Dance the night away

What a great group of dancers. You all did a fantastic job dancing in the production and your costumes were stunning. Well done on keeping in time - you all look like you were enjoying yourselves and that is the main thing!

Gnawra ... the roller blading rat

Gnawra sings about her love for Freak (Cool Rat Gang Leader) and how he believes in her and she believes in him!

Scarface is sooooooo tough! .....

Musical Genius

INTRODUCING ....... Mrs Fergusson

Our wonderful Music director of the performance. You did a wonderful job!. Below is the talented choir who performed so well and also would like to thank Mrs Fergusson.

Hair Teasing .... it's no joke!

I am not sure if these students knew what they had signed up for when it came to getting their hair done. Many many cans of hairspray were used in the making of 'Ratbags' the production. It looks fantastic!!!! I also know they were not able to wash or brush their hair for a couple of days .... now thats what I call commitment!

Some of our Famous Faces

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Ratbags - Main all cast song

Hair and Makeup

MIS Production "Rat Bags" Show times...

MIS Production "Rat Bags" Show times...
Wednesday 4th November 11.00am, Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th November 7.00pm
Tickets are available from the school office. Adults $10 Children (16 & under) $5 Held in the Intermediate School Hall. Refreshments and raffles available to purchase at the show.

Sneak peek .....

Here is the shortest snippet of music for you ..... just to tease you!!

We cant show you too much as that would give the song away and you would not have a fabulous production to look forward to!

You will notice that there are students sitting on the seats of the hall. They are also in the production but are waiting for their turn to practice.

All students have work to do given to them by their teacher so they are still working and keeping busy.

Day 1 Term 4 Production Update

Auditions

Happening now ..... Listen out for the times.

Cast of 'Ratbags'

CAST

THE TOWNIES

Three Butchers

Three Bakers

Three Waiters

Chef

Mayor Stevens

Mayor's Assistant

Townsfolk (as many as you like)

THE STREET RATS

Freak - cool gang leader

Spud - main gang member

Wart - stupid gang member

Gnawra - the Cyndi Laupa of the gang

Street Rats - as many as you like

Mother of Dennis - heard but not seen

THE RAT ARMY

Major Piper - stereotypical army major

Lance Corporal - not too bright soldier

Corporal - soldier

Sergeant - soldier

Three Soldiers

THE SILVER LINERS

Ethel

Esme

Beryl

Sydney

Daisy

George

'Ratbags' by Jane Nielsen and Owen Gray

When a small town is over-run by street kids (....homeless youths) who better to deal with the problem than the army? Even if that army happens to be a unit of well trained riotous rodents! Successfully premiered by The Centenary Theatre Group in Brisbane, RATBAGS is a modern day Pied Piper of Hamelin - that rocks!

In this adaptation, the roles are reversed - the streets are cleaned up, the rats become heroes, and all the old fogies still boogie and rave, they do the chicken dance, the foxtrot, and even the mexican wave!

A delightful tale where street kids rule - guaranteed to please all ages and perfect for an ensemble cast.

The Official Ratbags Rat

Introducing Gnawra (the Cyndi Laupa of the gang)

Thank you very much to the fabulous artist who took time out of their busy schedual to create this wonderful depiction of one of our street rats.

Interview with Mr McDonald about "Ratbags" the performance

What is Ratbags? What genre is the play?, what qualities do you need to have to be the lead character? These questions and many more answered in the following video (27/05/09).........

Special thanks to Mr McDonald for your great insights and time, our interviewers for doing such a fantastic job and coming up with intriguing questions and Nicole.V for her excellent filming.

Welcome

Welcome to the Morrinsville Intermediate production blog, MIS is a school where we like to work hard, play fair and enjoy our learning. This blog will host the pictures and film of the whole process of the production "Ratbags". We will have information about the play, interviews, auditions, photos, written work and more. Keep posted for more information.