On Monday, Blake Studio hosted the Academic Drama Event for M5, L6 and U6 GCSE and A level groups.
The evening consisted of a series of scripted pieces and monologues which the pupils have been working hard on since the start of the year.

This included pieces from:

Bright Young Things:

By Georgia Christou follows a group of 'genius' young people struggling against the pressure to succeed and the manipulations of TV, each finally realising that they can achieve amazing things on their own terms.

Our Generation:

The Final extract from Our Generation – an influential text that lends itself so well to the voices of young people as it is the voices of young people is presented here again. 

Girls Like That

Girls Like That is a play about girls, boys, feminism, friendship, running with the pack, self-image and online sharing.

Missing Dan Nolan

Missing Dan Nolan is a play written by Mark Wheeler, a well know Theatre in Education playwright who dramatises true stories to encourage an audience to think about their own choices and actions.

Bouncers

Bouncers is the John Godber comedy set against the 80s urban nightlife. Written for only 4 actors, they play all the parts and characters of the people the Bouncers meet on the doors of pubs and clubs on a regular weekend. 

Find me

Find Me is a play based on a true story. The central character is a girl named Verity Taylor who suffers with mental health problems. The play studies the effects that her condition has on her family and questions the treatment she receives by the healthcare system.

Monologues from:

The Caretaker

You

People Places and Things

Enron

Our Generation

The evening was a brilliant showcase of what the pupils have achieved over the last term, and it was lovely to see such a range of theatre being presented.