"A GOOD NIGHT OUT: JEANNETTE WINTERSON AT M/CH ROYAL EXCHANGE..."

A couple of Tuesdays ago, 6 "feisty" women (?...someone else's adjective) boarded the late afternoon train to M/Chester.......they yattered ( gossiped?) ......they leaped (stumbled?) off at Piccadilly.....they raced (trundled?).........  up the steps in the station to Carluccio.......where they scoffed..... and they quaffed...then taxied their way to Royal Exchange Theatre...

THIS THEATRE  is always a brilliant experience....just going in at the door is a thrill to me...and I think we all feel the same.... 

WE were at the Exchange to see/hear Jeannette Winterson........who, as an essential part of Manchester Literature Festival ( see www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk ), was talking about her new book: " The Gap Of Time: The Winters Tale Retold" .......a modern and exciting retelling of Shakespeare's play.

Winterson gave a great performance.......both reading from her book, telling the story...and to some extent, telling HER OWN story. 

The stage is in the round........so she strode round constantly as she spoke...but all of us heard every fascinating word.

I've devoured only 2 of her books over the years : " Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit" and the more recent:" Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" and will certainly read this new one.

It's published by Hogarth , who commissioned a clutch of famous writers to rewrite Shakespeare tales, for example, Margaret Atwood.

 Looking forward to more of this project...and certainly more of the effervescently brilliant Winterson! 

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