Joanna's Whimsical Life: I met Kevin who played Prince Philip. No, not this one.

Thursday, 24 November 2016

I met Kevin who played Prince Philip. No, not this one.

London, The Actors Touring Company at the Lyric Studio. Director: Mark Brickman. 1988. (British stage premiere) - this is about the play 'Ivona - Princess of Burgundia' by a Polish avangarde playwright, Witold Gombrowicz. It was easy to find the name of the troupe. I just needed to scroll down this page.You will be able to read much more about the grotesque tragi-farce play and the man himself. What made me look for it in the first place? Wouldn't my Dear Reader like to rightly ask?
Wouldn't I tell you? If I had the whole time of this world, or at least a bit more than I do, I would make it a long story and I bet you'd enjoy it, Dear Reader, provided you'd have the time to read it all. However, we are both short of time, aren't we? So let me tell you quickly. Well, yesterday I met Kevin O'Donohoe, the man who played Prince Philip in this performance:

The Royal Court of King Ignatius and Queen Margaret is thrown into disarray when Prince Philip announces that he intends to marry the ugliest, vilest, most loathsome and lowliest creature in the kingdom: IVONA...

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COME & EXPLORE OAK TOWN

Saturday March 9^th 2019, 1-3 pm

£10pp

Let's meet at 1 pm outside Acton Central Station, which splits the pretty Churchfield Road into two, and walk through Acton Park entering the same way as the annual Acton Carnival procession has entered the park over the recent years.

On the way we will see a brand new school and talk about the Goldsmiths’ Guild, the major benefactors of this part of the former London borough. We shall cross the east west through road, here known as The Vale heading towards Southfields Recreation Grounds which is situated on one of four ancient fields in Acton. The council bought in 1908 from Wilkinson Sword Co. who during World War 1 manufactured over two million bayonets on site.

Then we will stop to see St Peter’s Church which is especially popular with the Italian community and continue towards the long and curved Acton Lane to leave it soon for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Next we will make our way towards the same east west road which here uses the name of Acton High Street. We shall see more interesting edifices and ponder over the history of Berrymead Priory which was not really a priory. We will visit the newly open Arch Climbing Wall Centre. There will be some surprises on the way too! We will end up at The West London Trade Union Club and you are welcome to stay on and chill out over a drink but bring some food with you or buy some on the way. It's still £10 pp only, mind you!