Spamalot 2nd – 4th Dec 2015 Audiences ‘laughed a lot’ at the Senior School production of Spamlot – the Monty Python musical version of the infamous Holy Grail film. The cast of pupils in Years 11, 12 and 13 played to packed houses every night – some people returning more than once for a dose of comic medicine at the end of the Autumn Term. Year 13 Drama Scholars Miles Aiken as King Arthur, Freddy Oliphant as Sir Lancelot, Yasmine Meaden as the Lady of the Lake and Niamh O’Sullivan as Mrs Galahad had audiences rolling in the aisles. There were other notable performances from Charles Clague as Galahad, Kate Hall as Patsy, Hugo Weston as Sir Robin and Ben Bates as Sir Bedevere. Olivia Straker played the Historian, James Hatherell played Herbert with Edward Metcalf his overbearing father while John Kenny and Nathan Grace were his hapless guards. Lillie Keith, Louise Fisher and Kelly Read were ‘The Knights Who Say ‘Ni’’ while Conor Devlin-Cook played the unfortunate squire Concord. Rohan Sakhyani played the Black Knight, Lizzy Scott the Minstrel, Flora Stone Sister Maynard and Ewan Archer Brown was the eccentric enchanter Tim. Jess Brown cheated death as Not Dead Fred while Thea Guy and Isla Brendon played both English and French guards. An ensemble cast played various other parts including Finlanders, Laker Girls, plague victims and ‘Frenchies’ – these included; Charlotte Bendrey Roisin Tapponi Grace Tyrrell Rebecca Ousby Elsbeth Overeynder
Izzy Pope Laura Rouffiac Anna Street Abigail Wylie Sarah Yates.
Great fun was had by all – a production to remember.
DRAMA