Winter 2009 - Chailey School...

n Thursday, October 15th,O eighteen Chailey students tookto the stage at Roedean Theatre toperform Shakespeare's 'The Tamingof the Shrew', writesMiss Hutton. Theresponsetheyreceivedfrom theiraudiencewasfantastic!Each yearwe take partin the renownedShakespeare School's Festival, thelargest youth festival in thecountry. Over ten thousandstudents nation wide perform halfhour versions of classicShakespeare plays inprofessional venuesover one week inOctober; it is achallenging andmemorable experiencefor all involved.The stage was a riot ofcolour with costumesdrawing influence from the 1950swith flared skirts for the lead femalesthrough to Indie skinny jeans andbright shirts for the malecharacters. Each student didthemselves proud; what really stoodAnd therebyout was the level of energy andensemble work that was projectedinto the audience.Unfortunately we were notpermitted to photographthe productionwhen the castwere onstage.However,I hopeyou enjoythe arrayof picturestaken duringOpen Evening and theopen air rehearsals when atRoedean.I would like to thank each memberof the cast for their energy,enthusiasm and devotion tothis production, MrsMcBride for herwonderful codirectingskills andfor keeping meorganised, AdamSpain for his propsmakingskills and forbeing our lightingtechnician on the night, and to theparents of the cast for being taxiservices, assistant line learners….and, of course, our audience.To quote from 'As You Like It' youwere 'Wonderful, wonderful and yetHangs a taleagain wonderful and out of allwhooping!'THE CASTBaptista: Oliver BeardKatherine: Matilda IsraelBianca: Lucy PheePetruchio: Michael ChamberlainServants to Petruchio:Curtis: Rosie BrownNathaniel: Danny PearsonGregory: Becky HodgesPhilip: Catherine JessonGremio: Rhiannon PedleyHortensio: Harvey CashLucentio: Danny GavinTranio: Tom LambertTailor: Ellen BlakeneyWidow: Sophie CranfieldPriest: Katie GowersChorus/Servants: Emma Dobson,Mari Lavelle-Hill, Megan Lewis, WillSutcliffe, Adam Spain.