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Friday, 16 July 2021

East Side Story

We were amazed and overwhelmed by Year 6's end of year performance: East Side Story. Well done year 6! We are immensely proud of you to have produced a slick and important show in a year full of interruptions. You can watch the whole production below - kindly filmed and edited by Jake Goodwin-Roberts.

East Side Story


This is our own local version of the classic musical by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story. The children worked with Osnat and their teachers to devise characters, write dialogue and rap lyrics, and to put together some impressive dance moves inspired by TikTok. They set the whole play outside, using the school play equipment for the setting, and creating props and costumes. With the action outdoors, we were able to host a socially distanced audience of parents and carers, and school bubbles of younger children caught the dress rehearsals throughout show day. We hope you enjoy it. We certainly did!

Here are some lovely pictures from rehearsals:

Blocking positions





Dance crazy...




Dress rehearsals - with an audience!





The cruelty of social media...

The after-show dance with parents and carers!