My nephew James Inkson is performing in a summer tour production entitled 'Down the Rabbit Hole' with Skewbald Theatre a company known for creating 'theatrical experiences in green spaces and unusual places'. As the first performances were to be held here in Cornwall, albeit a 2 hour drive away at Mount Edgecumbe estate on the Rame Peninsula, we decided that we must go to see him in action! On arrival we noted that there was a weekend 'Faerie Fest' in progress - it felt a bit like how I imagine Glastonbury music festival to be as there were cars, tents and people everywhere and even some mud (not a lot fortunately) owing to county-wide wind and torrential rain the day before! What soon became apparent was that the production was being staged as one of the Faerie Fest events - James could have warned us, as we looked a lot out of place! To be fair (sorry) the fancy dress wings, wands and tiaras in my attic would not have 'cut the musta...
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