PASSING TALES for lower level students
Suitable for primary school learners
(see below for recommended ages)
Passing Tales is a modern fairy tale that starts at the end and then goes somewhere else altogether. “Will you marry me beautiful young village girl?” said the Prince “No way,” said Jo, “I want my own life with fun and adventure. I’m out of here.” And so she was.
Passing Tales rewrites many of the famous tales mixing the classic stories, the cartoon style of Tex Avery and the cinema giants as we follow Jo on her determined quest to not do what is expected of her.
JUST GOOD FRIENDS for lower level students
Suitable for older primary and younger secondary school learners
(see below for recommended ages)
Just Good Friends is a play about friendship, dreams and misconceptions set in a Fame Academy. Just Good Friends is based on the typical TV sitcom and is full of warm humour, original ETC music and songs with just the right mix of dramatic moments. The three central characters Polly, Paul and Peter are three close friends and who all have their personal dreams of becoming famous. Unfortunately each person’s dream tends to intrude on the other two. That’s one problem.
The other problem is the letter. Polly finds a love letter that she thinks is from … well that’s the problem. Who wrote it? And what happens to the friendship when love rears its confusing head.
NOT ONE OF US for intermediate level students
Suitable for secondary and high school learners
(see below for recommended ages)
Not One of Us is a comic play about a not so funny situation – intolerance towards others. Jack is a new boy at school and he is odd. There’s no getting away from it. He is unusual, not like the other kids. He thinks differently, has a different cultural base. His clothes are far from fashionable and his values don’t really fit in.
Not One of Us looks at Jack’s first week at school and how two different cultures (Jack’s and everybody else’s) clash and how they try to work things out.
HALCYON DAYS
for higher intermediate and advanced level students
Suitable for high school and adult learners
(see below for recommended ages)
Halcyon Days is a play about Shakespeare, acting, crime, punishment, philosophy and fish. Johnny Boy and Roz (Rosalind – alias Bob) two bumbling burglars come across Shakespeare’s diary. By some freak occurrence Roz (a.k.a. Bob) falls into the book and reappears in Tudor England on the stage at The Globe on a crucial day for Shakespeare when he and his actors are rehearsing for an audition for Queen Elizabeth 1 the following day.
Halcyon Days is a comic ETC play in our home style together with most of the famous passages from Shakespeare put together in an accessible, humorous and original way.
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 Passing Tales 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.
Passing Tales 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 years
Just Good Friends 10 11 12 13 14 years
Not One of Us 13 14 15 16 17 18 years
Halcyon Days 15 16 17 18 years
For Adults: We recommend a modified version of Not One of Us, or Halcyon Days
depending on the level of English of the audience.
