Rocking Romans!
Welcome to Rocking Romans! Music, laughter鈥 and your favourite Roman TV programmes!
Rocking Romans! is a musical play for primary schools celebrating the time of the Romans in Britain. The playscript has been written by - based on his sketches for our series The Romans - and is ideal for the top end of primary school, though it also includes plenty of opportunities to include younger members of the school. The playscript includes songs written and composed by Barry Gibson, with additional material by Michael Coleman.
Rocking Romans! is free to download as either a (landscape format) or a (portrait format). The online resources supporting the playscript are all also free to download and include:
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- the full-vocal arrangements of the songs to download as mp3 files (see 'Related links')
- karaoke-style videos for the full vocal and backing track versions of each of the songs - found below
- a comprehensive set of guidance notes, including suggestions for stage backdrops that will really enhance your performance
- A set of - with ideas for effective staging of the scenes and plenty of practical advice on how to rehearse the show
Downloading the songs and SFX files
You can of songs and sound effects and use them for your performance of our Romans musical. The cues have been labelled to match the titles used in the playscript.
If the SFX .zip file refuses to download you should be able to resolve the issue as follows:
- Google Chrome. Right click on the download link and select 鈥極pen link in new window鈥. Make sure the link address is highlighted in the search window and press return.
- Microsoft Edge. Click on the download link. When you see a message that the file 鈥楥an鈥檛 be downloaded securely鈥 click on the 3 little dots and select 鈥極pen downloads page鈥. On the downloads page click on 鈥楰eep鈥. When you see another message that 鈥楾his file can鈥檛 be downloaded securely鈥 click 鈥楰eep anyway鈥.
- Firefox. Click on the download link. When the dialogue box appears click the small arrow to the right of the file name and select 鈥楢llow download鈥.
The complete package of supporting resources will help your group to rehearse and stage a really memorable performance of the play. The script has also been written with the aim of providing a large number of (small) speaking roles for both boys and girls and plenty of opportunities to join with singing as an ensemble and with movement and dance.
It's a complete off-the-shelf, ready-to-use, musical resource!
Songs
Learn the songs for Rocking Romans! by joining in with the vocal and backing track videos. There are songs about Roman customs, Roman gods and goddesses, Roman pastimes, Roman buildings, Roman art and culture. Each of the songs has a lyric sheet and a music sheet. Each of the songs features in the playscript of 'Rocking Romans!' There is also a set of Performance Notes with guidance on how best to learn and perform the 'Rocking Romans!' songs.
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Song 1 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 2 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 3 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 4 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 5 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 6 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 7 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 8 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Resources
Download the playscript as a PDF file
Download the playscript as a Word file (portrait)
Some simple, practical ideas for staging your own performance of Rocking Romans! (pdf)
Download / print the complete lyrics for 'Rocking Romans!' (pdf)
Download all the music cues and sound effects for staging the play as a .zip file (49MB)
