Following the success of last year’s Scheherazade, the Fourth Form put on a stellar performance with their Three Folk Tales which contained moments of terror and gore, paired with hilarity, as well as spectacular dances in between the individual plays. One of the performers described the experience, “It was really fun pretending to be a grumpy cowboy because I could make silly cowboy accents and exciting being in such a great production.” The use of movement and dance were also pivotal in making this evening both visually stunning and at many times, incredibly funny. A Form 4 child explained, “The three dances were fantastic because they gave a burst of energy right at the end of each folk tale, making everyone energised and prepared for the next story."
In Captain Fanshawe to the Rescue, Tom lives with his maiden aunts, Miss Fidget Wonkham-Strong and Miss Twiddle Stromley-Wait. They wear iron hats and take no nonsense from anyone. Where they walk, the flowers drop and where they sing, the trees all shiver. Tom likes to fool around. He fools around with sticks and stones and crumpled paper, much to the infuriation of his sensible aunts. In desperation they call for the help of the much feared and impeccably dressed Captain Fanshawe who arrives with hired sportsmen in a pedal boat to teach the playful Tom a lesson about working hard. After both struggling through three gruelling games, will it be Tom or the Captain who learn the most?
The Boy Who Wanted the Creeps tells the story of a fearless boy named Jakob who simply cannot be frightened as he just does not have enough sense to be scared. Strangers try to spook him with strange noises and spooky sounds but to no avail. Having survived a petrifying journey through a forest, Jakob reaches the royal castle where the King, Queen and Princess dare the feckless boy to spend the night in a place where no-one has ever come out unscathed. Will Jakob finally get the creeps in the haunted castle on the other side of the kingdom?
In The Legend of Lightning Lil the characters come straight out of an old wild west Hollywood film. Lightning Lil mysteriously shows up in the town of Brimstone one day, changes everyone’s life and then, just as mysteriously, rides off into the sunset. With her special light-shooting gun, Lil takes on the meanest outlaw gang of the town one heart at a time. This does not sit well with Evil-Eye McNeevil who plans his revenge with one final showdown. Can gunfighter Lil save Brimstone with her dazzling smile, hankering for lemonade and lightning speed ‘bullets’ of happiness aimed straight at the heart?
