Greece Goes To Pieces
This fun-musical is an exciting, topic-based learning tool which vividly brings the past to life.
With nine memorable songs on a fully orchestrated CD (including backing) and a colourful humorous script, Greece Goes To Pieces can be performed as a full musical production, a shortened assembly piece or as an invaluable classroom teaching resource.
The story is set in Athens around the year 400 BC. It is centred around an ordinary pot maker named Peta who introduces us to many of the famous scholars in Athens around this time such as Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates and Aristophanes. Peta Potter's pots (try the tongue twisting song if you dare!) tell many stories and we are transported for a while to Crete to see a mini play featuring the legend of Thesius and the Minotaur.
Despite its wealth and splendour, Athens is going through a bad time, the Athenians have recently been defeated by the joint Spartan and Persian armies and now have to put up with foreign interference. The Spartans, being warriors, are very different in nature to the Athenians and have little time for culture and philosophy, so there is a tension in the streets between the two sides. Anxious to find out what is in store for their great civilisation, Socrates, Plato and Hippocrates set off on an exciting journey to see the great Oracle at Delphi visiting the Olympic games on the way. The Pythia tells them to seek advice from Zeus himself at the great statue in Olympus where they will discover their destiny.
The story is set in Athens around the year 400 BC. It is centred around an ordinary pot maker called Peta. We are shown a selection of Peta's pots as he introduces us to many of the famous scholars in Athens around this time such as Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates and Aristophanes. Despite its wealth and splendour, Athens is going through a bad time.
The Athenians have recently been defeated by the joint Spartan and Persian armies (404 BC) and now reluctantly, after years of superiority, have to put up with foreign interference. The Spartans are very different in nature to the Athenians, they are warriors and have little time for culture and philosophy, so there is a tension in the streets between the two sides. Anxious to find out what is in store for their great civilisation, Socrates, Plato and Hippocrates set off to see the great 'Oracle at Delphi'. The Pythia tells them to seek advice from Zeus himself at the great statue in Olympus where they will discover their destiny.
The story is set in Athens around the year 400 BC. It is centred around an ordinary pot maker named Peta who introduces us to many of the famous scholars in Athens around this time such as Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates and Aristophanes. Peta Potter's pots (try the tongue twisting song if you dare!) tell many stories and we are transported for a while to Crete to see a mini play featuring the legend of Thesius and the Minotaur.
Despite its wealth and splendour, Athens is going through a bad time, the Athenians have recently been defeated by the joint Spartan and Persian armies and now have to put up with foreign interference. The Spartans, being warriors, are very different in nature to the Athenians and have little time for culture and philosophy, so there is a tension in the streets between the two sides. Anxious to find out what is in store for their great civilisation, Socrates, Plato and Hippocrates set off on an exciting journey to see the great Oracle at Delphi visiting the Olympic games on the way. The Pythia tells them to seek advice from Zeus himself at the great statue in Olympus where they will discover their destiny.
The Athenians have recently been defeated by the joint Spartan and Persian armies (404 BC) and now reluctantly, after years of superiority, have to put up with foreign interference. The Spartans are very different in nature to the Athenians, they are warriors and have little time for culture and philosophy, so there is a tension in the streets between the two sides. Anxious to find out what is in store for their great civilisation, Socrates, Plato and Hippocrates set off to see the great 'Oracle at Delphi'. The Pythia tells them to seek advice from Zeus himself at the great statue in Olympus where they will discover their destiny.
Peta Potter: (An ordinary pot maker)
A Greek Family
Mother
Father
Son
Daughter
Athenians and Spartans
Spartans: 1, 2 & 3
Athenians: 1, 2, 3, & 4
Theseus and the Minotaur
King Minos: (Elderly ruler)
Adrianne: (His daughter)
Aegeus: (King of Athens)
Theseus: (his son)
Goddess Athena: (see above)
Minotaur: (half man, half Bull)
Scholars & Philosophers
Aristophanes: (a playwright)
Socrates: (elderly Philosopher)
Plato: (Young Philosopher)
Hippocrates: (Doctor)
Oracle at Delphi
Priest:
Pythia: (middle aged woman)
Citizens: 1, 2, 3, & 4
Olympic Games
Xenophon: (historian, non speaking)
Thucydides: (historian, non speaking)
Wrestlers and Athletes etc
Temple of Zeus
Zeus (Chief God)
Greek Chorus
A Greek Family
Mother
Father
Son
Daughter
Athenians and Spartans
Spartans: 1, 2 & 3
Athenians: 1, 2, 3, & 4
Theseus and the Minotaur
King Minos: (Elderly ruler)
Adrianne: (His daughter)
Aegeus: (King of Athens)
Theseus: (his son)
Goddess Athena: (see above)
Minotaur: (half man, half Bull)
Scholars & Philosophers
Aristophanes: (a playwright)
Socrates: (elderly Philosopher)
Plato: (Young Philosopher)
Hippocrates: (Doctor)
Oracle at Delphi
Priest:
Pythia: (middle aged woman)
Citizens: 1, 2, 3, & 4
Olympic Games
Xenophon: (historian, non speaking)
Thucydides: (historian, non speaking)
Wrestlers and Athletes etc
Temple of Zeus
Zeus (Chief God)
Greek Chorus
Gawen Robinson
Gawen has written music for as long as he can care to recall (having composed around 300 songs before he was 14 on an old acoustic guitar given to him by his mother). Having experienced the rock music world for a number of years playing in several semi-successful bands he decided to concentrate on musical theatre (both acting and composing). His collaboration with lyricist Stephen Robertson has, over a number of years, produced The Old Curiosity Shop and Notre Dame, both being large scale, sung through musicals (at present they are reworking the former). Gawen has also composed several, small scale children's book musicals based around historical topics covered in primary schools. He is looking forward to starting on a major new work sometime soon.Customer Reviews
Went down a storm...
This show went down a storm and really put acroos the greeks topic in a powerful and interesting way. The CD gave us the flexibility to add in live music as well as recorded.
(Posted on 08/04/2008) Review by Old Mill Primary School
Children and parents were very enthusiastic.
Performed the play for the second time as end of term/ topic production. As it came naturally out of our history work it wasnt a burden like a lot of christmas plays tend to be. Children and parents were very enthusiastic.
(Posted on 08/04/2008) Review by Paul Holmes
The songs were fun and the story was brilliant
I was one of the many children acting this play in year 6, the songs were fun and the story was brilliant.I would reccomend this play as it is modern and the Minotaur scenes are fun to act out.
(Posted on 08/04/2008) Review by Emma
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