Described as off the wall entertainment complete with a four course meal aboard a 97 year old herring boat. Well if nothing else it will be different was our view. And different it was. The main saloon/galley area of the boat (fish hold) is theatrically set complete with stage lighting. The hosts/entertainers are French, Dutch and South African.The captain wearing large leprechaun ears floppy hat and Dutch clogs welcomes us aboard for the evening. He rides his bike around town similarly attired! We all sit around a very large table, decorated with a model of the boat with its bow decoration of crossed knife and fork (yes the actual boat is decorated with a large knife and fork on the bow). Ouzo and wine is served immediately to get everyone in the party mood. The first course is introduced with a long ‘blow’ on a very strange trumpet like instrument; following it was a short “scary” movie depicting ‘the attac
k of the giant kittens at sea’. The ‘special effects team’ (read captain and assistant), covered the model ship with tuna fish paste to encourage the kittens to crawl all over it and eat one of the cast (bread person again with the paste trick). Sounds naff, it was but funny. The next course is introduced by a short act with female finger puppets throwing themselves out of the windows of a tall suitcase – not quite sure why other than to provide an excuse for the first of the entertainers to show himself in a dress, which he continued to wear for the rest of the evening (worryingly comfortably). That course eaten, the next was introduced by a French street performer/acrobat standing on his head, then on his forearms allowing him to pick his nose while he’s upside down. The dinner was rounded off with the Frenchman and his piano accordion performing a sketch with the captain seductively dressed in a slinky long red dress and finishing off with a clog dance. Sounds bizarre??? – then my work here is done!
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k of the giant kittens at sea’. The ‘special effects team’ (read captain and assistant), covered the model ship with tuna fish paste to encourage the kittens to crawl all over it and eat one of the cast (bread person again with the paste trick). Sounds naff, it was but funny. The next course is introduced by a short act with female finger puppets throwing themselves out of the windows of a tall suitcase – not quite sure why other than to provide an excuse for the first of the entertainers to show himself in a dress, which he continued to wear for the rest of the evening (worryingly comfortably). That course eaten, the next was introduced by a French street performer/acrobat standing on his head, then on his forearms allowing him to pick his nose while he’s upside down. The dinner was rounded off with the Frenchman and his piano accordion performing a sketch with the captain seductively dressed in a slinky long red dress and finishing off with a clog dance. Sounds bizarre??? – then my work here is done!Read more about the interesting history of the Ship of Fools
More pictures of the evenings entertainment
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