I am going to start with yesterday’s answers and you will see why as you read the rest of the blog.

Horse Answers from yesterday.

a) Sam Gamgee (Frodo’s right hand man) rode Bill the Pony    b) Michael Morpurgo wrote War Horse (more in the blog)  c) Anna Sewell wrote Black Beauty   d) A Hand is Four Inches   e) Appleby Horse Fair is in Cumbria f) Incitatus was Caligula’s Horse he wanted to make him a Consul!

The War Horse question reminded me of an event from four years ago when I saw War Horse performed twice in a year! We watched the play with a predominantly adult audience and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Many of you will know that I volunteer at Wick Court one of the three  Farms for City Children that were set up by Claire and Michael Morpurgo-the charity was celebrating its 40th birthday and booked the Drury Lane Theatre for a matinee of War House where all the London schools that come to the farms and all the staff and volunteers from the farms were invited. So when we were walking into the theatre we met many excited young friends who had spent a week on the farm. The audience participated in certainly a very different and lively way to the adult one and it must of been special one for the actors! One magical moment was during the interval when I bumped into one young man who obviously remembered me from taking him Bird Watching at the farm because he greeted me with a twinkle in his eye and the immortal line.

“I know you! You are the one who taught us about Great Tits!”  

Following that I thought today’s quiz should be on Theatres!

a) What is the name of the Sheffield Theatre hosts the World Snooker Championship? b) Which Elizabethan Theatre, built in 1587, was the first purpose built playhouse to ever stage a production of any of Shakespeare’s plays? c) In which town is the Royal Shakespeare Company based? d) What’s the name of Bill Sykes’ dog in Oliver?  e) Which superstitious alternative is used in the theatre to wish someone good luck?

Michael and Joey below!