Vale’s Primary’s Peter Pan audition attracts 100
Pupils at Vale Primary School have started preparing for the school’s summer production – Peter Pan the Musical.
The students’ first recent read-through of the script attracted more than 100 pupils who will be involved.
‘This is our first run-through and we have about 100 students taking part in speaking roles,’ said teacher Lauren Eyton-Jones, who is leading the musical aspect of the production.
‘It is fully inclusive. All students who signed up have a part may not get the part they wanted, but everyone has a part. We have dancers, actors and singers taking part, and the speaking parts are spread evenly across year groups, which is nice to see.’
‘It really is something that involves everyone,’ said Jess Le Page, the play’s director.
As well as the students taking up acting roles, the infants will be forming a choir for the production and there is a team of students doing work backstage.
Ms Le Page had said that it was her own experience of school productions that inspired her to put on such a large scale production for the school.
‘The vision came from my own experience of a primary school show, it is one of my main memories of primary school, a production that everyone was involved in,’ she said.
The school will have 14 weeks of rehearsals before opening night.
‘It is doable.
‘The children are already proving they can work hard,’ said Ms Le Page.
Amelia Davison-Le Vote, 11, is playing the main role of Peter in the production and said that she was enjoying playing her character.
‘I wanted to be Peter because he has very good enthusiasm and is a very joyful character, like me,’ she said. ‘I love acting and musical theatre.’
Adam Beak, 10, is taking on the role of Captain Hook and said he was excited to have a speaking part.
‘It is exciting, but also having a speaking part means a lot to learn,’ he said.
‘Excitement is really building among the students,’ added Mrs Eyton-Jones.
