Drama Department Update

Drama Scholars and Students Theatre Visit

On Wednesday 18 January we took a group of drama scholars and GCSE and A Level students to see the touring production of ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’ at The Arts Theatre, Cambridge. Starring Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards the production was adapted by Phil Porter from the original Ealing Comedy film of the same name.

It tells the story of the hapless (but almost genius) bank employee-turned-robber Henry Holland and his attempts to steal the gold bullion in his charge. Incorporating a wide range of storytelling techniques, ensemble sequences, slapstick routines and plenty of multi-roling, this was a stylish, entertaining piece of comedy performance. We hope to see our students being inspired to use some of these techniques in their own performance work over the coming months.

Whole School House Song Contest

Throughout the autumn term our Year 11 house captains were extremely busy planning, choreographing and leading rehearsals for our annual House Song Contest which took place on the final day of term. This year our captains were tasked with creating an original music video to accompany their live performance and to include as many students from other year groups as imaginatively as possible in their video. The results were extremely creative with all seven houses producing highly entertaining videos on a theme of their choice.

The deserving winners on the day were Clark with their Christmas mashup. The drama department would like to thank all of the Year 11 captains and students who were involved in organising this event and for working so hard to help make it a success.

Individual and Small Group House Talent Contest

Live finals for each year group were held in the last week of the autumn term for the Individual and Small Group House Talent Contest. This year the standard was impressive and we were really pleased to celebrate a wide range of different talents across the five year groups including singing, stand-up comedy, classical piano, jazz clarinet, electric guitar solos, live bands and even a dancing dog.

The winners in each year group were as follows:

Year 7

Jamie B (clarinet solo) and Pranil R (piano) - joint winners

Year 8

Accidentally Correct (live band featuring Merryn M, Charlie M, Jack O’C, Louis D and Jake T)

Year 9

Anthony Jude H (bass guitar solo)

Years 10-11

George Wilkinson (singing)