The Willow Pattern Plate & The Beauty Manifesto

This evening’s entertainment was a double bill performed by the Intermediate Youth and Youth Theatre Groups. The willow pattern depicted the story of the well known plate that most homes have owned at one time or another. The Narrators particularly Laura Browne mastered lengthy dialogues to explain the tragic story of star crossed lovers. Good performances from Loren Merrell, Megan Merrell, Josh Gifford and Alfie Newman. Tamsin Moon had a very expressive face which enhanced her performance and Katie Lloyd was very good. The second performance of the evening came from the older youth group. The Beauty Manifesto was an interesting subject: upon reaching their 18th birthday they were expected to undergo cosmetic surgery to make sure that they were beautiful in order to fit in with the new world. Conor Stobart, Josh Skyrme and Sam Collins played the three new recruits and gave convincing performances as did Annis Newman as Jasmine the Head Administrator and Megan Webb as her reluctant sister who ended up rebelling with one of the recruits even though it meant going against her families values. Both plays delivered a moral message: very profound.

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