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MACBETH IS WICKED FUN
Specialist theatre group opens the world of Shakespeare to a younger audience.
The notorious Scottish Play – Macbeth – gets the Shakespeare 4 Kidz treatment this autumn, when the show visits Croydon’s Ashcroft Theatre on 19 and 20 October. It’s full of weird witches and spooky spells that make Harry Potter and his friends look like amateurs. There are bloody battles, gruesome ghosts and even a forest that moves.
S4K’s Macbeth has been well received each of the five times it has toured since its premiere in 2000, and its creator,Julian Chenery, is confident that the play will be a winner once again, despite the fact many theatre folk believe the play to be jinxed.
“The famous curse is something we’ve had ourshare of in the past,” said Julian.
“In the autumn of 2000, we had a national fuel strike which made it nigh impossible to move the production around the UK; the actor playing Banquo hit his head on the windscreen of the cast coach; the actor playing King Duncan went down with Bell’s Palsy, making half his face freeze; and one of the stage crew walked into a door and fractured her skull.
“Apart from that, the show was a huge hit, and has remained immensely popular ever since” Shakespeare 4 Kidz plays use the most famous lines from the original texts, weave them into modern language, add some songs and dances into the mix, and the result is a two-hour entertainment which everyone – even the youngest primary kids – can understand.The whole plot is retained and all the major characters are there too,to tell the blood-soaked story of the murderous Scottish warrior.
S4K’s Macbeth is atthe Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon on Monday, 19 October, at 1.30pm and 7.30pm, and on Tuesday, 20 October, at 10am and 1.30pm.
Tickets are on sale now from the box office on 020 8688 9291.
From the YOUR CROYDON website (CLICK HERE To download a pdf of this month's copy )
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Something wicked this way comes...
October 01, 2009
MACBETH gets the Shakespeare 4 Kidz treatment this autumn as the show visits Dorking Halls on Monday, October 5 and Tuesday, October 6.
It’s full of weird witches and spooky spells that make Harry Potter and his friends look like amateurs. And there are bloody battles, gruesome ghosts and even a forest that moves.
And because theatre folk believe the play to be jinxed, many celebrities have been sending the company good luck wishes, including Stephen Fry, Joe Pasquale and West End actor Jonathan Pryce.
This prdouction of Macbeth has been very well-received each of the five times it has toured since its premiere in 2000 and its creator, Julian Chenery, is confident that the play will be a winner once again.
Shakespeare 4 Kidz plays use the most famous lines from the original texts, weave them into modern language, add some songs and dances into the mix and the result is a two-hour entertainment feast which everyone – even the youngest primary age children – can understand.
The whole plot is retained and all the major characters are there to tell the blood-soaked story of the murderous Scottish warrior who, egged on by the prophecies of three weird witches and the ambitions of his evil wife, removes every obstacle in his path until he can seize the throne for himself.
Playing the role of Macbeth for the third time is Jason Lee Scott, who leads the 14-strong company.
So watch out… something wicked this way comes, thanks to the Shakespeare 4 Kidz company.
Tickets are on sale now on 01306 881717.
CLICK HERE to see the original article on the Get Surrey website
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From the SURREY MIRROR
Aspiring thespians rehearsed and performed their own "mini Macbeth" in just one school day.
Year 6 pupils at Wray Common School, Kendal Close, Reigate, tookpart in their own version of William Shakespeare's classic play on Friday.
They were ably assisted by Oxted-based Shakespeare 4 Kidz, who helped with the morning rehearsals before the children performed in front of their parents at the end of the day.
Drama co-ordinator Tina Collis, 42, said: "It was an absolutely brilliant day, the children really enmjoyed it."
"It's quite a challenge to learn, rehearse and perform a play in just one school day.
"But the theatre group were fantastic. They got the children singing and dancing, and they managed to turn teh original scrpt into something that is easily understandable for younger people.
"We will definitely be doing this again next year."
Images from the Surrey Mirror article and a link to the website will appear here soon.
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Mini Macbeth is a mega hit! Shakespeare 4 Kidz trialled the new project of a one-day Macbeth school experience at Wray Common Primary in Reigate and everyone agreed it had been a huge success.
 In fact it was standing room only for the performance as more than 100 family and friends flocked into the hall to watch.
Head of drama Tina Collis was there to watch the performance preparations involving some 60 year 6 pupils under the supervision of S4K leaders Rose Blackley and Alan Clarke.
“It’s been brilliant and Rose and Alan have been great,” she said.
“The children were totally committed to what they were doing and worked hard all the time. They loved it.”
And the enthusiastic audience reception was testament to how much everyone else had enjoyed and learned from it too.
One dad told us: “I studied Macbeth as a set text and never really understood the story until now!”
A photographer from the local paper, the Surrey Mirror, visited Wray Common to record the event and promised a page spread!
Mini Macbeth is a brilliant experience for everyone.
* Your pupils will learn the story of a great play and be able to dress up and play the famous parts. They will also learn one of the songs from S4K’s full length stage musical.
* S4K provides some props and costumes but there is lots of opportunity for the children to get creatively involved across the curriculum before Mini Macbeth Day by thinking of ways to add to the scenic background, provide props and other items of costume etc.
* S4K leaders will be able to tailor the rehearsal period to suit the capabilities of all the participating children.
* Family and friends can enjoy the show at the end of the school day. You could cover some of your costs by charging for tickets and cast sheets, holding a raffle or selling drinks and sweets.
* It is a marvellous opportunity to get publicity for your school by inviting the local papers to take photographs.
* Afterwards your pupils can write about their day and we at S4K would be delighted to hear what they thought about it. We will put their best letters or drawings on our website.
* And if the Mini Macbeth experience inspires you, a DVD of the S4K stage show is available to buy, as is a Put on a Play Pack if you’d like to tackle the full-scale musical.
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