December 2007 - South Wilts Grammar School for Girls

ONWARDS
Scene Productions Theatre
On Tuesday 13 th November, Scene Productions theatre company came in to do workshops with the
year 12 and 13 drama students. The whole day kicked off with a really lively performance of Brecht’s
play Fear and Misery which the students absolutely loved! The afternoon saw the students practically
trying out some ideas on characterisation, narration and improvisation all geared towards the topics
studied on their drama course. The company had great energy and worked wonderfully well with the
students and the students came away having had a very exciting, stimulating and educational
experience! (Miss Vice)
Ash Girl - 5th, 6th February 2008
Rehearsals are now underway for the school production of Ash
Girl and Miss Vice and the students are working hard to get
the scenes blocked and rehearsed.
There is also the chance for students to get involved in the
show as dancers, costume and set designers as well as
lighting technicians. Dance rehearsals are taking place in the
drama studio every Thursday lunchtime. Laura Flynn in Year
12 is helping Miss Vice with the choreography of the dances
and has been given the position of co-choreographer. Tickets
for Ash Girl will be on sale in January. (Miss Vice)
Scene Productions Theatre
Harry Potter Production
On the 7 th November, Hogwarts came
alive within our school hall, for the onenight
only production of Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s Stone. The play was a
parody of the popular Harry Potter film
bearing the same title. We had been
working on the production for six
months, spending many happy hours
painting set, rehearsing and designing.
The play comprised of some fantastic
talent from years 7-10 and raised over
£200 for the school charity (CLIC-
Sargent), with over 80 tickets being sold
(to our astonishment!)
Thank you to all who participated for all
your hard work, especially Miss Steele,
Miss Vice, Sam Scott and Nicole Wait
for all their support. We hope to see you
all again for the sequel! (Vicky Timms,
Laura Mason and Izzy Mackay 10E)
Comedy Evening
On Saturday 17 th November our sixth form girls along with
Bishops boys (directed by Sam Scott) put on a comedy
evening in aid of Children in Need. The students have been
working hard over the past few months, rehearsing after
school to put together a varied programme consisting of
over 40 sketches! The audience were treated to a whole
string of wacky, witty and hilarious scenes all performed with
great energy and professionalism. We had a great audience
of over 70 people and raised a huge amount of money for
charity. (Miss Vice)
Lower School Drama Clubs
On Thursday 13th December the lower school drama clubs
put on their annual production.
The evening kicked off with the Year 7 drama club doing a
fantastic job of re-telling some classic fairy tales, such as
‘Snow White’ as a series of short clips, with lots of humour
and great acting.
The Year 8 drama club again retold some classic fairy tales
being told through rhyme and narration, which was very
professionally done. The Year 9 drama club ended the
evening with a devised piece that they had created
themselves around the theme of ‘being a strange fish!’ This
stimulus was taken literally and so we were taken into the
weird and wonderful world of a fishbowl, with rapping fishes
and glo sticks.
The night was a great success with friends and family
thoroughly enjoying the wealth of talent being shown.
The show ended with a carol sung by the whole cast which
brought the show to a cheery close with everyone in the
mood for Christmas! (Miss Vice)
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