PAPER AEROPLANES

After a year of no live theatre, Emanuel’s Drama department was pleased to have delivered a live-streamed performance of the Year 8 Play, Paper Aeroplanes, in May 2021. This play, which was initially meant to be performed in May 2020, saw 24 Year 8 pupils and two Year 9 tech pupils creatively collaborate to deliver this performance.

Paper Aeroplanes is a light-hearted, fun adventure story where 10-year-old Maisie gets catapulted into a world full of weird and wonderful creatures, including a gherkin, a fluffy pink elephant and a fish tank full of jellyfish. Maisie is on a mission to defeat the evil toad mistress and somehow find her way back home. The cast and crew worked exceptionally hard throughout the months leading up to this performance in order to get the show up and running, and I cannot express the level of talent and commitment each and every pupil brought to the process.

We were hugely grateful to be able to start putting on shows again. There is nothing quite like live theatre.

Miss L Caffyn (Director in Residence)