As we read in the news about the moving statue at the Manchester Museum, the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy production of 'The Curse of Pharaohs' brings this to life.

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The turn of the mummy: An ancient statue starts SPINNING on its own in Manchester museum... but is this a sign that there really is a curse of the Pharaohs?

THE curse of Tutankhamen is said to have claimed more than 20 lives. By contrast, the curse of Neb-Senu amounts to little more than an occasional inconvenience for museum curators.
Over several days, the ten-inch Egyptian statuette gradually rotates to face the rear of the locked glass cabinet in which it is displayed, and has to be turned around again by hand.
Those who like tales of haunted pyramids and walking mummies may regard the mystery of the 4,000-year-old relic – an offering to Osiris, god of the dead – as the strangest thing to hit Egyptology in decades. (The Daily Mail)

Children from the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy at the French School in Cape Town acted out a similar story set in the famous Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The Academy's international status means that children act out plays from all around the world. Parents love that their children are performing plays from different cultures and learning new things about the world as a result.

Congratulations go to Sunette Strydom for her wonderful directing skills and bringing the this play to scary life!

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