On the weekend of 23rd-26th June 2017 BaCStagers past and present descended upon the unsuspecting town of Whitby for a long weekend of exploring, eating, drinking, being merry and general socialising. Here are some photos from a weekend that has already become part of the BaCStage legend!
Friday evening, and having been released from their carry crates the actors familiarise themselves with their new surroundings 
It’s Whitby, it’s Friday night – welcome to the Not-quite-end-of-the-pier show 
“…and if I tread on this board here the trapdoor will open, and that chap there will plunge into the sea below!” 
We do like a nice bit of atmospheric lighting 
Saturday morning, and the BaCStage Stunt Team (Aquatic Squad) report for duty 
Meanwhile on dry land – “How many steps? 199? Yeah, good one!” 
Our intrepid adventurers bravely set off… 
… steely determination etched on their faces… 
… while at a local tea shop, others braved the shortage of booster chairs 
Up the creek, very much with paddles 
Paddle-guitar solo! 
Wherever we went, we felt that we were being watched… 
Can’t think how all those Dracula stories came about 
We found the chorus line for our next panto… 
… went for a drink with some locals… 
… and some of us even tried a bit of swinging! 
Back on the river, and Hogwarts is just around the corner (one for our younger reader there) 
We counted them all out, we counted them all back again, and we had a lifeboat on standby just in case 
Even those of us who didn’t go canoeing faced extreme danger from wave action 
The pool by the pier rocks! (time for that paddle guitar solo…) 
We found the perfect venue for our next post-production meeting 
Let’s hope there are no pirates around to prey upon these unsuspecting folk 
Oh no! Pirates! 
The pirates demanded money. We didn’t put up much of a fight. 
“There you are dear, there’s your monthly allowance. Now give it to that pirate before he waves his weapon at us again” 
One of our group started to sense the impending piratey peril 
“Help, I’ve been kidnapped!” “By pirates?” “No, much worse – by actors!” 
“…and over there, behind that rusty iron gate – that’s where we imprisoned the last bunch of actors who came up here trying to haggle a group discount!” 
“near, far, where-eeeeeever you are…” (“Jackie, I want you to draw me like one of those French girls”) 
“…and to your left you can see Whitby’s largest free bar…” 
“Mutiny! Mutiny! They’ve all got it…” oh hang on, that doesn’t work 
Someone on the boat had too much rum 
Man caught stalking women through woods claims that “one of them is my wife”. We’ve all tried that excuse… 
None of our younger members came along – or did they…? 
Old Mulgrave Castle. It was like that when we found it, honest 
“I’ve built the set – where are the flippin’ actors?!” 
Please do not feed the actors. They are becoming even more of a nuisance than the seagulls 
Sunset over Whitby at the end of a splendid weekend
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Brilliant write up and lovely photos, Luke. Great weekend and here’s to the next one. Carol and Roger.
Love it Luke! Captured the the fun of the week-end perfectly…..when are you going to write that script? ( no pressure mind!)
Nicola and Kevin
Brilliant record of a GREAT trip. Well done, Luke – and thanks, everyone, for your company! We MUST do it again!!! Jackie.
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