Foundation Magazine 2021-2022 | Mount Kelly

PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS
GCSE DEVISED THEATRE
Choosing specialisms from sound and costume design to performing, the pupils led a project where they created two
performances inspired from an initial stimulus of an abstract painting. This led to in-depth research into dementia, the
effect of the disease upon memory and identity, and on loved ones and carers. The performances were extremely moving,
illustrating that the pupils had engaged with the subject with maturity and sensitivity.
SCRIPTS INTO PERFORMANCE
Interpreting and performing scripts was the focus for many of our GCSE Drama candidates as they were assessed for their final
performances. The pupils’ choices were impressively varied and ranged from a modern adaption of Aristophanes’ The Birds,
Marlow’s Dr Faustus to Wentworth’s War Brides and Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The assorted characters that were created
took the audience on a roller-coaster of thoughts, questions and emotions and the pupils should be very proud indeed of how they
handled such an assessment together. Particular praise should go to Marlene Fuerstenberg, with us from Germany for two terms,
as despite not being entered for the GCSE, successfully performed as Lady Macbeth in one of Shakespeare’s most challenging
monologues.
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