Theatre That Wasn’t

Mel had seen something in the paper at Chch art gallery and which was described as ‘Contemporary Theatre: The Blue Silk Dress’, from 7-9pm in the foyer. It sounded like an intriguing play, so we both rushed to get ready as was a bit of a last minute decision (Jen was at church).
When we walked into the art gallery we saw a woman sitting on a chase lounge in the middle of the foyer, wearing bloomers and sewing a blue silk dress. We looked at each other a bit perplexed!!
Lucky Mel’s sister Melissa is a friend of the Art Gallery and was there. We wondered over to her and asked when the play was starting. She was like ‘what play’, then clicked about the woman in the foyer and thought it was funny. We genuinely thought that we had gone to see a play. Found out that the woman was supposed to be Jane Burden, the wife of William Morris, whose work is currently showing at the gallery. Apparently, you could ask her questions about Morris and his life, but seeing as I don’t know anything about Morris seemed a bit daft.
What we didn’t realise was that night was also an evening when all the local art galleries where open. We decided to just walk up the road and go to the COCA. The artist on display had carved on wood, and then used that to print the picture onto paper. It was impressive, but does it say something about my taste in art when I got more excited about the children’s section, where lots of paper lanterns made for the Chinese New Year where on display. I am glad to say that Mel and I seemed to be on a similar wavelength when it comes to art.