If you’re curious about what the Passenger Shed will look like as a theatre, watch this for a sneak preview of the early stages of its transformation. The audience, especially young children, will see that you don’t have to have electronics to have fun. Recently speaking with Ella, she answered our questions about booking her starring role of Darrell Rivers in Malory Towers, filming for the new screen adaptation and playing Lily Potter Jr. Mirabelle Gremaud’s Irene DuPont represents for the arts faculty with a plethora of musical talents and a general deep artistic thoughtfulness, while Vinnie Heaven’s Bill Robinson brings a contemporary edge to the production, portraying a character at odds with the restrictive requirements of an all girl school and thereby ensuring that all young people here are seen and recognised as individuals. In particular, she saw how vital it was to keep Catherine’s secret; the reactions of Alicia, Maureen and especially Gwendoline, if they ever found out, were not something she wanted to think about.

Which Malory Towers character would you want to take with you if you were hunting for pirate treasure? Scrap fabric and ribbon can be used to make a no-sew cloak, which is perfect for traditional stories like Little Red Riding Hood. wore a brown school frock and cream blouse, the new 21 st century Darrell wears a white shirt and red tie and, presumably, a grey or navy school skirt.

When she joins Malory Towers, she’s looking forward to getting up to stuff with her sister, but then Darrell becomes Head of Lower School.

At the age of sixteen, I left my hometown in west Surrey for a school located in the middle of Farmsville, Hampshire. Alternatively, stick some black wool on your kid's face to make Mr Twit's famously disgusting beard. Malory Towers has undergone a particular, often feminist, re-evaluation in recent years with its depiction of a powerful female-centric world, and the TV series reflects that cultural approach.

In fact, compassion surrounded by drama, laughter and song, is becoming something of a this flourishing theatre company’s trademark. She whispered what soothing words she could and tried to think of a way to make Catherine feel better. There are plenty of pirates, witches, princesses and superheroes in your kids' favourite books – and yes comic books count too!

The costumes are deceptively simple, comprising burgundy blazers and pleated tunics, boaters, virgin socks and patent leather t-bar shoes. Blyton gives short shrift to antagonist (and arguably the only character approaching three-dimensions in the series), Gwendoline's, first night tears in "First Term at Malory Towers". In the past we've suggested that people put their stories on their own webspace if possible and provide a link to them, as Leslie did quite recently. With lives shaped by the savagery of two wars, these teachers devoted themselves to the education and nurture of other women. Maybe," interrupted Mavis, "it had something to do with all those fortissimos you put in for Bill and myself on either side; not to mention Pat and Rita.

Looking back, I did no real due diligence of my own, or even thought a great deal about the move, but I was primed for a transition at this point, and Enid Blyton had been giving me the hard sell on boarding schools since I was in bunches. As I have mentioned elsewhere on this blog, my love for boarding school stories eventually led to an anomalous two years at just such an establishment. Mother really is a little on the delicate side, and me leaving school to care for her is something the other girls would accept. It was really exciting when we were being fitted for our costumes and hairstyles because so much was different to what we wear today. If you don't own anything spotty, cut out some circles from black fabric and glue them onto a red t-shirt (or just use a felt tip!