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on Aladdin
Teachers
Maadi British International
School
Fabulous!
Again! Thank you for a
lovely time!
Ms Robert, MBIS
It was spot on age wise.
We especially enjoyed the puppetry
Ms McInroy, MBIS
New Cairo British International School
Kids and adults thought it was fantastic!
We had a great time.
Thank you.
Ms Rockingham, NCBIS
Kids loved it.
Have been talking about Sleeping Beauty for weeks, so this
was really exciting. I
love the play. Very age
appropriate. I
especially love how the play is for kids but some of the dialogue
and humour is more for
adults
Ms Pelletier, AIS
Ms Burton, AIS
It was fantastic for the children to have such an
interactive show available – they really enjoyed it.
It was great that there were a few adult jokes thrown in too.
Ms
Hughes, BSA
The children absolutely LOVED it and so did I.
Clever, entertaining, funny.
I loved the audience participation!
The shadow puppets were a personal favourite.
(The Genie was outrageously spooky).
I was impressed – you are all very talented.
Ms Ceri, MES
Mr Thomas MES
Ms
Jodrell, MES
Children enjoyed it very much.
Staff enjoyed it also.
It was very age appropriate.
Mr Millington, The British School, al Rehab
Great show!
Fun for students and teachers.
Very age appropriate – great student involvement!
Very well done.
We would love to come back for another play
Ms Emily, CISE
Student participation was wonderful
Ms
Dianne, NAC
Europa-schule
Excellent Work
Fr.
Renee Gian, Europa-schule Hayah Academy
Students highly entertained. They loved the interactive element.
Ms Francis, Hayah Academy
I think actors and staff did a wonderful job.
A great asset to have in our neighbourhood.
Live theatre is so important for these children to see.
Teacher, Hayah Academy El Alsson School
The children thoroughly enjoyed the show. They were entertained for the whole performance.
It was great that the audience was involved. Great show. Hope
to visit again.
Ms Kyla, el Alsson
Ms
Niamh, el Alsson
Cairo English School
Fantastic effort – such talent in Egypt.
It surpassed a lot of the productions I've seen in England.
Ms
Astle, CES Heritage International School
We loved the shadow box and puppets.
Everything was great.
Ms Corey,
Heritage International School Cairo British School
Yes, yes, yes!
What a wonderful experience for me and my students….great
talent evident at every turn…My class will talk about, write about
and act out their favourite scenes for some time.
Ms Wilkinson, Cairo
British School British School in Cairo
The children loved every minute of 'Aladdin'. It was very interactive and they enjoyed the audience
participation parts very much.
The standard of acting is very high.
We all loved the songs, dances and local jokes thrown in!
We will keep coming!
Ms Noeman, British School in Cairo
British Columbian Canadian
International School
Very engaging.
Audience participation was fun. Amazing costumes and puppets.
Another fine performance.Thanks again!
Ms Stupple, BCCIS
Egyptian British International School
A great show – we would love to visit again. Bravo!
Ms Heather, EBIS
It was fantastic everyone was involved and enjoyed
participating. Brilliant
sounds effects and the puppets were amazing.
Ms
Jemma, EBIS
New Generation
I enjoyed the show so much and my students did too.
Ms Radwa, New Generation
Roots School
It was really great. he children were really happy and the teachers too.
Ms Dalia, Root
Modern Education School
The students enjoyed the production and that's what
made us enjoy our visit. Would love to see more productions in the future.
Ms Reham, Modern
Education
The students really enjoyed the show and so did I. The things they enjoyed most was their own participation.
Ms Doaa, Modern Education
School
We all enjoyed it very much!
It was wonderful and they loved everything.
Ms Ranya, Modern Education American
School
Gheriany International School
I can't find a word to describe this amazing work.
Ms Dina, GIS Nefertari International School
Students were always engaged and attentive.
It was even enjoyable for the teachers. It was nice to see
something different for a change in Egypt!
Ms Ines, Nefertari International School
Manaret el Farouk
The students enjoyed the play and so did the teachers. It was fun and exciting and Madam Mona is such a talented
performer
Ms Amany, Manaret el Farouk
Children
I think the show can be longer
Natalie, aged 10
I wonder why the show was amazing.
I want to act
Aisha, aged 8
Perfect! Sparkly!
Imaginative!
Really! I am not joking.
Zeina, aged 8
I thought it was funny because it had lots of hilarious
stuff like when Mona splashed water on everyone.
I thought it was a very good production.
Dahlia, aged 11
When they made the genie come out, it was exciting
Hussein, Aged 5
Very good acting.
I would definitely come again.
Zeina, aged 12
I thought it was the best production I've seen.
Mia, aged 7
We loved everything espechely Aladins Mum and the song.
We loved the play it was great.
Thanks
Omar, aged 8¾
I liked the genie.
It was funny and I liked the music.The girl was the best.
