Cleverpants nov 2010
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This newsletter from Clever Pants provides updates on their upcoming theatre tour across Spain and Portugal. It discusses Guy Fawkes Night traditions in the UK. It also includes jokes, a profile on Stuart who acts and directs for Clever Pants, and a recipe for pumpkin pie to celebrate the pumpkin season.
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Cleverpants nov 2010
- 1. Newsletter November 2010 www.clever-pants.com e-mail: james@clever-pants.com Quotes from the Great and Good! All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Charles M. Schulz Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. Victor Hugo I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. Groucho Marx If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. Quentin Crisp Well hello there! The clocks have changed, the evenings are drawing in and were packing our bags and preparing for the start of our 2010/11 tour. It must be November already! Our actors are kicking off this year in Galicia before going to the beautiful Balearic Islands and then coming to mainland Spain, Portugal and Italy over the next six months. Were really excited about this years shows, and rehearsals have been a lot of fun. This month youll find our regular jokes, quotes and recipe, plus the lowdown on Guy Fawkes night, some information on the new language of txt spk and the wonder that is sleeveface. Enjoy! Brad, Nancy and Matt rehearsing Schools Out!
- 2. Remember remember the fifth of November! On the 5th of November in the U.K. we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. In 1605, Guy Fawkes (great name isn't it?) was caught as he was trying to blow up the houses of Parliament. A team of Catholics had decided to try to assassinate the king and restore Catholicism to England. But they didn't get away with it and Fawkes was caught in the cellars of the houses of Parliament with matches and huge barrels of gunpowder hidden underneath firewood. Fawkes and his co-conspirators were tortured and executed - their heads were put on spikes outside the houses of Parliament as an example to other would-be plotters. These days, the failure of "The Gunpowder Plot" is marked by bonfires and fireworks every year. A "Guy" - a model of guy Fawkes - is usually made out of old clothes and stuffing and burned on the fire. This months jokes Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. Guy, guy, guy Poke him in the eye, Put him on the bonfire, And there let him die! Q. What travels around the world and stays in a corner? A. A stamp. Q. What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball? A. Juan on Juan. Q. How do you stop a fish from smelling? A. Cut its nose off. Q. Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?A. Because demons are a ghouls best friend. Q. Whats the difference between roast beef and pea soup? A. Anyone can roast beef.
- 3. Here at Clever Pants HQ we find many ways to entertain ourselves when were not working on our shows. Recently we decided to try our hand at the new internet craze that is sweeping the... well, the internet. What is this craze? Why, its sleevefacing! The sleeveface website (www.sleeveface.com) contains hundreds of pictures of people sleevefacing. People sleevefacing alone, in pairs, and even in groups! Some people sleeveface in their bedroom, some people sleeveface in a record shop or even at work! Sleeveface! sleeveface (verb): one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion. We got out our record collection and sleevefaced the night away. Heres what we came up with... Apologies to 1. Elvis Presley, 2. Sonny and Cher, 3. Suzanne Vega, 4. Marvin Gaye, 5. Jaques Brel, 6. Tom Waits. 3 4 5 6 1 2
- 4. You may know him by a variety of names, as over the years hes played more Clever Pants characters than you can shake a stick at. Hes unforgettable, and everywhere we go we get asked what hes up to now. So we decided to tell you! We caught up with Stuart to see whats keeping him busy these days at Clever Pants. Stuart! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? how did you come to be a part of clever pants? I worked with Terry and James in another theatre company. We went our separate ways. I worked for a year directing and writing and sweating with another theatre company in Valencia then came to work for them as they started up. They liked my trousers. And pants are important in Pants.I tried to get them to call it Clever Breeks but they only looked at me funny. What are you doing now? I'm artistic director of Pants. I co-write and direct the shows, making sure actors know not so much what to do but how to do it. Anyone can learn lines. But can you make 250 teenagers understand you, make them laugh, improvise and do it all in a language that they don't even like or want to listen to? I also do a solo show around Catalunya. Same thing. Just me. And 60 kids. In a room. Alone... I used to do ads for TV but the crisis stopped that. I also write books for kids. What was the best thing about acting for clever pants? There's this moment when you're leaving a school and the shows were great, the kids had fun, the teachers loved it and you're heading towards that Dish of the Day in some local restaurant in the countryside on a sunny day. Bliss. As for the work itself, Pants give you freedom to personalise the shows rather than saying the same thing every day for months on end. That way it stays fresh and they're more fun. I couldn't do a job where I did the same thing over and over again. Do you miss it? Of course. I miss going around Spain and Portugal, meeting different people, and the buzz from the shows. What do you think about the shows this year? We're getting better and better. This year we've more scenery, something we've tried to do for a while but never had the time. And the songs are great. The older show (4尊 ESO + Bach) is our most sophisticated yet. People may think it's easy writing a play but it's difficult coming up with different ideas year after year with a linguistic roof hanging over your head. This year we decided to challenge the older kids with more sophisticated humour, more subtle. Which five words best describe you? Tall, dancing, funny-looking, tenacious... cuddly. If you could do any job in the world what would it be? A travel writing-dancing-dj-film maker. When was the last time you were extremely happy? Dancing to LCD Soundsystem. Any meal sitting on a terrace with my friends on a hot but not too hot day.
- 5. Recipe: Pumpkin Pie A-CET This year we will once again be working with the African Children's Educational Trust, donating money for every show we do to helping develop educational projects in Africa. For more information visit their website at www.a-cet.org Top eco-tip: if you print the newsletter out, do it in black and white at low resolution to reduce your use of ink. 息 Clever Pants 2010 www.clever-pants.com Method In mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and flour. Add eggs; mix well. Add evaporated milk, water and vanilla; mix well. Pour pumpkin pie mixture into a 9-inch pastry lined pie pan. Preheat oven to 425属. Bake at 425属 for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350属 and bake pumpkin pie for about 35 minutes longer, until pumpkin pie is set. Ingredients 1 1/4 cups pumpkin puree 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup evaporated milk, undiluted 2 tablespoons water 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 9-inch pie crust, unbaked Pumpkins are rather topicl at the moment, what with all the Halloweenyness of them. But did you know that the big pumpkins we use to make perfect Halloween Jack-o-lanterns are actually not very good to eat? This is the time of year for pumpkins though, so the smaller, sweeter ones are genrally very available from no until Christmas. To celebrate the general availablity of pumpkins, weve decided to share with you our recipe for pumpkin pie. Its delicious, and its orange, which are both excellent qualities! It takes about an hour, so give it a try! Youll be impressed!