Pine Rivers SHS - Events - School Musical 2001

Pine Rivers SHS EventsSchool Musical 2001

School Musical 2001

Pine River State High School
presents

S.E. Hinton's
"The Outsiders"

- The Rock Musical -

Songs and Score by Daryl Chute

| April 4th, 6th and 7th | Tickets Adult $10 Student/Concession $7 | G. J. Sprott Hall |

Tough and gritty. . . .
The Outsiders - the rock musical, captures the energy of life on the streets on "the wrong side of the town" between two rival gangs - the Socs and The Greasers Spectacular set design, song and dance numbers make this show one not to miss. See you there.

Ms. J. Franz, Producer

Synopsis

Synopsis The Outsiders is the story of two rival teenage gangs. The Greasers are the poor white trash of a small American Midwest town, born on the wrong side of the tracks. The rivals the Socs are the upper class members of the town, rich, spoilt and conceited.

Through a series of incidents and misadventures the teenagers realise that their worlds are not so divided. Their problems are universal, they both have the same fears, dreams and aspirations.
Unfortunately it takes the death of a member of each gang through different circumstances for them to realise that they all watch the same sunset.
The themes of this musical are as relevant to today’s youth as they were when this story was set in the late 50’s. As Ponyboy says in the script: ‘nothing gold can stay’. The expressionistic urban set is a representation of the lives of the youth at risk in our society. The relationships they have with adults and other peers are an important thermometer of how we gauge the values of our society. It’s important that we ‘stay gold’ if we hope to tackle these important issues.

Pine Rivers will be the first Queensland school to perform the author’s rewrite which is very exciting. Darryl Chute has been faithful to the original novel by S. E. Hinton and his catchy tunes and powerful dialogue make this a show to be enjoyed by all ages.

8th September 2001
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