Written by peter sanders | 29 January 2010

Thanks to Cheryl for doing a brilliant dance workshop and making me ache all over today!
It was great to have you all there and I think you'll appreciate it on Sunday.
I heard that there will be a free dance workshop/demo at Sadlers Wells both before the performance and during the interval and I don't think we should miss it so let's get there by 7pm at the latest.

Also to remind everyone to bring along a photo of something/someone/somewhere that they really like so we can talk about it in the first Photography workshop on Tuesday 2nd at 4pm at Lauriston. If any of you have a digital camera, could you bring it along to the session as it will allow for more activity.

See you on Sunday!

Written by Madeleine Waller | 29 January 2010

Hello everyone,  looking forward to the first Digital Photography workshop on Tuesday.   Just a reminder to bring in a portrait/photo that you like.  It can be anything from a magazine, newspaper, school photo,  family album, even something on your mobile phone.

See you on Tuesday.

Written by nickcan | 29 January 2010

Well, tonight I'm off to the Opera! Dunni's favourite experience  - the Royal Opera House (SOOOO posh!). I'm going to see Cosi Fan Tutti...not quite sure why; I've read the plot synopsis and find it all very odd - a lot of larking about in disguises from people with very long names. Oh well, there may be some good tunes and I'll get a good dinner - so can't complain! Tomorrow I was going to see Red at the Donmar Theatre but then we're off to Sampled at Sadlers Wells on Sunday...and..well, I think a fella can only take so much culture in a weekend so I passed the Red tickets on to a friend. Hope she has fun!

Really glad that everyone seems to have enjoyed Nation and we had a great time at the Dance Workshop - Cheryl is brilliant, isn't she?! This is looking like its a great group - Dunni's mum says that you are all bonding on the bus . I'm really pleased. See you all on Sunday!

Written by samson and mum | 28 January 2010

Hi it's me samson (and this is a note to mr cannon my mum is doing this one with me ) and  i want to talk about the dance workshop. It was really good and fun i only liked the free style only because i am only good at that  i loved the moves she taught  us and the cool tricks  this is what my mum said she found it cool a bit hard and fun and very intersting thank for reading samson and mum.

Written by samson and mum | 28 January 2010

We went to the national theatre to wach a play called nation .It was really really good and interesting and a bit of weird and funny stuff was in it like parrot  who all ways said stuff at random i think if  i had to do it i would do an bad peformance and well to rap it up GO THERE AND WACH IT NOW!

Written by meyrem zehra | 27 January 2010

ohh  my  god  the    play   was  great  plus   I   HAD    GREAT    FRIENDS  TOO  GO  WITH  ME!  and  a  lovly  headteacher  thank  you  Peter  and  my  FRIENDS!Evreyone  made  my  time  great!and  i  wont  too  say  a  BIG  THANK  YOU    TOO   ELISE!

Written by Eelyn Lee | 26 January 2010

In this video clip Angie talks about seeing the fireworks display on Victoria Park. Does anyone else have any memories of seeing anything good in the park...????

Written by Dunni and Lola | 24 January 2010

The trip to the National Theatre was exciting. It was nice to see the children having great fun, realising that they are going to school the following day, and yet they are bubbly at the late hours of the night. We had lots of fun on the bus and did not want to depart from the other people. I got to know other parents and they were very nice people. I look forward to another wonderful outing together.

The talk about the National Theatre was on in my house for another two days after the trip. Thank God we now talk about other things. I did'nt quite get all of the play but, Dunni and Samson were very helpful in explaining it to me. I never knew I could enjoy this but, I was proven wrong. Thanks a lot to the organisers of these outings, honestly it is working well so far. It was a wonderful experience.   

Written by Dunni and Lola | 24 January 2010

I went to the NT on Monday the 18th of January and i really enjoyed it. We watched a film called Nation,it was about a man called maw and a girl called daffony and they survive a Tsunami.I really enjoyed myself and i would like to go there to watch something different.

   Here are some websites:


http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre

http://www.stagework.org.uk/stageworks/index.html

http://www.ntposters.org.uk/index.php

Written by Anita and Naya | 22 January 2010

Well I not sure what to make of nation, but i really liked the effects and it was well acted. Naya enjoyed it but luckly she did not really understand the parriot! Thank Goodness. I liked the wiered dancing too. The parriot was my favorite character! :0)

not a great picture but below is a picture of the cast at the end, parriot front row middle .

Written by MARCIA DWAUN | 22 January 2010

 We   to  a  play  I  liked  the  bit  when mou went in the warter the shark leely got him

Written by MARCIA DWAUN | 22 January 2010

Hi
I went to see the Nations that is a story about two young people from different parts of the world. There is  massive waves in the sea that distroys the land killing the nations people leaving one boy teenager alive.  In the sea there is a ship wreck and the teenager girl is swept to the land that is where the boy is left alone.

Bought together they do not understand each other ,different languages, different cultures, different races.  These two teenager learn to survive  and help others they meet, in the end they must part but they never forget each otheer.

My son Dwaun enjoyed the play very much he was on the edge of  his chair all the way through.  The play was beautifully done and is a must see event. 

Written by nile and alex | 21 January 2010

Phew!I think the last time I went to the theatre was about 8  months ago to see a ballet in Adelaide in South Australia before I moved to London and I remember feeling breathless as I sat down after rushing to get there after organising babysitters etc....it always takes a minute to catch your breath and allow yourself to be lifted out of ordinary life and into imagination where you dont have to have the same rules.

I really loved Nation because I was immediately taken away from thinking about buses and the shopping and whether or not to buy milk on the way home.BAM! right into it,the axe in the wood and the birds,the first of the puppets.I love puppets,especially surprising witty puppets that make you wonder about how they were made.

enough from me,Alex,more from Nile later.

Written by nickcan | 19 January 2010

Thank you all for coming last night. I was concerned when the play started that it might be a bit patronising, that the 'Natives' were savages and 'The White Man' would svae the day but was pleased that that tuned out to be not the case at all. I was thrilled to see the group absolutley lapping it up and for a generation brought up on the sophistication of computer games and Avatar and the cinema - I was delighted to see the children so engrossed in the story and the staging. Total suspension of belief.
Ah the staging! Brilliant; the drowning, the boat scene, the storm - all amazing! Now, how can I work all that into the next Christmas Production???
If theatre is to entertain and make you think (and I think its supposed to) then this ticked all the boxes. I went home and turned on the news and saw the devastation in Haiti and thought how they will struggle to rebuild their Nation...can we learn from the mistakes of the past or will society just carry on building itself anew with all the errors of before? Mau tried...lessons should be learned. Listen to me getting all deep and its only 8.20 in the morning and I'm full of cold and very little sleep...I blame the lemsip! Looking forward to hearing everyone's views...on theplay - not my cold!

Written by peter sanders | 19 January 2010

Well, I left this evening's performance at The National feeling like I had just eaten a meal. Sometimes  just a snack will do, sometimes a takeaway but tonight I felt like I'd had a banquet! The whole performance was so rich that I'll be digesting it for weeks to come.

Written by Alison and Keon | 18 January 2010

I thought it was quite good but some of the parts were a bit dramitc  it was fun whatching .I think i would go to watch it again.They made it look realistic.As an example the bit when the guy got shot in the eye and i saw blood also the people swimming in the water.but it was strings.I liked the how the added all the instruments together and made different sounds.
By Keon.
Ps had fun with Ronnie and Nile.