Daisy Pulls It Off
By Denise Deegan
Synopsis:
It's 1927 and Daisy Meredith, a poor but bright child, has won a scholarship to Grangewood School for Girls. It's a dream come true for an elementary school pupil, but can it live up to her expectations?
Daisy is welcomed into the fourth year by madcap and poet Trixie Martin, excels at academic work, hockey and singing and is, of course, honourable and straight in all things. But she also encounters snobbery and deceit in the rich, conceited Sybil and school toady, Monica. This pair lie, cheat and conspire to get her expelled.
Talented youngsters from the incredibly popular Next Stage Youth perform this gloriously witty parody about life in a "gel's boarding school".
Director/s | Cast:
Ann Garner
Director
Sophie McDermott
Daisy Meredith Cast 1
Katya Rushford
Trixie Martin Cast 1
Bibby Curtis
Sybil Burlington Cast 1
Malika Foster
Monica Smithers Cast 1
Niamh O’Sullivan
Clare Beaumont Cast 1
Rhiannon Osborne
Alice Fitzpatrick Cast 1
Flora Stone
Belinda Mathieson Cast 1
Ellie Hawking
Mother/ Dora Johnston Cast 1
Amy Baldwin
Miss Granville/ Pupil Cast 1
Alisha Ganapathy
Mademoiselle/Winnie Irving Cast 1
Marielle Thomas
Miss Gibson Cast 1
Tom Babbage
Mr Scoblowski All Casts
Poppy Harrison
Daisy Meredith Cast 2
Verity Ferris
Trixie Martin Cast 2
Fiona Jamieson
Sybil Burlington Cast 2
Ellie Sims-Hilditch
Monica Smithers Cast 2
Holly Aldous
Clare Beaumont Cast 2
Rose Jeremiah
Alice Fitzpatrick Cast 2
Katy Blake
Belinda Mathieson Cast 2
Blu Sadriani
Mother/ Dora Johnston/ Miss Granville Cast 2
Becca Coates
Mademoiselle/ Winnie Irving Cast 2
Lydia Cook
Miss Gibson Cast 2
Maddy McGlynn
Daisy Meredith Cast 3
Emma Phillips
Trixie Martin Cast 3
Sacha Czarnuscewicz
Sybil Burlington Cast 3
Emma Cross
Monica Smithers Cast 3
Anna-Fleur Rawlinson
Clare Beaumont Cast 3
Laura Blake
Alice Fitzpatrick Cast 3
Emily Barratt
Belinda Mathieson Cast 3
Alice Sibley
Mother/ Miss Granville/ Dora Cast 3
Lydia Bowden
Miss Gibson Cast 3
Review/s of Daisy Pulls It Off:
Review 1: Preview: Venue Magazine
Ace Bath Youth troupe Next Stage Youth stage Denise Deegan's tongue-in-cheek jolly-hockey-sticks drama, in which the heroine Daisy, a barely-educated East-End girl, mixes it with the posh gels at Grangewood School for Girls. Daisy tries her utmost to be a perfect schoolgirl and prove to doubting staff and fellow pupils that she belongs at Grangewood. Welcomed into the fourth year by madcap and poet…click here to read the whole review.
By Venue Magazine
Review 2: Next Stage Youth are in a class of their own
More than 50 youngsters from in and around Bath will be putting on their gym slips and picking up their jolly hocky sticks to take part in an astonishing theatrical feat at the city's Mission Theatre. Since the hugely successful production of His Dark Materials by members of Next Stage Youth a couple of years ago, the young people's theatre has swollen from about 20 youngsters to getting on for 60.…click here to read the whole review.
By Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle
Review 3: Chronicle Review
Daisy certainly pulls it off in Next Stage Youth’s ambitious production of Denise Deegan’s ripping yarn, a comedy traditionally played by adults in the role of children. Set in a posh boarding school in the 1930s, Daisy Pulls It Off is a parody of the likes of The Famous Five or Angela Brazil’s school stories. There is snobbery, larks in the dorm, a hunt for hidden treasure and a dramatic cliff…click here to read the whole review.
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