The Jungle Book

This was a very successful first venture for the newly formed Junior Society "S'MAJIC", (St Michael's Amateurs Juniors In Concert) working under the banner of the Senior Society.  

The stage set was very effective and made you think you really were in the jungle.  There were lots of ropes with leaves everywhere and a beautiful working waterfall.  Most of the children were under twelev years of age.  With just the three leading animal characters Bagheera, the Panther (Jenny Coney-Chritchley) Baloo, the Bear (Stephen Wrathall) and Shere Khan, the Tiger (Liam Greenwood) who were older.  These three, along with little Mowgli, (Archie Lovatt) all gave good characterisiations and promising performances.  Lovely clear diction from Shanti, (Beth Blacker) from the Man Village.  

The facial and body make-up for all the animals was excellent.  I must mention the costumes, it was obvious a lot of hard work had gone into the design and colour cor-ordination, it made it so easy to detect each and every animal or bird.  

They were supported by the young chorus, some only seven years of age, all full of life, enjoying the delightful choreography.  The production was well paced and imaginative.  Looking forward with anticipation to your next production.  Congratulations to all involved on stage and behind the scenes.

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