New International School (NewIS) of Japan’s annual musical on March 7 was a true celebration of music and drama, with all live music and a cast of more than 80 students in Roald Dahl’s version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The school rented Theatre Green, a beautiful theatre near NewIS, for the production. The entire YMCA International School came to the dress rehearsal and there were two further performances on the same day. A number of parents came to both performances.
In this musical, Goldilocks was put on trial with a brilliant case for the defence scripted by Tim Stearns, the school’s Principal/Director of Studies, who directs the musicals every year. The jury consisted of her peers — who of course were other storybook characters such as Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf, the Snow Queen, Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, and other characters from previous musicals put on by the school.
If any school would like to send their students to next year’s musical, contact Steven Parr at [email protected].
