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John Balshaw’s Jigge: a Live Performance – the Brindle performance

A group of people in Tudor and Stuart costume
Finale of John Balshaw’s Jigge

On Saturday 17 June 2023, I led a cast of students and professionals to put on the world premiere of John Balshaw’s Jigge in Brindle, where it was first written around 350 years ago. It was a fantastic experience for all concerned, and I’m pleased to say that the audience seemed to enjoy it as much as we did!

A group of people in Tudor and Stuart costume standing outside a building
The cast of John Balshaw’s Jigge, 17 June 2023, outside Brindle Community Hall following the world premiere

I don’t propose here to give you a blow by blow account of the performance – you can read about how we went about it in the descriptions of the rehearsals and hopefully, soon, you will be able to watch the video. What I do want to do is to give you a flavour of the performance through the photographs taken by my daughter, Anne.

  • A woman reading aloud from a book
  • Two men and a woman in early modern costume
  • a man in a hat
  • A man in early modern costume
  • a group of people in costume bowing and curtseying
  • a woman in Tudor costume singing
  • a woman singing
  • A man in Tudor costume sitting on a bench
  • Two men raising their hats to each other
  • Two men in period costume, one sitting, one standing and gesturing over his shoulder.
  • A group of people on stage.
  • A man in a hat
  • A man looking to the sky and clasping his hands
  • A man holding a bone as if it were an erect penis
  • A woman and a man in early modern costume
  • A woman and a man sitting together on a seat
  • A man and a woman in the foreground. Another man hides behind two instrumentalists in the background
  • A woman in Tudor costume
  • A man and a woman in period costume
  • A man and a woman in Tudor costume
  • A man and a woman in early modern costume
  • A man and a woman in early modern costume
  • Two men in early modern costume. One points at the other while the other reaches out to shake the first's hand
  • Two men in early modern costume, one with arms raised
  • Two men in early modern costume shaking hands.
  • A woman and a man in early modern costume
  • A man pulling on a seat to move it
  • A man gesturing to a seat
  • A man bowing to a woman
  • A woman with a fan
  • A man and a woman sitting on a seat
  • a man putting his arm around a woman
  • A group of people in early modern costume
  • A woman with a fan
  • A man raising his hat
  • A man reclining on a seat
  • A woman swatting a man with a letter
  • A group of people in early modern costume
  • Two men looking inside a hat, while a woman sits in the background
  • A man sitting on the floor looking upwards
  • A man sitting cross-legged on the floor
  • a woman standing behind a man
  • A man and woman dancing
  • A man hopping, holding hands with a woman
  • A woman pointing at a man who recoils in fear
  • A man and a woman dancing
  • A woman and a man sitting on a seat
  • A woman chasing a man
  • A woman in a cloak curtseys to another woman
  • A woman curtseying to another woman
  • A man stand with his hand on the shoulder of another man who is sitting. The seated man is holding a plant.
  • Two men sitting on a seat. One has his arm around the other
  • A group of people in early modern costume, one looking very surprised
  • A group of people in early modern costume
  • Two men, one carrying a letter
  • A man reading a letter aloud
  • A man hugging himself is interrupted by another man
  • Two men, one giving a pelvic thrust
  • A woman holds a man, who is staring at another woman
  • A man reads a letter to another man
  • A close up of a man's head
  • A woman facing a man
  • A man with hands raised
  • A man talking excitedly to a woman
  • A woman playing a fiddle and a man playing a baroque guitar
  • A man holding his hat to his chest
  • A group of people in early modern costume
  • A group of people in period costume
  • A group of people. A woman takes off a cloak
  • A group of people looking surprised
  • A group of people in early modern costume
  • A woman taking off her pearl necklace
  • A man talking to another man
  • A group of people, two of whom are leaving
  • Three men and a woman in early modern costume
  • A group of people in early modern costume
  • A group of people in early modern costume
  • a group of people in early modern costume, singing

After the performance, we struck the set and packed everything back into the cars, and repaired to the Cavendish Arms for a well-deserved drink and to think about where we can take the Jigge in future… Watch this space!

a man and a woman
Chris Maybury, director, and Jenni Hyde, producer, outside the Cavendish Arms, Brindle, following the world premiere of John Balshaw’s Jigge
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