Issue 7 Summer 2010 (6.3 MB) - Blundell's School

No Sex Please We're British
by Anthony Marriott & Alistair Foot
Having acted in two previous house plays, it was a pleasure to
be able to direct this year. Apart from me, only Inigo Vyvyan
has participated in a house play before, so it was wonderful to
be able to give the rest of the cast their time on stage. The
play, ‘No Sex Please We’re British!’, having been performed
by Petergate 6 years ago, gave us a real challenge; to not only
make it funny, but better than the last performance. Having
not seen it before and liking the plot (though the script did
hamper us at times!) we set about rehearsing. The plot
centres on Peter Hunter (played by Elliot Keefe), who when a
package of dodgy photos arrives at his doorstep, must do
everything he can to stop his mother and his boss from
seeing them. Moving from bad to worse, the play has
everything from the crude humour to prostitutes (no surprise
there – it is a boys’ house after all, but Ryan McMaster and
Michel Peper were frighteningly good at their roles). With a
memorable performance from Louis Edmanson and the rest
of the cast, and a superb choice of costume – many haven’t
yet recovered from the sight of Louis Roscoe in that dress –
everything went well on the night.
After weeks and weeks of chivvying and stress, the final two
shows flew by and the whole cast gave their best
performances. I suppose one thing that every director fears is
that no one will enjoy it, but with Mr Berrow there, laughing at
every joke – even after the 27th time – we all felt confident.
Of course, the whole production couldn’t have happened
without the support of AJRB, the
Petergate team and the Drama
Department, who all gave so much to the
play and helped to make it one of the
best experiences I’ll take from Blundell’s.
Edward Carlton Yr 12
A Day In The Life
by Gary Diamond and Ray Lawrence
Every year OH puts on what it hopes will be a very
entertaining play and this year was to prove no exception.
Under the direction of Hugo Trevelyan Thomas, Ed
Crawford and Xan Winterton, the farce ‘A Day In The Life’
by Gary Diamond and Ray Lawrence provided humour
from start to finish, giving the OH thespians the
opportunity to show their comic acting talent. As usual,
there were some worryingly convincing performances of
OH’s version of girls and all the actors would join us in
saying, albeit with some ups and downs, that they had a
brilliant time both rehearsing and performing. The final
product was a well-received success and was enjoyed by
both parents and pupils alike.
John Steer-Fowler took on the leading role of Mortimer
with great enthusiasm and was well supported by cast
members such as Cam Grainger and
Charlie Craddock. The whole cast put
their all into the performances and for
this, as well as their hard work during
the preceding months, we thank them.
The Directors.
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