The week prior to the half term, the A2 Drama students performed their final devised pieces to the school. There were six students divided evenly between two groups who produced equally poignant and enthralling executions but exploring extremely different issues. The first group, all female, showcasing Foxey Hardman and Christi Van Clarke impressively exposed feminism and the way in which people, not just women are perceived. The hilarity with which such a poignant issue was dealt with was what made their message effective; a piece full of popular music and dancing juxtaposed with a floor strewn with decapitated Barbie dolls forced the audience to both enjoy themselves whilst being faced with the injustices of our society. Ruan Evans, Roly Botha and Tilda Raphael’s piece followed, they transformed the stage into an interrogation department and the detail of their set allowed for the audience to gain immediate understanding of who their characters would be and its tri-part structure directly reflecting the characters relating to each part. Read more
Text by Radheka Kumari, 6.2
Photos by Farrows Creative