Queensbury pupils get a taste of Shakespeare (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Queensbury pupils get a taste of Shakespeare

11:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010 in

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Pupils at Russell Hall Primary School, Queensbury, got a taste of the great Bard during their creative arts week.

Actors in the Young Shakespeare Company visited the school for a performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Other events held during the week, which aimed to introduce pupils to art from different cultures, included a performance by the Annapurna Indian Dance Company, a demonstration by an African tribal sculptor and a talk by illustrator and author Stephen Waterhouse.

The children also made puppets, masks and a Chinese dragon, which was being shown to parents at a community assembly.

Bev Hodgson, arts co-ordinator at the school, said: “It’s shown them the world is an exciting, colourful place and opened up their eyes to different cultures”