Big Top Festival - photos

It's almost here! Just two more days until the half term break! Woohoo! Not that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed this term... it's been packed full of amazing shows and rehearsals, talking of which...

This years December production by the students will be Mary Theresa's Cupboards... a crazy show that has been devised and scripted by David Calder and the students. More info on this to follow after the break, but I can tell you you won't want to miss it!

The week after we get back we have Marie-Lou in with a double bill of physical theatre. Marie-Lou is one of the countries top choreographers so we're in for a real treat. Keep Wednesday 11th November free in your diary and don't forget to reserve your ticket!

But for now, just to keep you going, click the picture to go to the flickr collection for the Big Top Festival and reminisce about the summer... that should put a smile on your face during this rain spell. And as for me? I'll see you after the break. Florida here I come, woop, woop!

Two Nights Running!

Sunset

I just thought I'd post a picture I took of the sunset over school last night. I used Poladroid to make it look like a polaroid, but haven't changed the colours at all. Aren't we lucky to have our school in such a location?

School for Scandal

I've just finished the poster for School for Scandal. The play by Richard Sheridan is being directed by Alison McCallum as part of the C18 Farce Week at Bradon Forest. David Calder directs Carlo Goldoni's 'Venetian Twins' which will also show that week. 

The image was the brain child of Miss McCallum, as she is going for a 60's theme for the play and wanted to mimic the famous 1960's image of Christine Keeler. She was inspired after she saw Patsy Kensit striking a similar pose on the cover of Radio Times. The play is all about scandal, so we thought that we could use paparazzi style photos throughout, and to set the scene, I created a 60's styled magazine cover for the poster - to link back to the original spot in Radio Times!

We're quite pleased with this one. What do you think?

Publick Transport Photos

Angus Barr from Publick Transport kindly let me take some photos from last weeks performance. Here they are for your viewing pleasure. It was a little awkward snapping away during the performance, but I made sure I sat in the front row and didn't move around. Unfortunately you can see my big head throughout the video we shot for GCSE revision. Sorry about that! Hopefully you'll see some of the photos on the company's website as I've just posted them a copy.

There are a couple of shots that I had to change to B&W because there was some strong red filters being used that saturated the images. The couple at the end didn't work in B&W and it's a shame they didn't work at all, because the final scene was just hilarious. Comic genius!

Photography Competition

Kingsmill is launching a photography competition to encourage Western Daily Press readers to capture the spirit of the South West. There are two categories, the adults category for the 16s and over and the school category where budding photographers under 16 can win £700 for their school.

It’s easy to enter, they're inviting readers to enter photographs of the West Country – it doesn’t necessarily have to be a major landmark but anything that encapsulates the spirit of the region in an original and creative way. See the website for more details.



This is my entry - for the over 16's of course! It's the Ridgeway last September... why don't we get weather that like when we're not at school?