The Radstock Primary School production of Robin Hood last week had plenty of action that you definitely didn’t want to miss. The show was packed with bravery, songs and laughter. All the parents, grandparents, brothers sisters who came to see the show were very proud of the children’s performance, writes Claire Dando from Radstock Primary School.
The scary and heartless Sheriff of Nottingham and his soldiers had to start off the show by walking through the audience and shouting at the parents before they entered the stage. They made some of them jump! The sheriff sang a brilliant solo and had some evil dialogue – both the boys who played the sheriff on the two nights were excellent!
Our amazing guards were the stars of the show and made all the parents laugh! A few of the children were brave enough to sing solos which they all enjoyed. They were all very good even when the microphone didn’t always work and they had to sing on their own. The Soldiers’ Dance was also a big hit. We heard one parent say, “It looks like real soldiers dancing!”
We did have a few difficulties during the performance – during one song, Take Me Cross The River, the music stopped but we all carried on singing. One of the parents thought it was part of the performance. Our teachers said we covered it like professionals and they were very proud of us! A couple of the children forgot their lines but the audience couldn’t tell as they carried on as if nothing had happened
Our favourite fight scene was when the outlaws disguised as monks and then stole the gold from the soldiers – all the children involved in the fight scenes loved pretend fighting with the swords, it was great fun. It took us a while to practise it without laughing as we had to look serious and as if we were having a real fight.
Four of the children in Year 4 did the lighting and managed the music. They did this very well even though they said they were nervous about getting things wrong. Even when things did go wrong the actors were just able to carry on and not worry about it. Our teachers had told us that no matter what happened the show must go on!
We all really enjoyed rehearsing and performing and were sorry for it to be over. We hope the audience enjoyed it as much as we did.
