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Mortuus, try local colleges and universities. They often perform Shakespearean plays. Also, your community might have Shakespeare in the Park.

Renaissance fairs are always great fun too.

Sorry, but I really can't stand Renaissance fairs! To me it's like a living hell.....but then again I'm no fun, so...

I went to one of those about two years ago...it was the most boring thing besides watching paint dry.

I saw a preview last night for a movie version of Phantom of the Opera. It looked pretty good- a huge production, good music. Could be good!

Yes, I can't wait until that comes out!

And has anyone seen the new Bridget Jones movie? Any film in which Colin Firth gets wet is a good film in my eyes. Not as good as the famous wet shirt scene in Pride and Prejudice but I'm not complaining.

hey, they are fun, at least the one we had in California was. I went with different groups of friends each time and it was always a good time. It's not like your going to get rollercoasters and cotton candy so you might need to lower your expectations a bit but all in all it's cool.

Ren fairs are fun if you slow your inner pace down and really get into it (like in character/costume yourself, not just as a spectator/tourist type thing). When you see someone performing and start to leave, they notice.

But the last time I went to one, some friends of mine got decent, original poetry written about them and them *alone* for just a few bucks.

Has anyone heard of Winston Churchill: The Hollywood years? Looks very good, Christian Slater, Vic Reeves... I saw a clip of it and it looks like a really good parody.

emm_oh_you_es_e: There is a big difference between a California Ren. fair and one in Pennsylvania. In California, you have civilized people that are good actors, and here you have a bunch of rednecks and hippies trying to act.

lol, sorry about that

Hmm, I don't think we have anything like those this side of the pond, although there's a place called Kentwell Hall, which is permanently in a Tudor timezone, mainly for schoolkids. You have to dress up and perform something (a piece of Renaissance/Baroque music, or a poem or something in that style) to get in, and stay in character. I wrote a hilarious satirical piece about Henry VIII and his various diseases (making wild suppositions as to how he may have caught them, of course) but I don't think they were too impressed. Apparantly, not many 8-year-olds know the meaning of 'syphilis'.