Suzanne Williams

Thank you, Beacon, for a most interesting issue last Wednesday – what a varied and fascinating area we live in, and what a lot goes on (but what a pity that your journalist has fallen victim to the strange habit of putting an apostrophe before it, when a multiplier “s” comes at the end of a word).

And thank you, Sandra James, for your criticism of my letter of June 3.

It is such a pleasure to know that someone reads my letters; I think I have been making them stronger to provoke that sort of reaction, which probably harks back to my Irish roots – I do love an argument.

Also, at least someone was provoked into actually putting pen to paper about a show, most of which go unremarked (“pen to paper” – oh dear, what an out-dated expression that is).

I do feel, however, that you do me somewhat of a disservice. I did say that I enjoyed the show, which I did, and that the children acquitted themselves with great enthusiasm.

My main goal was to give an accolade to the previous Gobsmacked production (although also suffering from audience rudeness) and the truly outstanding little girl rat.

My other criticism was valid, which was the unnecessarily over-the-top and screamingly rude response of the audience to what was a good but not a wonderful show.

Clapping is fine and we all did that.

I have since found that many other members of the audience felt the same about the yelling; it being more appropriate to the sports field or Britain’s Got Talent.