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- Drama weekend 2012
- A summer evening of jazz 2013
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- Senior Production: West Side Story 2013
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Drama weekend 2012
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The new Ruddock Performing Arts Centre opened in April 2012. As part of the Opening Festival on 29 and 30 June 2012, we held a special drama weekend for Old Edwardians of both KES and KEHS.
On the Friday night, all of the actors and production team were introduced to each other under the capable direction of Mrs Herbert, Miss Proops and Matt Bartlett. We were then left to 'get on with it'! Given the script of A Midsummer Night's Dream, jobs were divided between the cast and crew and the ideas started to roll. When time was called on proceedings for the evening, a few moved onto the Gun Barrels to discuss things further!
The Saturday was a busy day for all with the clock ticking towards the performance time. The set was assembled, the lighting designed, the costumes picked and the actors, well, mostly didn't learn their lines. Before the performance of the 'Play in a Day', the audience arrived and were greeted by a drinks reception. Both participants and audience moved into the auditorium where a moving video made by the Weaver brothers depicted the drama departments memories of their time at the schools. All then gathered together for the hog roast, archive exhibition of previous drama productions, and more drinks before the play began.
The version of A Midsummer Night's Dream that the Old Edwardians put on was not one that you would recognise from the stage of the RSC! A few characters improvised Shakespeare in cockney, effectively making the story up, the fairies were fluorescent 90's ravers, and the mechanicals were brilliantly bad. Both audience and participants thoroughly enjoyed the performance and there were many comedy highlights. Much drinking and revelling ensued to finish off what had been a fantastic weekend.
Below are the Old Eds that took part in the drama weekend:
First Name | Surname | Type | Year |
John | Jennings | KES | 1955 |
Angela | Owen | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1958 |
Andy | Summers | KES | 1971 |
Christopher | Woodall | KES | 1976 |
Kenneth | Macnab | KES | 1983 |
Gillian | Machin | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1990 |
Andrew | Crocker | KES | 1991 |
Gabrielle | Shegog | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1996 |
Laura | Colgan | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1997 |
Flora | Lee | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1997 |
Danielle | Spittle | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1997 |
Helen | Maskell | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1998 |
Amy | Matthews | Old Girl (KEHS) | 1999/2000 |
John | Ault | KES | 2000 |
Simon | Meredith | KES | 2000 |
Matthew | Reeve | KES | 2000 |
Rebecca | Schiller | Old Girl (KEHS) | 2000 |
Chris | Maskell | KES | 2002 |
Baber | Zaka | KES | 2002 |
Christina | Timmons | Old Girl (KEHS) | 2004 |
Andrew | Caddy | KES | 2005 |
Thomas | Cadigan | KES | 2005 |
Hannah | Freeman | Old Girl (KEHS) | 2005 |
Mel | Phillips | Old Girl (KEHS) | 2005 |
Emily | Bridges | Old Girl (KEHS) | 2006 |
Laura | Huang | Old Girl (KEHS) | 2006 |
Jack | Ramplin | KES | 2007 |
Tim | Kiely | KES | 2009 |
Oliver | Clarke | KES | 2011 |
Thomas | Edwards | KES | 2011 |
Kit | Fowler | KES | 2011 |
Hin Chun | Lam | KES | 2011 |
James | Lloyd | KES | 2011 |
Daniel | Mort | KES | 2011 |
Alexander | Wakelam | KES | 2011 |
Olivia | O'Neill | Old Girl (KEHS) | 2011 |
Hannah | Proops | Staff | Assistant Director of Drama |
Matthew | Bartlett | Staff | Current Staff |
Jenny | Herbert | Staff | Director of Drama |