Theatre company The Comedy School presented a moving, funny, and informative show in at Ranelagh, Kaizen, Hartley, Cleves, Kier Hardy, St. Luke’s and Ravenscroft primary schools across the Borough from 13 to 17 December reaching more than 400 pupils.

The play – called “It’s No Joke!” – uses humour to deliver a serious message about the consequences of knife-carrying and resultant violent crime.

After the performance at Kaizen Primary School, Headteacher Barb Sims said: “I think this is a really good opportunity to talk about this subject.

“At the end, a boy who has older brothers involved in gangs came up to me and said, ‘Miss, it was brilliant! Can we get this theatre company to come back again? I learnt a lot from listening to the story’.”

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