{"id":385,"date":"2018-04-04T22:45:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T22:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2018-04-04T22:45:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T22:45:26","slug":"midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/","title":{"rendered":"Midland Players &#8211; &#8216;Tea and Tentacles at Zeta Reticuli&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was invited down to the University of Sheffield&#8217;s Drama Studio to the dress rehearsal of Midland Players&#8217; &#8216;<strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Tea and Tentacles at Zeta Reticuli&#8217;,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">written by Joe Otten.\u00a0 I always enjoy getting down to a tech or dress rehearsal, as you see the final versions of the play before it goes live, and the final polish being applied to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The play was good &#8211; tongue in cheeky sci-fi, a nice balance of comedy, observation on human behavior and a couple of social themes thrown in for good measure.\u00a0 It&#8217;s running until Saturday evening, drop in if you get a chance (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midlandplayers.co.uk\/next-show\/tickets\">tickets<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-385 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/_l6a6319\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/L6A6319-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/_l6a6360\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/L6A6360-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/_l6a6430\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/L6A6430-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/_l6a6456\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/L6A6456-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/_l6a6463\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/L6A6463-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/_l6a6588\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/L6A6588-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was invited down to the University of Sheffield&#8217;s Drama Studio to the dress rehearsal&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restlessfocus.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/midland-players-tea-and-tentacles-at-zeta-reticuli\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midland Players &#8211; 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