Tama Barry reflects on the performances at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
Well here we are week four, and we are heading back up to the north of Scotland to the idyllic city of Inverness. Apparently the weather got the months mixed up as we traveled through a snowstorm on the way here. A little odd for May I would have thought?
Anyway back to the task at hand. We are performing at the Eden Court Theatre this week, which had a pretty major facelift about four years ago and apparently has caused some amount of debate with the locals, but I have to say I really like the angular modern feel of the new juxtaposing with the old Bishops House. I also like the cruise line-esque interior of the auditorium.
I really enjoy this theatre. I feel very comfortable on the stage here and for some reason my equilibrium is normally good. All these things together make for some fun shows. It’s strange how different theatres work for different dancers. I’m sure it has to do with the architecture and interiors that you initially trained in, I feel that the similarities between both must give an innate sense of confidence and stability. That’s how I feel here: there must be something antipodean about the theatre?
One of my favorite things about Inverness is it has a great live Scottish music pub. Gasp! A pub, you say?! Here lies one of the biggest secrets of the dance world; we are absolutely 100% normal people. And one of the aspects of traveling to the same venues is that you find places that become your regular. They give you the feeling that your kind of at home even though we have only slept in our own beds for six days in the last four weeks. So you can see how finding these places can make a big difference to your overall stability.
All in all I have once again had a ball in Inverness, the audiences were full and raucous and things went smoothly for us. A brilliant time had.