Punch House Band, one of the groups I’m in, are providing the music for a new show by Norwich-based community theatre company Crude Apache this month. We’ve worked together on several productions in the past few years, and this is our third collab. at the historic Maddermarket Theatre in the otherwise dark & gloomy month of January.
It’s an original version of the classic panto story Babes in the Woods, with all-new songs too. Babes in the Woods is actually a local Norfolk story, set in Wayland (sometimes Wailing) Wood near Watton, just outside Norwich. The two lost children even figure in the village sign.
There’s a very nice review of the show here, from Norwich Eye. It says that ‘Crude Apache are one of the things that make Norwich a great place to live’, and writes that ‘the mood is enhanced throughout by the wonderful Punch House Band.’ I agree on both counts.
Do come along, if you can make it. All hail the goblin queen!