聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Manor School Drama Club hosted their annual performance on Wednesday, June 15. This year they hosted a dinner theatre in the school gym, which was very well attended.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The dinner portion of the theatre was run by the School community Council, students, and staff. This included the preparation of the meal by Rylan and Cindy Weir along with the Manor School Foods 30 class taught by Michelle Cundall, co-director of the show.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淧eople could purchase tickets to the dinner and show or just come to the show,鈥� Korinn Riddell, co-director, explained.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The cast and crew included youth from grades five to 11.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e had 15 students working on it, which is quite a lot, considering the school only has just over 80 students in total,鈥� Riddell added.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The youth prepared for over two months for their performance of 鈥淭en Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse,鈥� by playwright Don Zolidis.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The play was chock full of hilarity as the comedic guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse was explained. Suggestions included sacrificing the weak to try to save yourself to learning Kung Fu.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Riddell added, 鈥渢he play was quite humorous and the kids got a lot of laughs and many compliments afterwards.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Performing on the production were Kara Brimner,聽Ross Brimner,聽Kyle Bye,聽J'Naya Cunningham,聽Jeremy Haight,聽Trista Kennett,聽Hannah Littlechief,聽Elizabeth McWhan,聽Desiree Riddell,聽Destiny Riddell,聽and Vincent Shackleton.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Nothing is possible, however, without a great crew which included Missy Biermann,聽Shay-lynne Englot,聽Dominique Jurista,聽and Aiza Weir. They were joined by several cast members who also helped behind the scenes as well.