Kala, aged 5
I like that we can join in – I like getting involved
Ahmed, aged 10
I like the parrot getting Aladdin into trouble
Aya,
aged 11
Jafar was so scary (the mask remind me of Mr Phillips!)
Sara, aged 8
I like the bit when the uncle said "I am stupid" and
the parrot said "yeah you are stupid".
Hedayette, aged 7
The best part was when they took the t-shirt and it
said "Madam Mona has a fat tummy."
Mohamed, aged 8
It was very amusing and funny and it was the bes show
Iv ever seen I wish id come agein thank you for the butiful show
Mariam, aged 8
The best bit was wen she kidd the prete (parrot)
Eman, aged 7
I like wen they spok with
the parrot and the old man was very funny
Guro
Haave, aged 8
Feedback
on Sleeping Beauty
Maadi British International School
Excellent show – good for
all primary ages –
Ms Annies, MBIS
Loved it all!
Brilliant humour and fun for children and adults….Loved use
of shadow puppets, puppets etc.
Music and dancing were great fun for all!
Ms Churchill, MBIS
I thought the production
was brilliant. A super
mix of performance and participation.
Loved the cat and the flying witch.
The sound and lighting were excellent
Mr Pocock,
MBIS
The students really enjoyed
Sleeping Beauty – it was fantastic to be in such close proximity to
the actors. The puppets
were especially effective and the use of a range of musical numbers
enhanced the show. The
interaction with the audience and involvement of some children make
this a very “personal” performance.
Ms
Cadenhead, MBIS
I think the show was
fantastic, well performed, amazing effects.
A wonderful laugh for all the children.
Ms
Louise, MBIS New Cairo British International School
The children were very
engaged and excited to participate.
Great talk at the end.
We will be able to make great use of ideas.
Look forward to the next production.
Ms Greening, NCBIS
Loved it!
Great to see something like this in Egypt!
Ms Lochrie, NCBIS Modern English School
I thoroughly enjoyed the
production. It was
completely appropriate for the age group, engaging them in the
story. Congratulations!
Teacher, MES
The children loved the
production, so did we.
It's brilliant!
Ms
Jodrell, MES
All the children were
spellbound and enjoyed watching an age appropriate production
Ms Martin, MES
We certainly all enjoyed
the show and was great for our pupils.
Audience participation was good fun and shadow screen a real
highlight! Really
enjoyed the after-show talk too.
I really like the theatre – a close intimate space.
Brilliant!
Mr
Hainsworth, MES
The students loved the
production, particularly due to the large amounts of audience
participation.
Mrs Glancy, MES
British
Columbian Canadian International School
Excellent
- The students loved the show.
The music and lighting were really creative and complimentary
to the story
Ms Short, BCCIS
It was very well done –
everyone had a great time
Teacher, BCCIS
Everyone had a great time
Teacher, BCCIS
A
few students thought it would be boring but ended up loving it
Ms Lisa, BCCIS
Gheriany
International School
All the students and
teachers were pleased and had so much fun – excellent show!
Teacher,
GIS
Heritage
International School
Great ideas.
Perfect for grades 2-4
Teacher,
Heritage Egypt 2000
It was great – I loved it
all. Keep it up!
Ms
Alice, Egypt 2000
Cairo
British School
The show was age
appropriate and everyone seemed to have a great time
Ms Asem,
CBS Heritage International School
Great ideas. Students really enjoyed the show
Teacher,
Heritage Gheriany International School
All students and teachers
were pleased and had so much fun.
Excellent show. Keep it up!
Teacher, GIS British School in Cairo
My students enjoyed it very
much and I personally loved it.
Ms Noeman, BSC The British School, Al Rehab
A super production!
My class have had a superb time.
Many thanks
Ms McNeely, TBS
A
truly brilliant production.
The children and staff thoroughly enjoyed it.
Ms Sullivan, TBS
Perfect
– outstanding work.
Congratulations!
Mr
Knight, TBS Narmer American College
Students loved it.
I enjoyed it all very much.
Loved the music, dancing and the audience involvement.
Ms Reynolds, NAC
It's a great show. I
enjoyed it. Kids loved
it.
Ms Hala, NAC
This
was fantastic. Can't
wait to see another production
Mr Caid,
NAC Egyptian British International School
Keep up the good work.
You guys are amazing
Ms Heba, EBIS
The
students enjoyed it very much as did I
Mr
Robert, EBIS
Fabulous.
All the children were involved and engaged.
Everyone wanted to be involved
Ms Jemma, EBIS Cairo English School
What fun!
All the of the children really enjoyed the production
Ms Wood, CES
All
students enjoyed it. At
first they thought it would be too silly / young but all loved
watching the show.
Interaction with audience was fantastic
Ms Philips, CES Canadian International School Egypt
It is difficult to capture these
students' attention but you did a great job.
