Bringing Scheherazade to life
The upper Primary Department at Warwick Academy recently performed a production of Scheherazade by Nick Perrin.The story takes the audience to a junk shop full of oriental charms. Two children are looking for a birthday present for their grandfather. They discover a heavy dust-covered book called, ‘Tales of the Arabian Nights’.A mysterious character, whom the children take to be the shopkeeper, suddenly appears and tells the children about the book before reading them the story of Princess Scheherazade. The play tells four of the tales and the audiences get to find out what happens to Scheherazade and her sister Dinazade.Year 6 teacher Amanda Ingham has been the director and Primary music teacher Davidson Bishop the musical director. Choreographers were year 5 teacher Molly Cordeiro and Director of Staff and Student Development, Jill Finnigan.The main cast was as follows:Sammy Kylah HallChris Addy MalpasOld Woman Maleia HowardScheherazade Hailey BarnettDinazade Ellie CordeiroVizier Malcolm HendricksonSultan Kiandre SpencerGenie Zayla BolinIn addition to the main cast there were wonderful dancers and a choir to back them all up!