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Our Plays 2009 2010

Pigs might fly
for lower level students.
Suitable for primary school learners
(see below for recommended ages)

Pigs Might Fly is a fantasy play about a David; a boy who can only think of himself and whose favourite expression is "I want."

One day, David gets lost in a magical and mysterious world, peopled with strange characters who are all as selfish as he is and who present him with a series of tasks that the audience has to help him with until, gradually, he learns that the way out of this world is to think of others as well as to think of himself.

In a very visual style through easily comprehensible language the actors encourage the audience to help David escape from this new dimension and get back home.

 

Home Truths
for lower level students
Suitable for older primary and younger secondary school learners
(see below for recommended ages)

Home Truths is a comic play about the importance of the past. The central character, Dan, is a typical schoolboy; a bit lazy, more interested in enjoying himself, in being with his friends, than in actually really learning anything.

Dan is really modern, very charming, extremely fashion conscious, and entirely convinced that anything old is necessarily bad, boring and better ignored. One day Dan comes across a book and gets trapped in it - literally. Through some kind of worm hole he finds himself travelling through time and discovers that the past is not exactly quite as he imagined it to be.

Home Truths is a highly involving interactive comedy in ETC's house style.

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Swings and Clouds
for lower intermediate and intermediate level students
Suitable for secondary and high school learners
(see below for recommended ages)

"You should think before you act. Right, we all agree on that. But, how much? What's the right amount? If you think too much then do you do too little? And you shouldn't be reckless. Again we probably agree. But when does being cautious become being afraid? Tricky, this being balanced thing!"

Swings and Clouds brings us Jake. Jake worries about everything. His normal pattern of thought is: "Well if I do this then something terrible is bound to happen so I shouldn't. But if I don't then what will happen?"

Swings and Clouds is a new ETC comedy about Jake - and his bizarre family (a grandmother who thinks it is still 1968, a mother who is still attached to a stuffed cat and a father who can only talk on the phone: among others) which looks at the difficulty in striking a balance between thought and action.

 

 

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Strange Bedfellows
for higher intermediate and advanced level students Suitable for high school and adult learners
(see below for recommended ages)

Strange Bedfellows is a richly comic, satirical look at the society we have made for ourselves centred in the world of work.

It is the story of Desmond; the office boy, who, through a series of odd happenings, has to suddenly fill the role of managing director in an important negotiation with an major multinational. Desmond, considered by his workmates as little more than an idiot, is in fact an original character with a unique way of looking at the things.

Loosely based on some the works of Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers and Robert Tressell, Strange Bedfellows looks at many of the ordinary everyday things we take for granted in a fresh and satirical way and is a hilarious and sometimes surprising look at ourselves.

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We offer a “made to measure” English speaking educational theatre for students of English that is enjoyable, interactive and stimulating. This means, that for certain key ages there is a choice of play. Where there is a choice both plays are suitable for that age group. Which play you choose, depends upon the level of English of the students and their maturity. Just contact us if you have any doubts.

Below are the prime ages at which our plays are targeted. Each play can be performed differently according to the age and level of the audience. For example a performance of Pigs Might Fly for 6 and 7 year olds is not the same as a performance for 11 and 12 year olds. This is the same for the other plays. We adapt the script and the performance to cater to our public.

Pigs Might Fly        6 7 8 9 10 11 12 years

Home Truths                      10 11 12 13 14 years

Swings and Clouds                           13 14 15 16 17 18 years

Strange Bedfellows                                    15 16 17 18 years

For Adults: We recommend a modified version of Swings and Clouds, or Strange Bedfellows depending on the level of English of the audience.

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