School Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Or are they?

Tricia seems to think otherwise, and convinces her classmates that they're really journeying to the centre of the Earth as part of an experiment by terrorists, who are robots made to look like Simon Cowell

It's all part of The Spirisy, apparently, which their form teacher, Miss Sheehan is part of, not to mention the Nasties, the Arabesques and the Funny Mentalists

School Journey to the Centre of the Earth gives a hilarious insight into an eight-year-old imagination and casts the world of adults in a whole new light

It was commissioned by the UK's National Theatre as part of the Connections Festival in 2006 and can be performed by 15 young people from Year 6 upwards

Cast

Stacey, 8 and a quarter
Bee, 9 next Tuesday
Chrissy, same as Stacey
Miracle, 9
Anna, 9 in 21 days
Tricia, 8 and three-quarters and a bit
Jenelle, 9 this week
Sonny, 8 and a quarter
Rab, 9 last week
James, just 9
Sam, unknown
Ben, 8 and a half
Tom, 10 in 3 weeks
Matthew, nearly 9
Miss Sheehan, class teacher of 4S