Performing Arts Programme | Spring/Summer 2022

Performing Arts Programme Spring/Summer 2022

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Introduction What an absolute joy it was to see our Arts Centre come alive again last term as we welcomed back audiences, and the programme of Performing Arts on offer for the Spring and Summer Terms looks set to provide equal delight.

The opportunities Performing Arts affords our students extend beyond the stage, as they gain skills and selfconfidence which they will take through the entirety of their school life and beyond.

I hope that you enjoy watching the variety of talent being showcased here at Pipers as much as I will.

Mrs Helen Ness-Gifford | Headmistress

Grease | November 2021

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How to book tickets Tickets can be booked through our online ticket office www.piperscorner.co.uk/boxoffice.

Please note that a child ticket is for those aged 16 and under and only available where stated. Age restrictions apply to some shows.

For patrons who require wheelchair access, we have a number of removable seats in the Auditorium. Please contact aduncan@piperscorner.co.uk to advise if this is required at time of booking.

Food and drink is not permitted in the Auditorium.

Refreshments are available from the Arts Centre Café for some performances.

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At a glance March

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Sat 12 | Junior Dance Show

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Tue 22 | Informal Music Concert

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Wed 23 | LAMDA Performance Evening

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Sat 26 | Junior Theatre Company

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Tue 29 | Parent Partnership Programme

April Sat 2 | Senior Dance Show

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Tue 5 | Performing Arts Industry Careers Evening

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Mon 18-Fri 22 | Community Drama Workshop

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Thu 28 | Senior Spring Concert

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May Wed 4 | Prep Concert

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Wed 11 | Parent Partnership Programme

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Thu 19-Sat 21 | Middle School Theatre Company

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Tue 24 | Pipers Theatre Company

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Thu 26 | Pipers Rocks

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June Fri 17-Sat 18 | Year 6 Production

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July Mon 25-Fri 29 | Community Drama Workshop

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August Mon 1-Fri 5 | Community Drama Workshop

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Mon 15-Fri 19 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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The Sound of Music | June 2021

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Junior Dance Show

Up and Atom!

Pre-Prep and Prep *

Saturday 12 March | 1400 hours Prep*

Saturday 12 March | 1700 hours *supported by Senior students

£8 | Arts Centre The Junior Dance Show celebrates the magnificent and exciting world of Science. Inspired by the book Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, we celebrate some of the fantastic achievements of pioneering women in science and engineering, and explore just how this weird and wonderful world of ours works.

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Informal Music Concert Tuesday 22 March Free* | Landau Hall | 1615 hours Each term we hold a series of Informal Music Concerts to provide an opportunity for the students to perform in front of a live audience and share their passion for music.

*Booking through the Box Office is not required for this concert

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LAMDA Evening Wednesday 23 March 1830 hours | Age 13+ Free* | Arts Centre You are warmly invited to come and watch a variety of advanced solo and duologue LAMDA work.

Students are preparing to take their Grade 6, 7 and 8 examinations next term and on offer is a wide range of genres including Greek, Shakespeare, Restoration and Musical Theatre as well as many up and coming new playwrights.

There is an age limit due to the mature content and language used in some of the scenes. Anyone under the age of 13 will need to have parental consent to attend the performance.

*There is no charge for the performance but please book your seat through our Box Office.

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Junior Theatre Company

STAR WARTS Saturday 26 March Free* | Arts Centre | 1500 hours In a galaxy far, far away, Luke Warmwater and his aunt, Daft Ada, live a lonely life on their secluded space station, Junction 51. But when Princess Nebula’s ship crash lands into Luke’s bedroom, they soon learn of the evil Umpire and his dark desire to conquer the universe.

Along with Toby Wonky Nosebleed, Zak Solo and Nigel the Nookie, they follow Princess Nebula in her rebellion. Aboard the Millennium Penguin, they whizz warp-speed through the galaxy to the Umpire’s High Tower on Planet Wimbledonia.

But little do they know; the Umpire is about to strike back!

*There is no charge for the performance but please book your seat through our Box Office.

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Drugs Awareness with Bob Tait

Tuesday 29 March Arts Centre | 1900-2030 hours All parents welcome Bob visited us in November 2020 and gave a talk to our students in Senior School, and we felt it would be beneficial to invite him back to talk to our parents.

Bob represents Drug Education UK (DRED UK), an independent versatile drug presentation team, supporting schools and Industry in broadening their awareness of substance misuse issues. Since 2003 they have supported school’s PHSE programmes, tailoring talks to meet specific needs across all key stages.

During his talks, Bob aims to raise awareness on a wide variety of substance misuse issues using traditional and modern communication skills, variable mediation and an abundance of energy and enthusiasm to support interactive presentations.

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Senior Dance Show

Imagine, Invent, Inspire Year 7 and Extra-Curricular Dance students

Saturday 2 April | 1430 hours

Year 8 and Extra-Curricular Dance students

Saturday 2 April | 1800 hours £8 | Arts Centre

The Senior Dance Show celebrates the magnificent and exciting world of science. Inspired by the book Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, we celebrate some of the fantastic achievements of pioneering women in science and engineering, and explore just how this weird and wonderful world of ours works.

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Careers in the Performing Arts Industry

AN EVENING OF

Tuesday 5 April | 1830-2030 hours Free | Arts Centre Hear from and network with professionals and alumnae, gaining valuable careers advice for post-18 choices.

Further information to follow via Pipers Mail.

