And then Mrs Jonah did throw the Wagon Wheels

Yes, more Mystery Plays yesterday. I watched some of the ones again from last week, and caught a couple that I'd missed, one of them very bad, the other the Crucifixion, which was technically accomplished, but had some bizarre directorial choices (if they were choices) such as Jesus not making a sound as nails were supposedly hammered through flesh and bone - the words are graphic and horrific, surely there should be a reaction? As we sat there eating ice cream, it seemed to me to be just the sort of thing that the crowd would have done, if they'd had ice cream at the time.

The best plays were definitely Adam and Eve, and the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (which no longer had confetti bombs, but then as some of the streamers from last week were still stuck in the trees, perhaps that was why) both of which showed what could be done as an ensemble with a bit of imagination.

After a break for wine and food (well, it's almost biblical) we went to see 'Off the Wagon', a send up of the plays, which featured a pantomime version of Jonah, where Jonah and Geppetto* were in the belly of the whale, we all had to shout out, and then sing 'When you wish upon a star' while Mrs Jonah threw Wagon Wheels into the audience. Now, there's not much that can get a York audience as excited as a Wagon Wheel**. An innkeeper clearing up after the Last Supper, ('I'm sure they bring their own wine y'know - just order bread and water, and then the minute your backs turned...'), and in the midst of it all a surprisingly moving monologue by the Woman taken in Adultery.

A lovely day - despite the sunburn!

*No I'm not sure how he got there either
**I caught a Wagon Wheel - whooohoo!