GERMAN TOUR - MAY 2010

The last week of May saw Playtime’s return to Germany – this time to tour SCE Schools, with our ever popular play “THE WISH”

This is a fast moving fairy story with music, puppetry and audience participation, suitable for the whole primary age range so well suited to all pupils at SCE primary schools. The play proved a big hit with all the schools (see comments & feedback section) and we look forward to our next tour to Germany, which will be this Autumn.

The only glitch in the whole tour proved to be that of our trusty old van, which went on strike one lunch-time! However, help was soon at hand, in the form of the German RAC and we were quickly on the road again – it turned out to be a small piece of dirt in the carburetor! Luckily, we were able to slot our afternoon performance in later on in the tour so all was well. Phew!

One of the most memorable parts of the tour, albeit somewhat sobering was a visit, whilst in Bergen, to the nearby concentration camp at Belsen, which is where Anne Frank died. Nothing remains of the actual buildings anymore but the site has been preserved and there are numerous memorials scattered throughout.

The tour took in schools in Bergen, Celle, Gutersloh, Bielefeld and of course Rheindahlen. Sadly, Rheindahlen is earmarked for closure in the near future so we hope that this does not prove to be our last visit there.

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