Mrs Spike, the head-teacher, had a nervous breakdown. She was found in the sandpit eating sand and mooing like a cow. The terrible twins Holly and Sean thought this was very funny indeed. That is until Mrs Spike’s replacement arrived. For you see, the new Head Teacher was – a Troll. Yes, that’s right, a Troll. Bede's Performing Arts return to Edinburgh in 2021 with a mischievous, colourful and comic show from the writer of West End hit – Matilda. Warning: this show contains naughty children and a troll.
by Dennis Kelly
by Laura Wade
By Bertolt Brecht
Adapted by Jennifer Wise
A hilarious, satirical parody of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler. Still equally relevant today with parallels to… well you choose… any angry, moronic ruthless leader's rise to power.
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By Malorie Blackman and Dominic Cooke
With echoes of Romeo and Juliet, Noughts and Crosses is an electrifying, bittersweet love story set in a society divided by bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Sephy (a Cross) is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister. Callum is the son of a Nought agitator. United by a shared sense of injustice as children, and separated by intolerance as they grow up, their desire to be together begins to eclipse all family loyalty sparking a political crisis of unimaginable proportions.
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