Henrique 8

Henrique 8 was shown as part of the Globe to Globe series of plays.  My Spanish teacher asked our class if anyone wanted to go along with her.  I'd wanted to go to see something from the series so I decided to go along with her and her friends (after all there's always iPlayer for those Apprentice catch up sessions).

It was also my first time seeing a play in the Globe Theatre.  We had standing tickets.  I have to compare it to my opera experience  here - although the time I was standing up was much longer than at the opera, at the Globe you don't have to stand still in one particular spot, so you can stretch your legs a bit.

 The start of the performance was brilliant. We were all stood around in the yard area when suddenly a guy dressed in grey jumped up on to the stage, followed by another man in grey, and another.  The whole cast had hidden themselves amongst the crowd and started pouring onto the stage from the audience.  We all started looking around to see if we could spot them near us.

During a dramatic court scene, Katherine of Aragon and her lady in waiting exited via the audience. It was funny to see everyone moving out of her way sharpish and she was quite an imposing sight, striding through the crowd and shouting back to Henry.

Luckily, it was also one of the hottest days of the year and a great evening to be outside in the open air.