The school was energised from our outstanding senior school productions last week. SWPS Drama were extremely excited to present two of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Much ado Nothing’. Our creative directors, Mrs White and Ms Whitfield wanted to bring a new life to the classic stories and transposed the setting of Macbeth to a dystopian landscape where power struggles dominate the battle for survival. The darkness and themes of ambition and cruelty suited a bleak and ominous backdrop. In contract, Much Ado was lighter and full of romantic twists and turns which were played out in Shakespeare’s imitable style. The productions featured casts of over 40 students from Years 10 to 13. For our Year 13 students this was their final production at SWPS and it was a delight to see so many of them being involved both on stage and in technical roles.
Congratulations to the cast and crew involved in these productions, and a special thank you to our wonderful drama department for all the hard work they put in. Both live shows were performed to sell- out audiences!
Thank you for all the glowing comments we received;
Wow, wow, wow. That was the best night of theatre I have ever attended! Have you thought of taking the production to the Edinburgh Festival?!
Huge congratulations to you both and to all your colleagues on two fantastic productions. I was fortunate enough to see both performances – I came away from Thursday night blown away but oh my goodness last night was INCREDIBLE!
