Who says all the action takes place on stage?!
Behind the scenes there is a team of dedicated, hardworking and sensible (well, perhaps not always sensible) teachers who dedicate a lot of time to the show while still managing to teach and generally keep on top of the world too!
Ms Greer has bravely taken on the job of costumes (reaching for the baton from Ms Campbell) and she can often be seen sitting in the corner surrounded by kids searching for lost ties or fat suits with different forms of padding in them!
Ms Bhachu, Ms Davies and Ms Idros are in charge of sending our cast straight back to the swinging 60s with big hair, bright red lips and a rainbow of eyeshadow.
Ms Wood, Ms Reed, Ms Binsley, Shanai, Julia and Lizzy are showing their strength by magically transforming the stage from Edna's Occidental Laundry into the Corny Collins T.V. Show set and then into Motormouth's Record Shop - no mean feat!
Ms Elstone ... well, she's like some sort of winged creature who swoops in, averting disaster, mending wonky set, sticking props and people back together, provides tea and then swoops out again, back to T2 to talk about vocabulary and non-linear narratives.
And as for me ... well, Ms Fletcher and I have to make sure that the cast have all the correct props - not an easy task when you have to deal with missing crowns, vanishing hairspray cans, and, of course, ensuring that Lauren has the right flavoured lollipop!
But it's not all hard work! Lots of fun and laughter has been had backstage - as well as lots of Haribo sweets (well, the staff need something to keep them going!) It's almost time for curtain up on Performance Number 1 but it's not too late to buy tickets to come along and see the 'Nicest Kids in Town'!!!
Ms Martin
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