Page 17 - Highlights

Georgia Gills, Darcey Wootton and Elise Arnold in Memory
Memory, a Pro Drama play, featured Georgia Gills, Darcey Wootton
and Elise Arnold in a play written specifically for them. Darcey has been awarded a place on the foundation course at the Rose Bruford Drama school. Only 20 or so pupils were awarded places out of 4500 who applied for the foundation and BA courses.
While studying for her A-levels Izzy Allen spent six months this year on location in Brussels, Marseille and Paris filming for her principal role in the Disney series Find Me In Paris which will be released in 130 countries on Disney, Hulu and Nickelodeon.
Harry Hodierne and Imogen Smith performed Serenity over nine days at the Edinburgh
Fringe. This is the second year that the Drama Department has taken a pupil
Scholars performing Grenfell
Drama scholars devised a piece inspired by the Grenfell disaster which
they performed at the College and on the road.
production to the world-renowned festival. Harry and Imogen have since gained entry to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts respectively. Harry also appeared alongside Tom Watkins in Six Minutes to Midnight, a film produced by and starring Eddie Izzard OE, whose cast includes Jim Broadbent and Dame Judi Dench. Eddie also performed to a packed house at the College to test out material for his Wunderbar Tour.
Harry Hodierne and Imogen Smith in Serenity
Izzy Allen
Craig House in Robin Hood
Gonville House in Jason and the Argonauts
Year 9 drama
Every pupil performed in the annual Year 9 drama festival directed by Year 12 pupils. Craig won the day pupils competition with Robin Hood directed by William Brown and Arthur Lewis. Gonville
won the boarders competition with Jason and the Argonauts directed by James Nicholas and Rupert Plumptre.
Harry Hodierne and Tom Watkins filming with Eddie Izzard OE
Each year pupils are fortunate to work with visiting professional practitioners, this year including Frantic Assembly,The Paperbirds and Quirky Bird Theatre Company. Pupils are also able to watch an eclectic range of productions put on by travelling companies as part of the Pro Drama series.
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