June 14th 2022
Animal Rocks
Last week Moulsford hosted the ‘Playhouse Plays Out’ Pop Up Tent. The tent, run by Oxford Playhouse, travels around over the summer bringing theatre for children and families to all corners of the county. Moulsford gave the boys in Years 2-6 the opportunity to enjoy the show on Friday during ‘Move Up Day’ and then opened the tent on Saturday to provide a free theatre experience to the local community.
This year’s fun and interactive show, Animal Rocks, was aimed at 4 to 11 year olds. Through music, animals and a story of migration, it explored the important themes of tackling prejudice and discrimination, as well as understanding community and identity. It asked the young audiences ‘How will you make everyone feel welcome?’ It ended with the message that it doesn’t matter where we live or how different we are, we can all come together and make music.
The show was performed three times each day and on Saturday we had over 150 local children in the tent, along with their families.
Alice Jessop, Participation & Learning Officer at Oxford Playhouse said, “Oxford Playhouse was resident at Moulsford School for two full days, and our cast and crew received the warmest and most attentive welcome by both staff and pupils. We were very pleased to be working with the school to open up the beautiful grounds to children and families from surrounding villages, whilst providing free theatre performances of our new touring production ‘Animal Rocks’. A huge thank you to Moulsford for helping to create such a friendly and accommodating experience for us and our audiences."
It was a delight for Moulsford to host Oxford Playhouse Pop Up Tent. Working in partnership with them has provided the perfect opportunity to bring theatre to a wider audience and open our doors to the local community. We hope to work together again next year.
