St Andrews International Secondary Drama Department is getting ready for their production of “Holes”, the classic novel by Louis Sachar now brought to life on stage. It’s a story which will be familiar to most students at St Andrews as it’s part of the English curriculum and one of the students’ favourite texts.
The hero of the piece is Stanley Yelnats – a kid who is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Stanley is unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys “build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake: the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous play of crime and punishment and redemption.
“The Boys” take a break from digging at Camp Greenlake.
Come along on Tues 2nd December or Weds 3rd at 7.00pm at the St Andrews Performance Hall. Tickets are free and are available at the School Reception (Tel. 038 030 701). See you there.
A study in nastiness. The Warden – do not cross her!
Madame Zeroni warns Elya about the “curse”.
