Pupils branch out with play

AN innovative drama inspired by Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene is to be performed by 100 primary pupils and 30 musicians at the Royal Botanic Garden.

The Quicken Tree, a musical promenade through the Gardens, is a major collaboration between Trinity, Pirniehall and Hermitage Park primary schools and Edinburgh University Music in the Community.

The show runs from March 17 to 19, and tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.co.uk.