On Friday 12th July, Year 6 performed their production of 'Pirates of the Curry Bean' at the Lancaster Arts Centre at Wycombe Abbey. The children arrived early ready to prep for the day, as well as enjoying the opportunity to play games with friends and enjoy the school grounds.
They then got to enter the theatre and do a tech run. During this they learnt how all the sound, lighting and projections fitted with what they had rehearsed in school.
The show began at The Squirty Squid on the Old London Docks, where we were introduced to the Periwinkle's - Jack and Liza and, their mum, Pearl. Their family-time was swiftly interrupted by the arrival of a group of pirates who stole the Periwinkle's treasure map.
In this scene, Jack and Liza met Captain Cod who invited them onboard the sailor's ship, along with a group of sailors, to search for their mother. Hornhonker, the admiral, also joined Cod's ship as did Scuttle and Slack.
In scene 4 we encountered Pearl after her kidnapping, she agreed to join the pirates for a one off trip, though the pirates weren't very happy about this. Jack, Liza and Pearl all reminisced about their time together.
Scene 5 took us back to Cod's ship with a very sea sick Hornhonker. The children's cat, Fiddlesticks, helped chase away the rats deemed to be an issue by health and safety officers Wally and Pratt. Cod discovered Scuttle and Slack hiding from their sailor duties so put the sailors to work with a drill.
Scene 6 saw a fight break out between the pirates and the sailors, leading to those onboard Cod's ship being taken hostage if they chose not to join the pirate crew.
In scene 7 we visited those taken hostage by Redbeard the pirate. Scuttle and Slack came along to help but ended up causing a shipwreck.
Everyone washed up on the island of Lumbago in the Sea of Sciatica. Each group ended up being chased by monkeys and dropping the stolen treasure map. Until, eventually, Scuttle and Slack used the map to find the treasure. However, they were then chased by a gorilla. The guards arrived, alongside the chief, who turned out to be Jack and Liza's father, Captain Swaggersword the long lost pirate, to welcome the strangers. They were followed by Redbeard who tried to claim the treasure back but was punished by Cod with the removal of her pink beard. Jack, Liza, Pearl and Swaggersword then brought everyone together to begin a new pirate adventure.