In previous years, the foundation-to-4 students have performed dance concerts biannually, but F-4 community leader Erin Emmett wanted students to have an opportunity to experience all elements of the performing arts on stage from a young age.
With the support and dedication of the F-4 community teachers and LSOs, St Augustine’s talented Foundation to Year 4 students will perform their very first junior production.
St Augustine’s College Kyabram Foundation to Year 4 students will unlock the imaginations of Kyabram citizens when they bring the Cats in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie LaBird, the Whos in Whoville and other Seuss favourites to life with their production of Seussical™ KIDS.
Seussical™ KIDS will be performed on Wednesday, September 14, at 6.30pm and Thursday, September 15, at 6.30pm at the Kyabram Plaza Theatre, 241 Allan St, Kyabram. Tickets are available for $10 each and can be purchased through Trybooking at http://www.trybooking.com/CBSVH
Seussical™ KIDS combines Dr Seuss tales (and tails) using the plinker-plunker of many musical styles — ranging from Latin to pop, swing to gospel, and R&B to funk — as colourful as the classic books.
Seussical™ KIDS begins with a young boy named JoJo who conjures up the Cat in the Hat with his powerful imagination and is whisked to the Jungle of Nool for a fantastical adventure.
There JoJo learns of the plight of the tiny citizens of Whoville, who live on a planet the size of a speck of dust. Their sole protector is Horton the Elephant, who is the only one with large and sensitive enough ears to hear them bipping and beeping and playing their oompahs.
The small world is threatened by Sour Kangaroo and the Wickersham Brothers, who in disbelief that a world could be so small, try to steal the dust-speck so they can cast it into a vat of Beezle-Nut oil.
During all of this drama, Horton has not noticed that he has an admirer, Gertrude McFuzz. She blames his indifference on her one-feather short tail and endeavours to find a way to change her looks.
Meanwhile, Horton’s friend, Mayzie LaBird, is bored of perching on her nest, and convinces the watchful elephant to sit on her egg so she can take a vacation.
The Cat follows all of these storylines and finally casts the boy into his own as the irresponsible son of Mr and Mrs Mayor of Whoville, JoJo, who ultimately saves his whole tiny world with one big, imaginative “think”.
“It has been great to see the students grow in their confidence throughout the term. They are so excited to go on a real stage and perform for their loved ones. It is amazing to think that these students are only, five to 10 year olds,” Ms Emmett said.
“Some of the students in Years 3 and 4 that have lead roles have memorised a significant number of lines in a matter of 10 to 12 weeks. This just proves that ‘Anything’s Possible’ a key theme throughout Seussical™ KIDS production.”
