Fourth Form Drama Students Dazzle in two Plays
Friday evening saw the first proper drama presentations to parents in over 18 months; a carefully orchestrated double-bill allowed MIV (Year 8) and UIV (Year 9) parents to attend to watch two very contrasting productions.
Year 7s excel in 'Our Teacher's A Troll'
After weeks of hoping for sun and a rather chilly and damp dress rehearsal in the rain, the day of the LIV (Year 7) play in the week before Half Term dawned bright and warm - the perfect weather for an outdoor performance.
Step Right Up! Drama Students take a dark detour to the circus...
The smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd thankfully returned to St Mary's last Friday evening, as the LV (Year 10) Drama students gave the first live performances since last Autumn’s Senior Production of Nell Gwynn.
Girls excel in Presentations to RADA
On 2nd March, RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) were privy to another outstanding set of RADA Presentations from 16 members of our LVI (Year 12).
Dramatic Evening of Devised Plays
Last Thursday evening (12th November), UV (Year 11) and UVI (Year 13) Drama students performed their Devised plays, postponed from this May. Despite the delay and the busy schedule of the Drama year, all the performance groups rose to the challenge and delivered a series of inventive, thought-provoking and superbly realised presentations.
Girls excel in Company Drama Competition
The Company Drama competition took place over the weekend of 13th-15th November, with a large number of girls taking part in creating dramatic adaptations inspired by short stories from the book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, which focuses on the lives of inspirational women from history and from the present day.
'Nell Gwynn' lives again!
This week, St Mary’s took an extended trip back to Restoration-era London, as girls from LV to UVI (Years 10 to 13) presented the Senior Play, Jessica Swale’s modern take on Nell Gwynn, one of the first professional actresses in England and one of Charles II’s most famous mistresses.
St Mary's welcomes RSC Actor, Clarence Smith
On Tuesday 6th October, UV (Year 11) and Sixth Form students attended a lecture by the Royal Shakespeare Company actor, Clarence Smith.
Year 8 enjoy Virtual Drama Club
Year 8 were working hard in their remote Drama lessons earlier this term, writing and performing monologues to audition for our Junior Play, Emil and Detectives. This will now be presented in the form of radio play episodes at the end of term.
LAMDA Awards celebrate girls' achievements
Director of Drama, Mr Duncan Ellis, took time in Chapel on 10th June to celebrate the terrific achievements of our girls in the last round of LAMDA performance examinations. Across the board, the results were outstanding, with virtually every girl receiving a Distinction.
Superb GCSE and A Level Drama Performances
At the start of February, we saw sterling performances of Nell Gwynn (UVI - Year 13) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (UV -Year 11) in the Delscey Burns Theatre at St Mary's.
Theatre trip to Kneehigh's 'Ubu'
On 23rd January, several Drama scholars, ambassadors and members of the Drama Club went to Bristol to see Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire, which is a unique, modern take on Alfred Jarry’s play, Ubu Roi.