Primary school band in Beijing is ‘School of Rock’ come to life

The Broadway musical ‘School of Rock’ has recently hit the stages in China. The show is based on the successful 2003 Hollywood comedy of the same name, and the plot follows Dewey Finn, a failed rocker forced to make money as a substitute teacher at a prep school, where he turns a class of straight-A students into a mind-blowing rock band.

Members of the ‘School Music Group’ of Beijing Zhongguancun No.3 Elementary School pose for a picture with the lead roles of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ‘School of Rock’ in Beijing. [Photo: courtesy of the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center]

On its debut China tour, the fictitious band in the musical theatre happened to find their real-life counterparts, an electropop group of ten-year-olds at a primary school in Beijing.

What is the Chinese version of ‘School of Rock’ like? Is there a Dewey Finn behind it?

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