Feeling the Christmas Spirit, theatre style
So, the lovely ladies in our Arts Ed department have been working with Highshore School on a joint project. I've just been into the auditorium to witness the results, along with some other school kids and parents. There was narry a Star of Bethlehem nor Baby Jesus in sight and I can't remember another school show that I have ever seen that actually made me grin, much less feel full of the joys of the season.
The show was The Great Dock Strike of 1889. Oh yes. Written by the performers themselves and based on their own research into the period from trips to museums it is one of the better bits of historical theatre I have seen, including shows by "grown-ups". And it had heart. Real heart. Not just cos mums and dads were in the audience (a few were, but actually only 3 or 4, most of the audience was their peers from the school) but because it was a real bit of theatre that they owned, a story that they told.
It's the Pied Piper of Hamlin with the little kids tomorrow...
The show was The Great Dock Strike of 1889. Oh yes. Written by the performers themselves and based on their own research into the period from trips to museums it is one of the better bits of historical theatre I have seen, including shows by "grown-ups". And it had heart. Real heart. Not just cos mums and dads were in the audience (a few were, but actually only 3 or 4, most of the audience was their peers from the school) but because it was a real bit of theatre that they owned, a story that they told.
It's the Pied Piper of Hamlin with the little kids tomorrow...