WINDERMERE School youngsters entertained packed audiences made up of family, friends and pupils with their version of the marvellous, muscle-bound musical, The Amazing Adventures of Superstan.

Following weeks of hard work rehearsing songs, practising complicated dance routines and learning their lines, the curtains finally drew back and the show began for Year Five and Six pupils.

The first show was a matinee performance for all Elleray pupils, as well as pupils from Heron Hill Primary School in Kendal.

The storyline focuses on Stanley Marvel, a clumsy clot from Megaville, who is happy to dream his life away with his nose buried in his comics, until he discovers that local hero, The Candy King, is in fact a super villain, determined to conquer the world with his corrupt confectionery.

Naomi Nield, who directed the show, said: "The children were absolutely fantastic and there really were some exceptional stage performances. It’s sometimes easy to forget that the members of this cast are no older than eleven years old. They have all shown such wonderful promise and I hope that they continue to entertain us on stage as they go through the school.”

Rachael Thomas, head of the Elleray Campus at Windermere School, said: “This was a fantastic production and the pupils of Years Five and Six thoroughly deserve all the accolades which come their way. For two nights (and one afternoon), Crampton Hall was full of laughter as the cast delivered joke after joke with precision timing, not to mention expertly choreographed dance scenes, some outstanding singing and, at times, some inspired improvisation.

"A huge thank you must go to everyone involved, without whom, we would not be able to put on such outstanding productions.”

Headmaster Ian Lavender added: “I should like to thank Years 5 and 6, and all the supporting teams, for giving us all more than an hour of cracker-like humour, colour and rhythmic song, together with some timely improvisation. It was reminiscent of a Victorian music hall for its slap-stick simplicity, genuine escapism and polished good fun. This does not come without considerable hard work, and I was most certainly impressed with the whole cast.”