Lucky Charms

Lucky Charms is a play for students in Years 6, 7 or 8 (Level 3). It is
designed for a normal-sized English class and for students with varying
interests in acting. Since there are 43 speaking roles and as many as ten
dancers, students who enjoy acting can perform in several scenes and play to
their heart's content, whereas students who aren't particularly keen on acting
only have one role to master in one single scene. Every scene deals with good
or bad luck and sometimes specifically with lucky charms. And with the help of
the two hosts, the professor and MC Tony, the audience is given the chance to
contemplate the concept of luck. The play consists of dialogues between the
two hosts and scenes with as many as eight to 13 performers. The themes are
partly geared to the thoughts and dreams of students today - winning or
discovering a lot of money, having the best cell phone, feeling that something
good is going to happen or fearing that misfortune is on its way - and the
scenes offer young actresses and actors the opportunity to experience a wide
range of characters while performing. The plots are not always believable, but
they are understandable, the language is idiomatic and easily accessible for
English learners. Lucky Charms works well when performed for smaller
audiences: parents and other classes. But it can also be highly entertaining
for a large audience. Performing time: about one hour. Of course, it is also
possible to select individual scenes and perform them as simple skits outside
the context of Lucky Charms. In that case it is still recommendable to create
a suitable setting for presenting the skits to an audience. The true joy of
performing a foreign-language play is to feel it click, to realize that the
people watching the performance don't only get the picture, they are also
delighted to see a story come to life when presented in English by non-native
performers. By purchasing the play, you automatically obtain the stage rights.