When teachers from Hungerford Primary School came into the
Arcade looking for props for their summer production of “Oliver!” we were more
than happy to oblige.
The children of
Year 6, who will be heading off to secondary school in September, had studied
the Victorian era earlier in the year so they were very keen to use authentic
objects wherever possible.
After returning from a summer trip to an activity centre,
they only had 3 weeks to learn all their lines and nearly every song from the
film/ musical on which their stage production was based. By all accounts it was a roaring success and
the audience was left, like Oliver, asking for more!
The picture below shows 3 stars of a cast of 56! Because
there were so many children involved, the main parts were played by more than
one person, with two Olivers played by Raiko and Scott, two Fagins played by
Jasmin and Alfie, two Dodgers played by Ben and Beth and two Nancys played by
Isabel and Holly!
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| Dodger (Beth), Fagin (Alfie) and Mr. Brownlow (Alfred) posing with objects from The Arcade. |
To all the Year 6s – Thank you for asking us to be involved
in your production and good luck next year in your new school!
Alex Rogers
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