THE GUT GIRLS

In December 2019, pupils in Years 10 to 13 performed in Sarah Daniels’ The Gut Girls...

In the penultimate week of the Autumn term, audiences were transported to the gruesome gutting sheds of Deptford and taken through a tale wherein the powerful Lady Helena (Georgina, L6JTB) attempts to save a group of working-class girls from the terrible conditions of their gory labour and turn them into respectable Victorian ladies. The performance was expertly led and humorously handled by the five lead (Willa, 11HMN), Kate (Maisie, 11HMN), Ellen L6AZ) and Polly (Alice, 10HLM), who each kept audiences laughing through the girls’ tragic circumstances.

The entire cast and tech team created a phenomenal performance of an incredibly complex text, performing with audiences on three sides. The characters were lively and fun, but audiences felt the emotionally-fraught ending deeply. Thank you to the incredible cast and our amazing tech team.

Miss C Fearnley