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Dover Grammar School for Boys drama group will be performing their spring show in the Roundhouse Theatre in the Dover Discovery Centre at the end of this month.

The cast and crew of the Boy Who Fell Into a book

The Boy Who Boy Who Fell Into a Book tells the story of nine-year-old Kevin (played by Year 8 student James Coe), an under-the-sheets, bed-time reader currently engrossed in Rockfist Slim’s latest pulp detective adventure, Rockfist Slim and The Case of the Green Shark.

As he reads the story aloud it visually comes to life on stage, until he falls into the action and meets the hard-boiled detective Rockfist Slim (experienced local young actor, Year 11 student, Ben Steele), where he finds himself in a smelting oven with Rockfist, trapped in the story he was reading. Initially sceptical, Rockfist agrees to help Kevin get home, if he helps him escape the oven. They escape only to literally fall into the hands of Rockfist’s enemy Monique the scary assassin (Jasmin Cox from the Dover Girls Grammar School) who works for Rockfist’s mysterious nemesis the Green Shark.

As the story progresses Kevin and Rockfist find themselves in the worlds created by all the books on Kevin's shelf as they flee the deadly pursuit of Monique, in an attempt to get Kevin home so that she can finish his book and help Rockfist discover the identity of the Green Shark.

The show is directed by the school's drama teacher Michael Thomas, and also features Mr Thomas' daughter Imogen as Little Red Riding Hood. Other cast members include Conan Harvey, Joshua Edeki, Ethan Harvey, Gabriel Wadland, Dylan Freestone, Louis Smith, Keiron Neame, and Harvey Johnson.

Performances will take place in the Roundhouse on 27 and 28 February at 7.30pm; tickets and information are available from the school office by telephoning 01304 206117.