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Bugsy's front row audience just got splatted
THEY queued up to get splatted with custard pies in Balby!
Organisers of the school's annual production had to warn those sitting near the front they would get hit with foam - and they paid extra for the privilege.
Members of the audience sitting near the front paid a 50p premium on their tickets for the production of Bugsy Malone at Balby Carr School.
Cast members in the production of the teen-gangster spoof used special foam guns during the show, and those in the front rows had to take the brunt of foamy ricochets and misdirected shots!
Among those who took a hit in the name of art was staff member and cellist Alison Blaylock, who played in the orchestra.
She said: "My cello and I took a hit - it wasn't a problem and was all part of the fun. The foam dissolved really quickly.
"The audience were sitting at tables, and the whole room was designed to look like a club. There was a good chance those near the front would get splatted."
Head of drama Julia Abdy revived the tradition of staging a big production at the Weston Road school when she arrived five years ago.
Four years ago a cast of 15 starred in Little Shop of Horrors and this year 35 will take to the stage for the production of Bugsy Malone.
Miss Abdy said: "We've had more and more getting involved each year since then, and this year there are 35 students on stage alone. There are more taking part back stage and 15 have worked to design and build the set.
"We're very pleased with how this year's production has gone - there has been a lot of hard work that has gone into it."
Star billings in the show went to 17-year-olds Levi Payne and Lucy Stillings, who took the lead roles of Bugsy Malone and Blousy Brown. Levi is studying A-level drama and plans to go to study performing arts when he leaves school. He has previously appeared in Our Day Out at The Wizard of Oz at Balby Carr.
Lucy is an artist and musician, who hopes to study art at university. She played the Good Witch Glenda in the school's last production, and sings numbers including I'm Feeling Fine and Ordinary Fool.
Stephen Trafford, also 17, is hoping to pursue a career on stage and plays Fat Sam in the production. He played the scarecrow in last year's production of The Wizard of Oz.
Bugsy Malone is set in 1920s prohibition-era American gangland, with a plot revolving around boxing promoter Bugsy and singer Blousy.
It as best known as a 1976 comedy musical film, with an all-child cast including Jodie Foster, who went on to become a major Hollywood star.
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