“The Boys” take a break from digging at Camp
Greenlake.
Douglas Heron
St Andrews International Secondary Drama Department is getting ready for their
production of “Holes”, the classic novel by Louis Sachar now brought to life on
stage. It’s a story which will be familiar to most students at St Andrews as
it’s part of the English curriculum and one of the students’ favourite texts.
A
study in nastiness. The Warden - do not cross her!
The hero of the piece is Stanley Yelnats - a kid who is under a curse. A curse
that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather
and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Stanley is unjustly sent to a
boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys “build
character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes five feet wide and five
feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than
character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake: the warden is looking for
something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly
humorous play of crime and punishment and redemption.
Come along on Tues 2nd December or Weds 3rd at 7.00pm at the St Andrews
Performance Hall. Tickets are free and are available at the School Reception
(Tel. 038 030 701). See you there.
Madame Zeroni warns Elya about the
“curse”.
