Rave Review!

I wanted to say how much I enjoyed the play last night. 

What really made it for me was the music and dance/movement – really quite fantastic and interestingly (and enjoyably), the first production I’d been to where I genuinely felt that the “crowd” scenes stole the show.

A real credit to you – you must be very proud of all involved.
Parent

Romeo and Juliet is a modern adaptation specifically designed to reflect contemporary influences and trends woven into the original ‘Star Crossed Lovers’ story.  We have used Shakespeare’s written word and added a Greek style chorus which is ever present, reflecting the action and delivering the subtext through a series of songs.  Interestingly the chorus have had the tough job of learning the words and choreography for a total of 13 songs.  For this production, Nigel Cassidy produced a wonderful orchestration, using the score written for schools by Debbie Campbell and adapting it for our own unique production.

We have colloborated with Charterhouse for this production which has been a very positive experience for students of both schools.  Suzannah Whitmarsh from the first form performed the role of Juliet.

Audiences were full to capacity with the Thursday matinee performance showing to students from 3 of our local prep schools’ year five classes.