LES Drama News S P R I N G
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:
John by DV8 Warwick Arts
Oppenheimer RSC, Stratford
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time, Curve Leicester
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
‘Over 2 By Christmas’ Festival Success
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Into the Woods
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Othello reviewed
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Filming in the Xmas Hols
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T E R M
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The Twits SB From Wednesday 4th March to Saturday 7th March 2015 the LHS and LGS students will be presenting our major school production ‘Blood Brothers—the play’, written by Willy Russell. Bizarrely it still retains the Marilyn Monroe song in the opening of the show, but then the songs are quickly forgotten amongst the fast paced scenes, plot twists and emotions of the story of Mickey and Edward. The young year 9 and 10 cast begin in the principal roles, before a symbolic theatrical moment involving ties where the young Mickey, Edward, Linda and Sammy morph into their teenage to mid twenties counterparts occurs. Josh Rice, who plays the older Mickey, writes;
“The cast for Blood Brothers is amazing, there are many of our talented Sixth Form students, ably supported by
Rehearsals for Passing Sentence
Yr9 and 10 chorus. When I found out I would be playing Mickey I was really excited until I found out about the Scouse accent! Mrs
Bruton seemed to think it would be effective to make us keep in the Scouse—though to be fair, the play is set in Liverpool. Fortunately the likes of Rachel Thompson and Isi Webb–Jenkins have absolutely nailed the Scouse, so we should be alright! It should be worth coming to see the show just to watch my vocal development and check I do not venture into Scots or Welsh territory! Whilst the odd accent maybe interesting until our dialect coach helps out, the set will be epic. This involves a revolving stage, which will be stunning as it moves between the different classes and locations. There was much squealing when the cast were told… and I think the other students were excited too. Blood Brothers will be an awesome show and I’d urge everyone to come and see it. “ Tickets on sale now from LGS and LHS staff
NDS KE Following the success of the performance at Curve, Leicester the cast reprised A Taming of the Shrew for an LES audience who might have missed out first time around. The cast and Miss Eastwood did a fantastic job of reestablishing, resetting and remembering all their movements and dialogue
from back in November to realise a fantastic performance once again, this time supported by many staff from LES, parents and students. Next academic year we look forward to replicating this years successes with a version of Twelfth Night directed by Mrs Bruton. Auditions will be held in the summer term, we look forward to seeing many LHS
and LGS students there!