St Mary's School Calne

Theatre Trips that really Rock ‘n’ Roll

Olivia (English, Theatre Studies and Classics student in the UVI Form) commented on the fact that in less than two weeks in the early part of this Autumn Term, she has been to see Shakespeare, Sophocles and Stoppard – with the RSC, The Actors of Dionysus and the star-studded Stoppard cast respectively.  Olivia’s list of theatrical history this year will soon grow to include Simon Russell Beale in Brecht’s Galileo, Kevin Spacey in Moon for the Misbegotten, Ian McKellen in King Lear and many more……

The Drama Department took members of the LVI and UVI Forms to the latest sensational play by Tom Stoppard which has recently transferred from The Royal Court to The Duke of York Theatre.  The world class cast which included Brian Cox, Rufus Sewell and Sinead Cusack lived up to all the great performance reviews and the play itself proved to be even more intellectually stimulating and dramatically exciting than we had anticipated.  Rock ‘n’ Roll was quite something for a Sunday afternoon when theatres are normally dark!

You can read more about Rock 'n' Roll at the Duke of York's website.