Working to Play!
Members of Hall Green’s Shire Productions drama group, assisted by their youth section, the Moskeetos, worked hard at a volunteer work-party on Sunday to continue building the outdoor performance area located behind Sarehole Mill. Shaped like a Greek amphitheatre, the performance arena is due to be completed later in the year and will host outdoor plays by Shire Productions and related groups.
“The work was very tough going,” said Councillor Michael Wilkes. “The ground was surprisingly hard given the recent rain and many bricks turned up - presumably from when Sarehole Mill was restored in the 1960s.”
The name of the amphitheatre, with echoes of JRR Tolkien, who as a child lived just a few hundred yards from the Mill, will be the Withywindle Performance Arena. Let’s hope that this latest addition to our distinctive area comes to fruition as planned. We await these very welcome developments with interest.
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