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Pantomimes performed in holidays

 

The Peninsula Dance and Theatre School will be holding regular performances of pantomimes of The Little Mermaid and Alice in Wonderland at the Peninsula Theatre during school holidays.

The performances aimed at children aged three to nine years will be interactive, with upbeat music, audience participation, singing, dancing, fun and games.

The performances will run from July 15 to 20 and should be fun for the whole family.

The Little Mermaid will be performed each morning at 10am and Alice in Wonderland every afternoon at 3pm.

Tickets are $10 and the performances run for approximately one hour.

Afterwards the audience will be able to meet and greet performers.

Mostly girls, the performers, aged from 15-17, have recently returned from touring the theme parks on Queensland's Gold Coast in April this year.

Principal of the Peninsula Dance and Theatre School, Angela Denman, has written the original script of the pantomimes her pupils will be performing.

"It is such an opportunity that the dance school can offer paid work for students, and has done so for the last 10 years," she said.

"We have now incorporated our professional company, Dance City Theatricals, into the dance school, giving all our students the opportunity to go that one step further."

Peninsula Dance and Theatre School has been established for 17 years, and operates from the Peninsula Community Centre at Woy Woy.

Students are able to take classes in classical ballet, jazz, tap, musical theatre and drama.

The drama students gained first place in the 12 and under Plays at the Central Coast Drama Eisteddfod in early June.

The July School Holidays will also see the professional side of the school performing "The Hairy Fairies" at the Ettalong Beach War Memorial Club on Friday, July 12, at 2pm.

With enquiries, phone 4342 1382.

Press release, June 25