The Arts First Form Mime Presentations
Drama Award Holders Performances’
First Form presented their devised mime performances to a full house in The Shed on Monday 23 November, with many parents attending during lunchtime. The year group did themselves proud by working together in four ensembles to deliver some very imaginative and entertaining stories without the use of any dialogue. Performances featured royalty, lion taming, a campfire and zombies on a plane, across four separate sketches.
Hayden Camidge Dialogues for the Dead Ella Mattinson Miracle Worker Fredi Traish Flowers from Philip George Kinniburgh and James Shaw Lord of the Flies Mae Topley Death of a Salesman Frankie Brown I am Nicola as I Say Ella Dalton Sleeping Beauty Tom Klenerman The Day My Father Died
Creation Theatre Workshop
Creation Theatre returned to Cokethorpe on Monday 16 November to provide pupils with a unique opportunity to explore one of their studied English Literature GCSE texts. Six actors spent the day working with small groups of pupils exploring context, and creating interpretations of various sections of Arthur Miller’s play, A View from the Bridge. The performances created a wonderful finale to the day and some innovative interpretations which will support them in their knowledge and appreciation of the text. Oliver Kerton (Fifth Form, Gascoigne) is to be commended for his impressive rendition of Paper Doll.
Drama Award Holders’ Presentations
On Thursday 5 November, the Drama Award Holders presented a variety of monologues and duologues in The Shed. It was reassuring to hear in Ardan Devine’s (Lower Sixth, Queen Anne) introduction that those who participate or watch drama are scientifically proven to be more intelligent, amusing and better looking individuals than those who do not! Hayden Camidge (Third Form, Vanbrugh) began proceedings with an extract from Dialogues for the Dead in which he played a character reflecting upon his attempts to murder an elderly gentleman for his inheritance. There then followed a collection of comic, dark, emotive and profound performances from pupils across several year groups.
Harvey Bell and Jack Harding Macbeth Grace Ettinger The Waiting Room Sophie Wheeler and Anna Wallace An Old-Fashioned Girl Ardan Devine A View from the Bridge
Music Award Holdersʼ Concert Hollie Jackson Torréador Song by Bizet George London Pastorale by German Olivia Stacey My Ship by Weill Poppy Wehrle Rondeau from Suite No.2 in B Minor by J.S. Bach Chloe Sheppard A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square by Sherwin Katie Reid and Fredi Traish Violin Duet No. 2 ‘Allegro Moderato’ by Mazas Lukas Russell Prelude in E Minor by Scriabin Florian Goette Este a székelyeknél (An Evening in the Village) by Bartok Tom Christensen Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children’s Corner by Debussy
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