Christmas came early to Dalry as the Music Dept. went off to the theatre on Friday 1st December. The performance was a live screening of the National Theatre production of ‘Follies’ – a musical by Stephen Sondheim. It is less often performed than many other musicals as it has lots of songs and there is no real plot as such – just a setting with flashbacks to another time . The main focus is all about relationships between people.
Castle Douglas High School were invited to join us and 19 of their S3- 6 music students did. The show started at 10.00 am and everybody got a chance to stock up on drinks, sweets and ice creams – to last throughout the show which was non -stop for over 2 hours. Imelda Staunton was one of the lead actresses and she was excellent in the role – singing, dancing and acting superbly.
Here’s what the pupils had to say about it:
‘loved every second of it – 5 stars definitely’
‘was really good- kept the tension throughout- good plot – cleverly done – worth seeing’
