On the 23^rd March in the afternoon me and my class went to the Instituto Politéctnico de Tomar to watch a theatre play called “Off With Their Heads” there were four main characters: Queen Elizabeth I; Toilet, a servant and two explorers Sir Francis Drake and Sir Atterly Rodden, also known as Utterly Rotten (that’s the way Toilet called him).

 All the servants and the executioners had food poisoning because Toilet made dinner for them (she was not poisoned because she didn’t eat dinner she made).

The two explorers gave the Queen three gifts: a potato, chocolate, and coffee but she already had them. She was utterly bored, she had nothing to do. Atterly and Sir Francis were about to sail to The New World when the Queen said “I’m going with you!” they said it was too dangerous but she didn’t care she went with them to The New World.

When they arrived to The New World, they made two groups, Sir Francis with the Queen and Sir Atterly Rodden with Toilet. When Sir Francis and the Queen arrived they saw two ogres, Olive and Olaf. When Olaf saw the Queen he wanted to marry her, but Olive started crying and she punched him. The Queen found a tablet with a map. Sir Atterly arrived. While he was talking to Toilet (Toilet wasn’t listening to him) she found the second tablet, when Sir Francis arrived to the place that the map was indicating he made us sing a song to the gods. When Sir Atterly arrived to the place where Sir Francis was, he made a team with some villains called the Creepy Conquerors. Sir Francis made another team called the Eager Explorers, to see who would win the “Elixir of Life”. They made a dance competition.

While they were dancing, Toilet found the “Elixir of Life” and the Queen made her Lady Toilet.

Jorge Martins, 7ºD

On 23^rd. March, in the afternoon we went to IPT with the History teacher to see a theatre play called “Off with their heads”, by the Avalon Theatre Company. They play had four main characters: Queen Elizabeth I, Toilet, a servant, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Atterly Rodden. The two explorers brought three gifts to the Queen Elizabeth I: a potato, chocolate and coffee.

The Creepy Conquerors were Napoleon, Genghis, Khan, Joan of Arc and Boudicca. The Eager Explorers were Dora, Columbus, Magellan and Sacagawea. There were two ogres, Olive and Olaf.

We danced “the twist”.

In the end, Toilet found the “Elixir of life” and became Lady Toilet.

Rodrigo Esteves, 7ºD.

On 23th March, we went to see a theatre play called “Off With Their Heads” by Avalon Theatre Company. At 14:30, in IPT, the play began . The four main characters were: Queen Elizabeth II, the servant Toilet and the explorers,  Sir Francis Drake and Sir Atterly Rodden ( Utterly Rotter for Toilet).

The explorers gave the Queen a potato, chocolate and coffee. We liked this theatre very much because the characters played with us and they were very funny!

We danced the Twist, made three groups: the Creepy Conquerors, the Eager Explorers and the Executioners (where I participated).

The actors were friendly and played this theatre very well. I liked “Off With Their Heads” because the play had a lot of good vocabulary for my success in the English classes.

Ricardo Mendes, 7ºD

On the 23 March we went to the IPT with the History teacher. There were four main characters: Queen Elizabeth I, Toilet, the servant, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Atterly Rodden, the explorers. All the servants had food poisoning. The Creepy Conquerors were: Napoleon, genkis khan, Joan of ark and Boudicca.   The Eager Explorers were Dora, Columbus, Magellan and Sacagawea. There were two ogres: Olive and Olaf.  Toilet found the Elixir of the life became Lady Toilet.

 Anna Makarenko turma: 7ºD

On 23^rd March (last school day) I went with my class to see a theatre play in the auditorium of the IPT (Instituto Politécnico de Tomar).                                                                                                                                                      

The play’s title was “Off with their heads”. The story started with a scene about Food Poisoning. When Sir Francis Drake and Sir Atterley Rodden returned from their explorations, they presented Queen Elizabeth I with new and exotic foods to surprise her: a potato, chocolate and coffee.



Boudicca

The Queen and her servant, Toilet, wanted to know the New World, so they travelled there. They meet unusual creatures like Olive and Olaf, the ogres and also the Creepy Conquerors: Genghis Khan, Boudicca, Napoleon, Joan of Arc and the Eager Explorers: Magellan, Columbus, Sacagawea and Dora, the Explorer.

My favourite actor was Olive because she was short and fat. I spent a good time and it was an opportunity to listen to English actors, because it’s difficult to go to the theatre out of Tomar. This play was very amusing and interesting. I’m anxious to see a new play from this Company.

 

                                                                                                                                  Sílvia Semedo, nr 29, 7^thA

A thank you note by the Avalon Theatre Company

From all of us at Avalon Theatre Company, a big "Thank You!" to you and all the students who joined us for Off With Their Heads!   It was so much fun for us to perform for such enthusiastic audiences. Also, thank you for the wonderful lunch.  It was delightful to have a chance to speak with everyone and also meet the teachers that were visiting from Turkey, Slovakia and Hungary.  We hope they enjoyed the day as much as we did!


As always, we welcome your (and the teachers) comments so we can continue to make our performances and study guides an entertaining and educational experience for the students.  Please ask the teachers to have students visit our group page (Avalon Theatre Company) on Facebook and leave their comments.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/89366695578/


Again, from all of us at Avalon Theatre Company, our sincere appreciation and we look forward to seeing you again!  Have a wonderful Easter!


Sincerely,

Erica, Meg, Beth, Grant & Keith

We went to the theatre

On the last school day, we went to the theatre to see another fantastic play by the Avalon Theatre Company. I believe we all had a fantastic, I would dare say funtastic time. Now, we are back at school for the third term, so I have asked my students to write their opinions on the play and here is the outcome.

I would also like to thank all the teachers who joined!

Teacher: Carla H. Guia