Talented stage stars of the future wowed audiences with spectacular performances of toe-tapping musical, The Addams Family.
Creepy, kooky, and altogether ooky, the show ran for four nights in the Lyceum Theatre and has been described as the school’s best musical showcase to date.
Students from Years 10-13 rehearsed for months to stage the production, which depicts a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre.
Ms S Bishop, Highfields’ Head of Extra Curricular Performance, said: “It was an excellent show. I would go as far as saying it was our best yet. With pyrotechnics, smoke, a really funny and modern script, and a great score of original rock music, it was a show with it all.
“Our students put on some fantastic performances and overcame a couple of technical issues, including a power cut, with the ease of professionals.
“This was the last Highfields production for our Year 13 students, many of whom have been appearing in our annual school musicals since they started in Year 7, and they put on another amazing show.
“Putting together our shows takes a lot of work over a number of weeks, with the performers and musicians staying after school until 8pm every Thursday as well as some Saturdays, and throughout holidays.
“They all worked so hard to ensure The Addams Family was a success, and it was fantastic to see that all their efforts were worth it.
“As always, it has been a pleasure to work with such a delightful, talented and hard-working group of young people. They should be incredibly proud.”
Following the success of Addams Family, rehearsals are already in full swing for Highfields’ next musical, feel-good family favourite Beauty And The Beast, which will be staged by students from Years 7-9 from February 26th-28th 2020. Rehearsals are now taking place every Thursday from 3.30pm.
We were delighted that our production of The Addams Family made headlines in the Express & Star (below).
