On Thursday 7 November, the U5 drama classes went on a coach trip to the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, to see a matinee performance of A Mini-Summer Night’s Dream, which they will review as part of their GCSE drama mock exam.
In this exciting and fun production, three actors unlocked Shakespeare’s enchanting play in a fast-paced 60 minute production with live music. The play was presented as follows:
Midsummer’s night. The costume store backstage at a theatre. Things begin to come alive… Sprites, fairies and young lovers collide in Shakespeare’s beguiling comedy of magic and mischief. Over the course of a single night, hearts are broken, vows are made and dreams are chased. With change in the air and emotions more fickle than ever before, who will the lovers’ hearts be promised to when the dawn sun rises?
Directed with great imagination by Robert Kirby, with exciting choreography from Movement Director Emily Holt, vibrant live music from Music Captain Tom Sowinski, varied, colourful costumes from Costume Designer Emily Barratt and a great variety of multi-rolling from the versatile performers; Simran Hunjun , Rosalind Lailey and Tom Sowinski; this was a performance to remember.
All the students enjoyed it enormously:
The actors played so many parts each, so convincingly, with many interesting costumes, live music and imaginative scenery-which have given us all so much to write about in our reviews!
Sophie T (U5)
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