[Essential Education] As we take our seats at the Civic we are immediately transported to the smoky bars of a bygone era synonymous with rock bands. The simplistic drum kit with brick wall backdrop is a clever device that instantaneously evokes that trip down memory lane. Instead of the customary ‘turn your cell phones’ announcement as the lights dim, we are ‘greeted’ by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s booming voice dispelling any doubts that the children featured will indeed be playing their instruments live on stage.  And so the tone is set. What follows is a series of scenes introducing the central [...]