BODENS AUTUMN 2017 MAGAZINE

BODENS PERFORMING ARTS
THE PLACE FOR PERFORMING ARTS
INTO THE WOODS
Allie Aylott
MATILDA
Katya Padfield
US/THEM
Elizabeth Hoare
INTO THE WOODS
Our graduating college students end an amazing
year with an incredible outdoor production of
Stephen Sondeheim's challenging musical
MESSAGE FROM
THE PRINCIPAL
We hope you enjoy our Autumn Term
issue of Bodens Magazine. Everything
here is written by young people at Bodens
Performing Arts, all about their experiences
on and off the stage. This issue features
productions of Into The Woods, Matilda,
Jungle Book, Us/Them, Flight of the Fairy,
Alice in Wonderland and our Summer
Courses. We look back on an incredible
term at Bodens, and forward to a term of
creativity - Adam Boden
AUTUMN 2017
JUNGLE BOOK
Foundation Students
FLIGHT OF THE FAIRY
Zoe Jones
'REPLAY' FILM COURSE
Julia Moniz
WOYZECK
Ethan Reid
SPRING AWAKENING
Zoe McGillicuddy
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Jessica Bohan
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Bodens Performing Arts
School has always been known
for its innovative, creative,
and professional-quality
performances. This year’s endof-term
college production was
no different. At the beginning of
2017, we found out our summer
production, with the whole
college as a company, would be
Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Into The
Woods’ – a 2 and a half hour
musical with plot and music
based on the original Grimms’
Brothers Fairytales – but with a
twist.
The casting process began with
vocal lessons and explorations
of themes and structures of
the songs in the show – this
included solos, duets, and the
whole-company numbers. By
going through these, students
could begin considering
songs for auditions, and the
characters we were interested
in potentially playing. As well
as vocal exploration, we had
regular dance lessons exploring
choreography for the finale,
and other large numbers. With
particular emphasis placed on
showing meaning and truth
in the choreography – and
characterisation.
Auditions took place in March,
which gave all the students
a chance to not just show our
talents to our tutors, but also
to our peers. Many people
performed solos, duets and
small group numbers – each
presenting their interpretations
of their chosen song and the
role they are playing. After this,
students were gradually cast
as characters in the show, and
I was lucky enough to be cast
as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, the
character I had favoured and
auditioned for.
As soon as our leads and
supporting characters were cast
, students were able to fully dive
into the rehearsal process and
characterisation. Developing
our skills vocally, physically and
in an acting sense throughout
the next few months leading
up to show. I found diving in
to such a brash, young and
certainly blunt character a
great challenge, getting the
physicality and vocal tone
up to standard; And for other
students, everyone had their
own challenges to overcome
that came with their characters
– leading up to an amazing
finished product.
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