Category: Drama
Drama Report, Spring Term 2023
This term we have enjoyed several theatre trips with pupils from all year groups, we have seen ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’, ‘Accidental Death of an a Anarchist’, ‘Pride and Prejudice (sort of) and ‘The Trial of Josie K’. Our examination candidates have been busy, designing, directing and performing some memorable and…
Drama
This term, as well as producing our own shows at school we have been out to the theatres in London and Guildford to be inspired by the professionals. We have enjoyed ‘Noughts and Crosses’ with our GCSE pupils, ‘Othello’ with our 6th formers and ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe with the younger pupils….
Finding Mat Finderling
On Sunday 22nd May, families, pupils, and staff joined us for an immersive, theatrical experience exploring the history of King Edward’s. The initial idea was imagined in 2020 by Mrs Caroline Shouksmith, Head of Art. Working closely with Mrs Lynsey Cleaves, Director of Drama, the duo breathed life into the concept and it was truly…
Who Cares
On Sunday 20th and Monday 21st March, our GCSE Drama pupils, led by Lower Sixth pupil Azariah, performed an adaptation of Matt Woodhead’s ‘Who Cares’ which focuses on bringing awareness to Young Carers. The play was performed by six of our pupils and was made up entirely of words from Young Carers from across the…
Bugsy Malone Feeder Schools Performance
On Thursday 3rd February, we were delighted to welcome a total of five schools, a total of over 200 pupils to watch our production of Bugsy Malone. It was a day full of laughs and excitement and we were lucky to receive lots of positive feedback from pupils and staff. We would like to thank…
Bugsy Malone
From Thursday 3rd February – Saturday 5th, our Drama Department performed our production of Bugsy Malone for families, friends and our King Edward’s community. With incredible effort from our cast and crew, the show was amazing, and captured the talent of our pupils perfectly. Complete with splurge guns, movie scenes and boxing rings, the show…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
As part of our Drama curriculum, 3rd Form pupils went to see The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Troubadour Theatre in Wembley. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time from The National Theatre is an adaption of the popular novel and touches on Autism awareness and neurodiverse personalities…
Our modern day production of Twelfth Night
From Sunday 28th – Tuesday 30th November, our new Studio Theatre transformed into Illyria from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for our school production. The production had a modern day twist, set at a music festival with partying, live music and lots more partying! The play is set at Duke Orsino’s music festival, called “ILLYRIA” complete with…
Merci Beaucoup Onatti for the excellent French production
We were delighted to welcome pupils from Bohunt and Pennthorpe to the first of three live Onatti Productions French play this year who joined King Edward’s pupils from Years 8, 9 and 10. As always, we were entertained by two French actors who, speaking only in their native tongue, this year performed ‘Mon Père Ne Me…
GCSE performance of Cookies
On Tuesday 12th October, our GCSE pupils performed to an audience their production of Cookies, as part of their GCSE in Drama. Pupils performed twice, throughout the afternoon as a Matinee performance, and in the evening, which our staff, parents and our boarding pupils were invited to attend. The event also doubled as the Drama…