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Drama ~ Musical Theatre ~ Costume Design Technical Theatre ~ Stage Management Broadcasting ~ Dance ~ Film and TV

Pipers Theatre Company

A Show of Hands Your chance to be part of Performing Arts at Pipers There are a number of ways in which you can help support the continued success of our state-of-the-art theatre and every donation, big or small, will be much appreciated.

SHOW OF HANDS WALL For a donation of £250 you can have your “hand” included on our Show of Hands Wall; a wall of small mirrored hands, each one engraved with the name of one of our donors or their nominated name. The Show of Hands Wall will be permanently displayed in the Arts Centre Café.

SPONSOR A SEAT For a donation of £1,000 you can “name a seat".

Your name (or nominated name) will be engraved on a seat plaque in the theatre.

To find out more, please visit pipers.sc/ShowOfHands

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Easter Community Drama Workshop Monday 18-Friday 22 April 1000-1700 hours | Ages 7-15 £150 | Arts Centre

Our community drama workshops include dance, drama and singing. The workshops are open to both boys and girls aged 7-15 years. The ethos of each week is to build confidence, learn new skills, make new friends and have fun!

If you would like to book a place, please email Sue Bevan via sbevan@piperscorner.co.uk

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Senior Spring Concert Thursday 28 April Free* | Arts Centre | 1900-2100 hours

An opportunity for you to come and hear the Senior music ensembles perform.

Gospel Choir, Barbershop, Concert Band and Senior Choir as well as Sinfonia Orchestra, some solo items and small ensembles will showcase the musical talent at Pipers.

*There is no charge for the performance but please book your seat through our Box Office.

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Prep Concert

Our World Wednesday 4 May Free* | Arts Centre | 1730 hours Join our Prep students as they present music from around the globe and explore the importance of caring for our world. The students will be singing and performing instrumental pieces which they have learnt during their curriculum music lessons.

The Prep Choir, Orchestra and Prep Rock bands will also be performing. *There is no charge for the performance but please book your seat through our Box Office.

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Mental Health Awareness with Dick Moore

Wednesday 11 May Arts Centre | 1900-2030 hours All parents welcome Dick visited us in May last year to talk to our Senior students about Mental Health. He has been visiting schools, universities, and organisations to help raise awareness of mental health issues since November 2012. Previously he was an English teacher, rugby coach, boarding school housemaster and, for over twenty years, the Headmaster of a co-educational day and boarding school. Circumstances led him to develop a passionate interest in adolescent development and emotional wellbeing. He qualified as a Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor in 2012 and joined the Charlie Waller Trust. He has also attended an ASIST Suicide Intervention course.

Did you know that 10% of young people are suffering from a diagnosable mental health disorder today? Not only does this mean that a vast number of young people are unhappy, but also that they are underperforming at school, college and in the early stages of their careers.

The consequences for families, schools and employers are dire. Yet mental health remains a largely hidden epidemic. There is SO much more that could be done that SHOULD be done.

To book your place please email rcross@piperscorner.co.uk

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Middle School Theatre Company

Book by Dennis Kelly

Music and Lyrics

by Tim Minchin

Thursday 19 May | 1900 hours Friday 20 May | 1900 hours Saturday 21 May | 1400 hours £12 Adult | £8 Child | Arts Centre Matilda JR. is the story of an extraordinary little girl with an extraordinary imagination. Matilda escapes into a world of books and develops magical power in an effort to deal with her cruel parents and dreaded Headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, in this high-energy musical.

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This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied

by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk.

Orchestrations and Additional Music by Chris Nightingale.

Pipers Theatre Company

BRAINSTORM By arrangement with Nick Hern Books

Tuesday 24 May 1630 hours and 1900 hours £10 (free for Pipers students) Arts Centre | Age 13+ Brainstorm is a unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers’ brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.

There is an age limit due to the mature content and language used in some of the scenes. Anyone under the age of 13 will need to have parental consent to attend the performance.

We are delighted to announce that we will also be performing the play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Please see page 23 for more details.

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presents

ROCK CHICKS THROUGH THE DECADES Thursday 26 May £8 Adult | £5 Child | Arts Centre | 1830 hours Join us on a journey through the decades, performing music by female musicians from the 70s to the 00s more evidence that girls can really rock!

A showcase of Pipers rock bands from Years 5 to 11 featuring Doppler Effect – Winners of Bucks Battle of the Bands 2020 – as the headline act followed by a spectacular collaborative encore.

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Year 6 Production

The

Wizard of Oz

Friday 17 June | 1900 hours Saturday 18 June | 1700 hours £12 Adult | £8 Child | Arts Centre Follow the yellow brick road in this delightful stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved tale, about a girl named Dorothy who travels from Kansas over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz. This amateur production of The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. 21 www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Summer Community Drama Workshops Monday 25-Friday 29 July Monday 1-Friday 5 August 1000-1700 hours | Ages 7-15 £150 (one week) | Arts Centre

Our community drama workshops include dance, drama and singing. The workshops are open to both boys and girls aged 7-15 years. The ethos of each week is to build confidence, learn new skills, make new friends and have fun!

If you would like to book a place, please email Sue Bevan via sbevan@piperscorner.co.uk

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Pipers Theatre Company

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022 Monday 15-Friday 19 August Daily at 1405 hours | The Space Triplex Pipers Theatre Company will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022. They will be performing Brainstorm by Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three (see page 19).

Inside every adolescent brain, 86 billion neurons connect and collide to produce the most frustrating, chaotic and exhilarating changes that will ever happen to us. Brainstorm is a unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers’ brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.

Tickets can be booked via: www.tickets.edfringe.com

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SCHOOL

www.piperscorner.co.uk/boxoffice

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