The Geraldine Inder School of Dance and Drama is stepping up the techno-wizardry for its annual production this year that will help spotlight hundreds of young Wairarapa dancers.
Brigitte De Barletta said the cast and crew of the 2015 production, Our Matilda, held a three hour-long full dress rehearsal for
the show, which this year features "fabulous costumes", hundreds of dancers aged from 4 to 18, and a new lighting score that includes images projected on to backdrops.
The Masterton shows are based on the children's novel Matilda, by Roald Dahl. The vaunted stage musical, The Matilda Musical, was written by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
"The story has been rewritten in dance pantomime form and is used as the storyline and the production spotlights beauty, grace, energy and passion from our dancers alongside fantastic character acting, humour and action.
"Children and parents [have] been so hard at work and there was much excitement backstage putting on the final touches before the full dress rehearsal kicked off."
