The
Chelsea Players a London based Theatre Company and registered charity
who stage new writing, drama and comedy, present Teachers' Playground.
The beloved headmaster Mr Buchanan (James McKendrick) will surely this
most recent Ofsted inspection and be deposed. Somehow he survives and
continues making his staffs lives hell.
Despite
never taking assembly he decides to do one on Education, education,
education. Or that is what
he tells his hard working put-upon secretary
Sue (Julie Ford). Instead he virtually assassinates his heads of department by
announcing to the whole school their weaknesses and deepest darkest
secrets. The teaching staff
and Sue plot the downfall of Mr Buchanan or? Is it all just in his head?
Caroline
Boulton as Maxine, St John Costelloe as Dr Peebles, Sukhraj Dhillon as
Ms Jennings, Kristian Sartori as Mr Cordell, Mike Williams as the
Inspector and Andrew Wyld as Mr Holroyd.
If
you manage to workout the answer to the above question please let me
know.
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Reviewed by Sheila Kay Jack
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