Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Performing Arts - Theater & Musicals

School's out, but the drama never stops at the superposh Orion Academy. Hartley Blackstone -- the famous director, producer, choreographer, and genuine Broadway icon -- has chosen Orion to hold auditions for one lucky guy and girl to attend his summer theater program in New York City.

Naturally, every wannabe-It girl and boy at Orion is going mad, prepping to win Blackstone's approval. With any luck, it could be Bryan and his BFF, Sam, stepping onto a Broadway stage.

But Mr. Blackstone, known for his notoriously harsh critiques, is capable of crushing hearts and shattering dreams...

Twenty stories from Shakespeare retold in lively prose. The author makes the complex language of Shakespeare's greatest plays accessible to young children by relating the stories that form the core of the plays. Her graceful, vivid retellings are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's works.

First published in 1807, these simple retellings of the plots of Shakespeare's plays have delighted generations of children, while serving as an excellent introduction to the dramas of our greatest playwright. Shakespeare's own language is used as much as possible to accustom children to the English of the Elizabethan age and so make easier their transition to the reading of the plays themselves. Numerous black and white illustrations by Louis Rhead complement the text. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

It's time for the Fall One-Act Festival, and Hope gets the honored privilege of debuting her very first original play With Bryan directing and Jason and Sam as the leads, it seems as if nothing could go wrong with this dream team of talent. But where's the fun in that?

Enter Sam and Jason's onstage chemistry that's so hot, it's working overtime offstage Course, Sam's real-life beau, Eric isn't so cool with that. And what about Bryan? With his sexual orientation public knowledge, he's gaining some admiring attention from the most unexpected people. Can you blame them?

With all...

Features activities that support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students fulfil the Framework objectives. This book includes activities such as Speaking and Listening, and the structure of playscripts. The story is about a group of friends

India and Treasure become the best of friends. Together they escape from their problems by writing diaries. But when secrets start jumping off the page and into real life, they find themselves in deep trouble. Includes production notes to indicate how the play can be staged even with minimal resources.

Ten-year-old Andy used to live happily at mulberry cottage with her family and Radish the rabbit, who lives in Andy's pocket and shares all her secrets. But then it all went wrong. Includes production notes to indicate how the play can be staged even with minimal resources.

An hilarious sequel to Alex and The Warrior.

Incorporating the themes of friendship and what it means to belong, Alex and the Winter Star is not only play jam packed with adventure, danger and magic, but is underlined by important concepts and issues.

Ideal for young actors and schools, Alex's new adventures are sure to capture the imagination of young readers, sending them spinning into a mystical world of possibilities.

This is a collection of three thirty-minute plays by leading playwrights for children to perform, commissioned by the Unicorn. Class Acts includes: The Wish Collector by Oladipo Agboluaje, The Acme Thunderer by Lin Coghlan, and Of the Terrifying Events on the Hamelin Estate by Philip Osment.

How did we get here and what might lie ahead? Join Charlie and his dog Fitz as they jump on board a roller coaster that will send you back in time, from the beginnings of life, through dinosaurs to DNA, and on into the future.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the Italian city of Verona is disrupted by two wealthy families at war. The Capulets and the Montagues despise each other. Unwittingly, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love. Too afraid to tell their families, Romeo and Juliet marry in secret. They make this choice knowing that nothing good can come from their deception. The hatred between their families creates a tragic end. 32 pages

Looking for relief from boredom and a chance to get off the wing, seven young fathers in prison sign-up for an education programme. They try to use the workshops to settle scores and to rise up the prison pecking order. But theyre confronted with more than theyd bargained for, as they face up to their relationships with their children and their own fathers. Self-deceptions, vulnerabilities, and failed hopes and dreams are revealed, unleashing anger and violence that the workshop leaders struggle to contain.Researched in Rochester Prison with a young fathers group, the pilot project was...

Lucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.

Famously filmed, this story of a prosperous Edwardian family - mother and three children - forced into near-penury in the rural north of England captures the anxieties and exhilarations of childhood with great tenderness and insight.

Based on a version by Tim Supple, this adaptation was first staged at
Johannesburg's Market Theatre in 2008. This new adaptation is a piece of dynamic storytelling which, like the original stories, has allegorical
resonances, this time with present-day South Africa. Generosity of spirit
triumphs over meanness: a dose of good medicine in these tough times.

Despite having had the part memorized since she was ten years old, overweight Aggie Stockdale is disappointed when she doesn't get the lead role in her high school production of Hello, Dolly!

Drama Diaries - The Alice Adventure tells the story of Amanda and Elizabeth, two sixth grade girls who are best friends and aspiring actresses. Their dueling diaries provide a glimpse into each girl's most private thoughts and feelings, as they audition, rehearse and perform their first middle school play, Alice in Wonderland. Eighth grade divas, rehearsal disasters and a strange, glitter-wearing girl with a terrible secret threaten to ruin everything, but theater and friendship win out, just in time for the announcement of the winter production -- Tom Sawyer.

The Critter Club has baby bunnies to care for--but is Ellie too busy aiming for showstopper status to help out her friends?

The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls--especially Ellie She's wanted to perform her entire life, so when she lands the lead role in Santa Vista Elementary School's Spring Spectacular, it's her big chance to show her stuff But as Ellie's big performance draws near, will she let the play and her determination to succeed get in the way of being a good friend? What about caring for the baby rabbits that were just brought to The Critter Club?...

The Critter Club has baby bunnies to care for--but is Ellie too busy aiming for showstopper status to help out her friends?

The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls--especially Ellie She's wanted to perform her entire life, so when she lands the lead role in Santa Vista Elementary School's Spring Spectacular, it's her big chance to show her stuff But as Ellie's big performance draws near, will she let the play and her determination to succeed get in the way of being a good friend? What about caring for the baby rabbits that were just brought to The Critter Club?...

Outrageously zany and filled with non-stop surprises, Simon Reade's theatrical adaptation of The Scarecrow and His Servant (a children's tale by renowned author Philip Pullman), is an enchanting play for young readers and performers.