THE theatre evening Kipling in the pop-up Link attracted an excellent response from people in Northam.
Both the seating and the stage were on temporary rostrums because of the intended remodelling of the Link's seating.
This different format provided considerable interest and positive comment.
The Theatre Group is always confident of support, and this evening was no exception.
The three houses of limited seating, 55, were nearly full or overflowing.
And it was a different presentation, being an evening of poetry and prose written by Rudyard Kipling over his long and distinguished lifetime.
Devised by Michael Letch and directed by Anne Letch, 10 players read, with characterisation, verses from Kipling's early childhood, through to his much later years until his death 1935.
Singing of three of Kipling's poems set to music, and also some incidental music appropriate to Victorian times, helped vary the programme.
A limerick competition at interval created a lot of fun and humour and some excellent limericks were composed in the 20-minute interval time.
Winners of the competition, Lorraine Wheeler, Chloe Woods and Marilyn Piper, received their prizes to clapping and comment from the audiences.
Some comments heard in the Foyer were: "Not so much a reading evening, as a production." "I'm going home to Google Kipling." "Different but intriguing and enjoyable."
This experimental production has shown amateur theatre in Northam can, and should, sometimes spread its wings a little away from traditional plays and musicals as local audiences can be relied upon to attend.
The next production is planned for November and is Nifty Fifties, a musical.
