Two of the children, Sue Gi and Leon, made the effort to make a mask each for their roles ie. Middle-sized Billy Goat Gruff and Little Billy Goat Gruff. Very cute indeed!
The children worked very well together. Although there's only one role each for the Bridge and Narrator, the two pairs (Min Yi and Yuen Qing; David and Jennifer) came to an agreement on how they would take turn to read out the lines, without my intervention. And fights over the roles - a common scenario among little children - are totally unheard of. I'm impressed that these children display a level of maturity that's beyond their physical age. I hope that the rest of the performing groups will model after them when they are selected to do Readers' Theatre in the following months.
After the performance, the audience was asked to comment on 3 things that they find commendable and 3 things that the group could improve on.
Generally, the children adored the masks and Zafranshah's dramatisation of the troll falling into the river. Although they thought the group's volume on the whole was quite soft and more dramatic voices and actions could be incorporated, most of the students were of the opinion that the RT was well done.
Some children have approached me regarding the next Readers' Theatre. I will most likely make it a fortnightly affair so that it doesn't take up too much curriculum time and the participating children will have sufficient time to mull over their roles and create resources for their performances.
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