BODENS AUTUMN 2017 MAGAZINE

An angsty rock musical by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater: an adaptation
of the seminal play about the trials and tribulations of growing up.
Fully Funded
Summer Course
On our exciting
August summer
course for
16-19 years,
we explored,
rehearsed and
produced the
challenging rock
musical ‘Spring
Awakening’
based on
Wedekind’s
original play.
Here participant
Zoe talks about
the experience
of being a part
of the company
for this intensive
three weeks.
AUTUMN 2017
Before I started the summer
course, I was wondering
whether it would be worth
‘giving up’ 3 weeks of my
summer holiday. Now, looking
back at this whole experience
it was completely worth it.
This course wasn’t just about
learning techniques to make
my performances better, for
me what made it were the
people on the course with me.
I genuinely liked every single
person, and our performance
of Spring Awakening was all
the better for it.
What I loved was the mix
of college, part-timers and
newcomers and how quickly
we mixed. For some people,
the beginning of this course
was more challenging than for
others, but it was lovely seeing
everyone’s confidence grow
and how we all supported each
other throughout the process:
we were all in this together.
During the course we also
saw three free shows: Yerma,
Girl from the North Country
and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
All were interesting to watch
and we learnt from them as
performers.
The musical we performed was ‘Spring Awakening’, which is a
rock musical set in the 1890’s about teenage angst. So what
better way could a rock musical be done than with handheld
microphones? On one of the mornings we workshopped using
the microphones in songs, where we would go up when one of
us felt like singing a bit and replace the person before. It was
great seeing how into it everyone was getting, from standing
on chairs to sliding on our knees.
Both of our shows had great energy, especially Spring Awakening,
as it was our last performance as a company following a very
intense 3 weeks. It was good that there was challenging material
in both pieces, so all of us could come out of the course saying
that we had been stretched as performers and had improved
immensely. All of us ended on a good note… apart from Ethan,
whose last note was questionable. In any case we all had an
amazing time and can’t wait to do In the Heights next year!
All of us ended on a good note… apart from Ethan, whose last
note was questionable. In any case we all had an amazing time
and can’t wait to do In the Heights next year!
Our 2018
Summer Course
Anyone aged
16-18 years
on the 31st
August 2018
can apply
to take part
on this fully
funded course.
You can visit
our college
website for
full details or
to complete
an application
form. We are
looking for
capable and
committed
students with
a passion for
the performing
arts.
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