Triumphant Performance of Emil & the Detectives!
This week has seen pupils from the First and Second year take to the stage in聽our Lower School Production of聽Emil & the Detectives! Carl Miller鈥檚 adaptation of Erich聽Katsner鈥檚聽1929 novel,聽originally聽staged聽by the National Theatre in 2013, is a riotous romp through the streets of 1920鈥檚 Berlin!聽
When Emil (Jasper R) is robbed on the way to Berlin by the dastardly聽Mr聽Snow (Jack S) he聽has to聽team up with the Detectives, a聽ragtag group of children聽led聽by Toots (Elliot W). The group聽scour聽the city,聽encountering聽goats, the police,聽bureaucracy, and adults who would rather kids were 鈥榮ilent and still鈥�.聽At its聽core聽Emil & the Detectives聽is all about independence and ingenuity,聽that the ideas and opinions of children have as much value as those of adults.聽Something聽Emil鈥檚 mum, Ida (Amelia-Grace D),聽comes face to聽face with聽when she聽attempts聽to end Emil鈥檚 adventure.聽聽
The company have worked exceptionally hard to bring this world to life,聽moving rapidly between the citizens of Berlin to newspaper sellers to puppet roles and even聽musical numbers聽鈥撀燽rilliantly聽composed by聽Mrs聽Richards and Dr聽Brammeld, and performed live聽with聽Meera V and Arabella S-L!聽
A production this ambitious聽wouldn鈥檛聽be possible without the tireless work of our technical department, so a special thanks must go to聽Mr聽Baddeley and聽Mr聽Shakespeare. Who, alongside Matthew D and Alex I, have helped the company put the聽finishing touches聽on this madcap adventure.聽聽
I鈥檓聽sure you will join me in wishing the cast a triumphant final night, it聽has been an absolute joy to bring this world to life with聽them聽and I believe we have seen the start of many successful drama careers at 黑料传送门!聽
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