On January 14th 2019, I saw a live theatre production of Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” at the Olivier Theatre in the National Theatre in London. It was directed by Simon Godwin, and the undoubted stars of the play, are Sophie Okonedo playing the part of Cleopatra, and Ralph Fiennes in the role of Antony. Aiding […]
Category: Drama
The play’s the thing! Jacob blogs on his experience of being an Assistant Director.
My role as Assistant Director Last term I was privileged to be given the role, after applying in September, of Assistant Director for the two Shakespeare plays Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the year 7-10 SES production that took place in December. In the first few weeks of rehearsals we ran through the […]
Harry Blogs about the Edinburgh Festival!
The second I stepped out of the station, I was hit by a wave of both people, and an accompanying sound. The low rumble of trains surged around underneath me. I was in Edinburgh. I took a minute to comprehend everything around me: the enormous amounts of busy people like worker bees around this massive […]
Caroline blogs about the recent play Bluestockings.
Bluestockings: A script and a slander. Between the 29th November to 1st December, Years 10 + 11 performed the play Bluestockings, written by Jessica Swale (who we got a congratulations tweet from!) in the Birkbeck Studio. Overall, I would say it was a major success, bar a couple of broken chairs from the set furniture […]
Izzy blogs about all the opportunities of The Medical Society.
The Medical Society is a group of hopeful Medics, headed by Mrs Furby, who meet up every Saturday morning. We learn what a future in medicine would entail and practice skills needed to get into Medical School. Last Saturday, the MedSoc team had an intense morning! With everyone having sent off their applications for medicine […]
OS Ben Crick (2015) blogs about becoming a professional actor.
I studied at Stamford Endowed Schools between 2008 and 2015, and it was through their quickly developing and increasingly fantastic drama department that I realised I wanted to pursue acting as a career. Not only could I tell stories that I was passionate about, but I could get my teeth into some of the […]
Charles Morrison (Y9) reviews Andrew Bovell’s play ‘Things I Know To Be True’
Things I Know To Be True – Theatre Review On the 10th of October Drama scholars from SES Y9-Y13 took a trip to the Curve Theatre in Leicester to see Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell. The play is mainly focused on a family consisting of a wife, husband and four children […]
Let’s do the show right here! A Hairspray audition.
Last week I auditioned for the big musical of the year: Hairspray. This was my fourth audition for SES, and just like the other three it was totally chill! I arrived at 4:10, because I walked from SHS, and had 30 minutes to rehearse and practice. It’s really important to know your lines perfectly so […]