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I
was looking for a great quality musical for Year 5 and 6 pupils to perform and
I found it! A really great and witty script that stayed (mainly) faithful to
the book, which was important to me. We did two performances and it was very well
received. I consider it to be the best production our school has done in the
seven years I have been doing them! One of the beauties of this play was the
flexibility in cast size. I had many interested applicants and ended up with a
willing cast of 47 ten and eleven year old boys and girls! Costuming was simple
too, after finding some teachers to make three or four special coats for the
Squire, Arrow, and Silver the rest was easily collected by the children
themselves. Songs were so catchy that they almost learnt themselves - such a
relief to hear good quality songs for children rather than some of the dirge I
have sampled in my efforts to find the next production! Also worth a mention is
the quality of the backing tracks and the incidental music and sound effects. I
shall probably be looking to Kingsbury Creations for inspiration same time next
year! Thankyou.
Martin
Glancy, Hampton Primary School, Herne Bay