To be honest, it didn’t sound very promising. Would we like to go to see a murder mystery about bee-keeping beside the Oxford Canal - Beyond the Veil: Hives... Honey... Homicide? What’s more it looked like rain. Our friend Kate had heard about it from a friend.
In the event it turned out to be a really joyful evening.
The company, Mikron, had arrived (by narrowboat, of course), and moored at The
Pig Place. So we ate sausage baps drowned in fried onions and ketchup – quite
delicious – and settled down on straw bales.
The writing was crisp and witty. The four actors, each with
several roles requiring instant changes, bright and funny. Each seemed to be
able to play multiple instruments and sing well, individually and in harmony. The
rain held off. And we learned not only whodunit, but also lots of fascinating
stuff about beekeeping and the plight of the bee population.
Mikron has been touring now for forty years, always based on
the boat, a different venue, nearly always under the stars, each evening.
Quite a discovery.
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