Miraculously the rain stayed away for our two Bampton performances, despite the deluge of Saturday morning when it was bouncing off the stage, as you can see in one of the photographs - "pity about the weather" as the cast ruefully sing at the end of the opera. We may not have been exactly warm, but at the performances the sun shone and there was a good deal of magic in the atmosphere as the evening drew on and the lights came to play on the set. Both performances ran very smoothly and the laughter and buzz amongst the audience was warm and responsive. And there were a couple of good parties to enjoy afterwards, ending up in the small hours with songs from the shows around the piano.