Wednesday 27 August 2008

Pluck




They were back on stage on the High street. Where they belong. After a year away they roamed the street and pounded the stages. Stage slots seemed difficult to come by at times and someone had to be the peanut! Maybe they had drawn lots, or maybe it was chosen that Sian would play the part. (probably due to the size of the costume. And Adrian and Jon would have trouble fitting in it.
Pluck the Titanic show the flyers proclaimed; even came this year with an origami boat challenge. If during one of their pieces of music on stage any participant could complete a boat from the sheet of paper provided they won a CD or DVD.
Taking ten minutes break from the proceedings from the High street I spent a few mornings, listening and relaxing to the music, on the odd occasion grabbing a bunch of flyers and making sure members of their expanding audience knew who were performing on stage.
Pluck a fantastic draw round Fringe stages at times taking over the High street reminiscent back to the days where three street performers competed for an audience on the High street. Adrian himself a master of crowd manipulation had his crowds cheering to compete with performers drawing their audience. Even when up against the best on the street Pluck held their crowd and a defiant gesture in the spirit of the fringe signalled an end to that days cheering competition.


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