Low Show unveils high talent amongst young

THE future of theatrical talent in Bahrain is shining brightly if the performances of the young actors at the Children’s House Montessori School on the Janabiya Highway are anything to go by.

The Low Show was written and directed by Nick Pryor, artistic director of the UK’s Titch Theatre, and consisted of work by young people, aged from eight to 18.
The play was a dark but funny action-packed look at five less-than-perfect people who were invited on a show to “sort their lives out” and was prepared in just 12 days.
The show host’s Bad Boy, a flashy, cheesy charmer with an out-of-control ego, was given the task of sorting out the contestants.
William Page, 13, a Year 7 student of The British School, who took the part, said: “This was mainly a game show that meddled with people’s lives. My role was to be quite scary because it was a dark character – but also funny.”
The show’s co-host was played by Sreedevi Kesavan, 13, a Year 7 student at St Christopher’s School.
She said: “This was more than a reality show, the ultimate show that decided what happens in one’s life. The show took you over different parts of a contestant’s life and decided what he, or she, would enjoy in the future, or not!”
The show’s first contestant was Bobby Al Basham, a tyrannical, mean-spirited businessman with no manners who was uncompassionate towards his hard-working staff.
This role was played by 13-year-old, Thomas Blake, a Year 8 student of The British School.
“Basham is a greedy person who was very powerful, earned a lot of money and was not a very nice guy. It was great because of the director as he was extremely helpful. The play was just brilliant. It has been real fun doing the drama as well as working with Nick.”
The show also featured the ‘Twinz’, two very rude, spoilt brats who had very little respect for their over indulgent parents and even less for their butler; Max Connor, a fast living con-man who considered himself as the smoothest wheeler-dealer in the land; Miss Gillis, also called the Queen of Mean, was a cruel, dictatorial orphanage-owner and the rest of the cast played a bunch of rowdy, judgmental audience.
Clara Alexandre, 14, a Year 10 student at St Christopher’s School who had four parts to play, said: “The play was really fun. I really enjoy drama and have chosen to pursue it further as well.”
The show was produced by Dina Shaheen.
Parent, Anasuya Kesavan, told GulfWeekly: “It was really well-performed and the students were full of energy and enthusiasm. One child went on to say that it was great to be part of something and spending time doing interesting things rather than watching television.
“I am a proud mother who witnessed a bunch of smart, confident youngsters from Bahrain, Britain, UK, Saudi, Lebanon – all residents of Bahrain from different schools and all ages make new friendships, discovering talents in themselves and most importantly, spending time creatively during their term breaks.”