Senior pupils recorded their final GCSE Drama examination pieces in the Silcox Theatre yesterday
Candidates performed extracts from modern and classic drama and comedy including:
Twelfth Night (c1600) and Romeo and Juliet (c1595) by William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) by Oscar Wilde
Breathing Corpses (2005) by Laura Wade
Fleabag (2013) by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Things I Know to Be True by Andrew Bovell (2016)
Performers:
Fleabag – Clara Watson-Flowers
Twelfth Night – Elise Simpson and Annabel Hyam
Things I know to be true – Leyla Sanchez and Holly Ashton
Importance of Being Earnest – Flora Macmillan and Daisy Reynolds
Breathing Corpses – Imogen Whyte (Corpse: Tristan)
Romeo and Juliet – Amelia Prowse and Alice Barker-Harrison
Parents and fellow pupils were treated to a preview performance on Monday evening, giving the pupils the important experience of performing live before an audience.
We wish all of our pupils the very best in the rest of their studies this year (judging by the performances we saw they’re a talented bunch!).