Ms Kathy,
CISE
Excellent
performance
Mr Epp,
CISE American International School
I can say with confidence
that both myself and my students enjoyed the production.
Mr
Morgan, AIS
Like the notion of
interactive theatre and you understand the importance of keeping
youngsters 'actively' involved.
Ms
Shanks, AIS El Alsson
We all thoroughly enjoyed
the production; it had everything to keep the children engaged Ms Angie, Alsson BBC International School
It was amazing.
I loved it
Ms Wadie, BBC Modern Education School
We all loved it.
It was really great and new.
Keep it up!
Ms Fawzy,
M.E.S.
Many
thanks for the lovely performance
Ms Roba, M.E.S. Roots School
The students enjoyed it
very much and I personally like it thought it was a brilliant
idea….it was hilarious
Ms Randa,
Roots
Ms Onie, Roots Smart International School
I loved the production; so
did the children. It
works for all ages I think.
Keep it up.
Incredibly creative.
Ms Dalia, Smart Continental School
I liked everything about
the show. I would love
to see it again and again
Mr Sam, Continental
Ms
Maureen, Continental Hayah Academy
The students and I both
enjoyed the production
Ms Nancy,
Hayah
Nefertari
The students enjoyed it
very much, me too. Thank
you for doing such a great
job.
Ms Rasha,
Nefertari The students enjoyed the production very much. Me and all the teachers with me also enjoyed it. Ms Yara, Nefertari
Children
Sleeping Beauty play was very very exciting and funny.
Rebecca, aged 10
I thought the play was
fantabules. My favourite
part was the dancing because everyone had smiles on there faces and
of course we had fun.
Aya, aged 11
It was an excellent
play….some of the audience had to participate, which made it more
funny
Fraser, aged 10
I loved when they cest
(kissed) and when they had a baby
Carolina,
aged 5
[Sitara says: please note there is no kissing or
inappropriate action in this show]
I thought the way the whole
thing was done was very smart; they must have practiced it a lot
Anna, aged 10
It was extremely fun.
The acting was great and you could hear everything they said.
It was brilliant because everyone was included and they made
us learn new dances new songs and everything.
Pier,
aged 9
It so fani and it waz god
Hana,
aged 5
I love the costuoum.
I loved Billy song.
Amina,
aged 5
It's one of the best plays
I've seen. If you ever
get offered to see Sleeping Beauty.
Don't miss it!
Sohan, aged 10
It does not need to be
criticised. It is
perfect.
Charlie, aged 10
The show was excellent.
My favourite part was when the Witch Wanda ate the mouse poo.
Well Done.
Mohamed,
aged 7
The best thing I've ever
seen
Nour, aged 10
It's so wonderful show and
I'll advise any body to come to visit you
Mohamed,
aged 9
The best field trip ever.
Can we come again?
How soon?
Adam, aged 7
Please have more shows.
Ingy,
aged 8 What they said about Emma Davies and English Theatre Workshop Emma Davies is clearly a highly qualified, highly talented practitioner as was demonstrated by the excellent work that she did with all the children in our Primary department. From 4 year olds to 11 year olds, everyone gained massively from the opportunity of working with her and most importantly - they all thoroughly enjoyed the experience
Mr Pocock, Aged 40 odd, Maadi British Int
School
This was the best day of drama in my life. actually probably
the only day of drama I’ve ever had…… You are a fab
teacher.”
Stephanie, Aged 10
I like all the killing
and death
Romeo aka Ramy, Aged 10
What Emma Davies
provides is what Cairo needs – real theatre experiences delivered by
a professional dramatist and educator
Ms
Taylor,
Aged: Top Secret, Cairo British School
My favourite part was
when you called Hany, Bottom, it was so halarios. I also think
your name sounds
beautiful.
Habiba,
Aged 9
It was really mind blowing. I just didn’t
know what to expect. You saved me from doing Maths
Ahmed, Aged 10
Emma Davies was charismatic and creative in her work with the
children. They had a wonderful enriching time while improving
their literacy
Ms Sam, Aged 30 something British School in
Cairo
Really well pitched
activities that kept all the children motivated,
Mr Brown, Aged “Don’t ask!”,
British School in Rehab
As
we were making sounds for the animals that could be in the forest I
could see them in my head creeping around.
Zein, Aged 9
Children loved
it….costumes and music really brought it to life.
Ms Hamon, Aged 29,
BritishSchool in Rehab
You made my day a happy
one. You are a brilliant teacher of drama. You are a
fantastic actress.
Jonathon, Aged 9
It
was funny when they kisd.
Nadia, Aged 6
Thank you for a fantastic drama day.
Jasmine, Aged 9
The best was when we did the dance in the
palace. I like it because it was kind of cool to me.
Charlotte, Aged 7
It was fantastic. It was all perfect. Rami, Aged 10 |
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