A collection of  plays by Year 4

The Hedgehog Theatre Company – A Christmas Carol

Before Christmas break, 2021, 4M staged a play of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The play was of selfish Ebenezer Scrooge who hates Christmas (and everyone else!) being visited by four ghosts. Marley, his selfish old pal, meets him first to show him the “chains of greed”. He is followed by The Ghost of Christmas Past, who shows him his former boss’ kindness and why his love broke up with him. Ghost of Christmas Present shows him what people think of him and how even those unfortunate can be happy. Ghost of Christmas Future shows him what will happen if he continues his wrong doing. In the end, Ebenezer is finally happy and full of kindness for all. The production was made possible by hard-working Mrs Standen-McDougal who helped us learn our lines and taught us how movement and sound can be really effective.

Report by Catherine, Year 4

The Hare Theatre Company – The Yellow Road
A drum roll introduced the unveiling of 4L’s Spring Term play, The Yellow Road. It was met with loud whoops and hurrahs until everyone realised they had the shortest term to produce something special. With character roles decided and scripts handed out, many breaks were filled with a flurry of classmates getting together for extra practices to run lines. We knew we had to work our socks off and produce a brilliant play.

After 8 weeks of practice and much to everyone’s delight, it was finally time to reveal the costumes. They went from munchkins wearing simple blue and red shirts to witches wearing complicated wigs and scarecrows looking rather funny in straw hats. The fluffy lions were particularly amusing. With a week to go, and a last minute cast shuffle round, would we be able to deliver the great performance we were all hoping for?

One of the unforeseeable difficulties for the cast, was having to learn the Box Step in time with each other. There was plenty of bumped shoulders and trodden on toes to contend with!

Finally performance day arrived. The PAC was transformed into a forest with green helium balloons representing trees and large blocks to add height for the cast to use. The lighting was magical and the sound effects echoed around the room.  The audiences’ rapturous applause indicated any nerves had been conquered and the play had been a success!

Report by Georgia, Year 4

The Deer Theatre Company – Orpheus
The croquet lawn, complete with dappled sunlight peeping through the surrounding trees, was the perfect setting for the performance of Orhpeus, with a set draped in subtle blue and purple hues. In the final performance of the year, the Deer Theatre Company took on a skillfully abridged, and hugely engaging, version of the classic tale of Orpheus. The children committed themselves to their summer rehearsal schedule, incorporating physical theatre and dance to bring the story of Orpheus and his beloved to life.