OffYourBox

Our winter showcase, OffYourBox, was on Saturday 2nd February at The Sinden Theatre, Tenterden. A lively 3-hour show, bursting with songs, dances and some original drama work.

The theme for this show was simply, television. Every item was related to TV one way or another. From the Acting dept, we had Midwinter Murders, SouthEastenders, Dragon's Den, Britain's Had Talent, Gardener's Question Time and Report SouthEast – a news, sport and weather bulletin.

From Singing, we had the title songs of Only Fools & Horses, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Happy Days, Friends and Glee-style classics, Don't Stop Believing and We Are Young.

Dancing was inspired by 'Strictly' and old TV shows like Hawaii 5-0, Dallas, Are You being Served, SpongeBob, Thunderbirds and The Pink Panther! Old TV movies were also prominent, with West Side Story, Harry Potter, James Bond and Ghostbusters.

Highlight was our youngest group, Topaz who presented a short version of The Wizard of Oz, featuring The Merry Old Land of Oz, If I only Had a Brain, Follow the Yellow Brick Road and Over the Rainbow!

It was a marathon show and the audience seemed to love it! So did we – and so did our cast. A few weeks later, we presented highlights at a charity show organised by the Tenterden Lions. With the other acts we helped raise over £2000 for local charities.