Avenue House School
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On the 26th and 27th June, years 3, 4, 5 and 6 delighted audiences with their production of Treasure Island.
Comments from Year 6 pupils about the play included:
"On Thursday and Friday night we did our production of Treasure Island. I played the part of Mr Arrow. I enjoyed singing the ‘Island Paradise’ song with Squire and Doctor. The difficult part was keeping quiet behind stage. I think Black dog and Big Jessie were very funny. I think that the Squire was the funniest when he went behind stage with the ‘Bevy of Beauties!’ I think I did better on the Friday show than the Thursday show, because I had learnt from my mistakes the previous night. The lighting was great when we had the fruit fight. Because we had not fruit, the lighting technician used a strobe to give the effect of fighting"
By Krishan
"I really enjoyed the songs and lighting, My favourite song was ‘At the end of the rainbow’ The characters were so funny. I like it when Jenny, who played Black Dog forgot her line, she coughed and said – ‘Oh dear – too much Grog!’ It was hilarious. The parents enjoyed the show enormously. I think Rahul playing the Squire was amusing when he went behind the stage with the Bevy of Beauties and came back out saying ‘You naughty, naughty girls.’ The parents were in fits of laughter at that point. I played a pirate. My part was great. I had to be a tough pirate. That was easy because I’m naturally tough!"
By Kyle
"We performed Treasure Island the musical. I played the part of Blind Pew. It was very funny when I first came on and said to Billy ‘Take me to Bones’ because I was actually talking to Bones! I also thought that Black Dog and Big Jessie were really funny as they acted really tough but infact they were really scared and were wusses. I I thought the costumes were brilliant and the make up was very good. The funniest moment was when Black Dog forgot her lines and said ‘Too much Grog!’"
By Jack
"Our production was great. I played the part of Squire Wilberforce Travis Trelawany! I really enjoyed playing this role. I thought the characters were fantastic. My favourite part was when I went behind the stage to be naughty with the girls. I then cane one tucking in my shirt. The audience roared with laughter and my head teacher thought it was a bit risky!! The strobe lighting during the fruit fight was awesome. Polly the Parrot was funny when she kept saying ‘Squawk give us a kiss!’ ON stage, and behind it, was really hot. I found it hard to learn my lines but it was all worth it in the end."
By Rahul
"I was one of Ben Gunn’s Bevy of Beauties. I enjoyed the fruit fight which had strobe lights. It made it look like we were actually throwing and catching objects. The last song ‘At the end of the Rainbow’ was a great song to end with and I know that everyone enjoyed it."
By Sophia
"I was one of Ben Gunn’s Bevy of Beauties. I enjoyed learning all the songs. The fruit fight was the best as it really looked like we were throwing fruit. It was funny when Squire took off some of the Bevy’s and came on saying ‘Naughty Naughty Girls!’"
By Anusha
"The show was really humorous and I was grateful to be part of the play. I liked the strobe lighting during the fruit fight and also during the point when the Phantoms took the pirates away when the Jolly boat was sinking. I was one of the Phantoms. I enjoyed all the songs, but my favourite songs were ‘Find the Treasure there’ and ‘Up the Jolly Roger.’ We hoisted a real flag during that song and we had a huge silhouette of a skull and crossbones shining up on the wall of the studio. I liked all the characters, but my favourite was the Squire, Polly, Ben Gunn, Billy Bones, Big Jessie and Black Dog. The best parts of the show were when Jim Hawkins, The Squire and Doctor Livesey opened Billy Bones’ chest and found it full of ladies’ underwear!"
By Gurkireth
"During our show, I really enjoyed the part when Ben Gunn sang his Cheese song. The lighting was brilliant and the costumes were good. I played the part of a pirate. I really enjoyed it when Polly the Parrot wouldn’t stop talking and kept saying ‘oohhh’ when Silver whacked him. Some of the characters were extremely amusing such as Squire, Polly and Ben Gunn. He threw his hat into the audience at the end. The best duo was Big Jessie and Black Dog."
By Jay
"On Thursday and Friday it was our show. I was really nervous but it was actually loads of fun. Everyone enjoyed their part. It was very funny when Squire pulled out a pair of lacey knickers and checked if it was his size. (It wasn’t!!) I also think the strobe lighting worked really well in the fight between the Beauties and the Pirates. I am glad that we pulled off the show, especially as it’s my last show here at school. I admire the fact that Stephen Kingsbury writes shows like this. I hope he carries on."
By Hidaya
Comments about the trip included:
"When we got to the London Bridge Underground tube station, we entered the London Dungeon. Inside it was pitch black and I felt too scared to go in. Just as we were getting to know the place, a horrible looking figure made me jump.".....Gurkireth
"We went onto the Tower Bridge. It was very high but it was not scary. We saw Canary Wharf and the O2 Dome".....Amani
"My farourite part was when we had to find our way through the mirror maze. It was fun because we kept on bumping into mirrors".....Felix
"The scariest part was when we went in this room with flashing lights and we could not see anything. It was really scary and the flashing lights made you feel peculiar. There were also bodies hanging on the walls and they were all rotten and covered in blood.".....Jack
"My farourite part was when Miss Dawes was called up and she was told that she smelled, had boils on her face and bathed in her own wee!".....Krishan
"My favourite part was when I was trapped in the cage and a crazy woman thought that I was a madman called Fred. She tried to feed me with a human tongue that she had taken out of a prisoner's mouth!!.".....Kyle
"There was a part with flashing lights. It was really freaky because there were statues and I thought they were real people so I stayed away from them.".....Anusha
"I like the fact that the actors were all dressed up in great costumes. It was so funny when some of the actors jumped out on you.".....Pryenka
"We visited Sweeny Todd's barbers and the lights suddenly switched off by themselves. The parents and teachers were screaming as they felt a hand touching their heads!".....Jay
"On the way back we sat down to have a drink and I had made a friend which was a pigeon. I named him Freddie.".....Sam
"My favourite part was when we were in the court and Hidaya got accused of relieving her self in the wells!".....Sophia
"When we were allowed in the London Dungeons they took a picture of us Krishan's Mum, Jack's Mum and Miss Dawes were about to get their heads cut off by Ruhi, and Ruhi's Mum, while I was strangling Ruhi's Mum!".....Marshell
"When we were on the Tower Bridge we saw how the tower was built and how the bridge moves.".....Manisa
"There was a boat ride and it came backwards, water splashed on me.".....Ruhi
"I was accused of apparently going to the toilet in the wells!".....Hidaya
Even when it is wet outside Year 6 still manage to enjoy themselves. 
Looking at the 1980's
We have been looking back in time to the 1980's. Cedar have studied the fashion, the music and the politics. We also gathered together some memorable artefacts from the period. Do you recognise any?
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Cedar visited the theatre to see Billy Elliot. As well as being a great show it gave us an insight into the politics of the 1980's.