YOUNG actors and actresses from a Chester school have been praised after they staged a “hilarious” performance.
Under the direction of Emma Lucia of Clwyd Theatr Cymru, pupils from The King’s School recently presented an adaptation of John Dighton’s 1950 farce, The Happiest Days of your Life.
School spokesman Daniel Bourhill said: “The play is set during the Second World War. An entire London girls’ school is evacuated to King’s, much to the horror of all the staff and pupils involved. Mayhem ensues as the warring factions are forced to find a compromise.
“With superb comic acting from the pupils, nostalgic song-and-dance routines and fabulously evocative design, King’s revisited wonderfully rounded off the school’s celebrations of fifty years at Wrexham Road.”
Meanwhile, singers in Chester are gearing up take part in an international competition later this year.
The King’s School Choir will go head-to-head with seven other groups in the preliminary stage of the Senior Children’s Choir competition at Llangollen International Eisteddfod 2011.
King’s was selected from a total of 24 entries from across the country. Only two choirs will be chosen by the adjudicators to advance to the main competition.
Head of academic music at King’s, Kath Andrews, said: “I’m incredibly proud of the school choir. It’s wonderful that a choir which is open to any member of the school and has members from every year group should be accepted to take part in this prestigious competition and it will be a memorable experience for all concerned. We are all looking forward to July with excitement.”