to be unexpectedly joined by three cast members, including Peter Hamilton Dyer, and they were all immensely pleased that so many of you turned out, with Mark, the director, commenting on how nice it is to have so many people enthuse about the play and theatre itself.

If you have any comments or memories to share, please do add them!

See you for our next Outing on Monday!

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