A total of 128 Year 5 and 6 pupils from Edge Grove recently took to the stage to deliver a comical performance of Rock Bottom, a stone-age rock musical comedy.
The performances took place over three nights, with three separate casts and every child had a chance to take to the limelight and shine on stage with at least five lines each to deliver.
After a whole term of dedicated rehearsals the highly anticipated performances did not disappoint, with impeccable comic timing from pupils and various interpretations of the script, staff members also got into the prehistoric spirit dressing up as dinosaurs on the night.
Ben Evans, Headmaster at Edge Grove, commented: “The shows went down a treat, all of the children excelled in the spotlight and the audience didn’t have a moment to stop laughing. It was also interesting and wonderful, to see each class interpret the same scripts in different ways, so each night brought something new to the performance.”
There were several stand out performances from pupils and every child in the middle school was on stage, singing, dancing and delivering lines. Three Year 8 Edge Grove Scholars also took charge of the lighting and stage management throughout the entire performance demonstrating the many other ways children can get involved in theatrical productions.
Evans added: “Performing in their forms across all six classes meant that every child had the opportunity to take centre stage at some point during the evening, so even those who wouldn’t have ordinarily taken on a major role in a bigger production, had their individual moment and this really shone through. Every child who performed and was involved in the production should be extremely proud of themselves, as I am of them.”