Hunchback of Notre Dame in Tintern!

26th July 2019

An imaginative version of Victor Hugos famous story came to Tintern  Abbey  21-26 July 2019 courtesy of a French group of performers..

Circus acts, dancing, singing and fire , in a traditional circus ring within the Abbey Grounds , combined to tell the  sad tale of the Hunchbacked bellringer and Esmeralda the ill treated gypsy girl. Delivered a little in French and a little in English  and set in 15Century Paris it was nevertheless  described as an avant garde performance.

In unusually warm weather the sellout  audience  included guests from Monmouthshire Cottages -and as dusk fell over the Abbey and flames were sent into the sky the recent burning of the real Notre Dame seemed ever closer . A memorable  event.