On Monday 4 March we were delighted to welcome the Young Shakespeare Company into school. Five young actors performed Shakespeare’s heartbreaking story of ‘star-crossed love’ for Year 9 students in a fast-moving fully-costumed interactive production. The play is brought vividly to life around and amongst the students. At times the whole audience is included to create dramatic scenes such as the masked ball at which Romeo and Juliet meet, and the street fight in which Mercutio and Tybalt are both killed.
Throughout the performance our students were actively involved through a carefully structured range of drama and language activities. They were encouraged to explore the motives, thoughts and feelings of the characters imagining, for example, how Juliet feels as she takes the sleeping potion from which she may never wake up.
The production of Romeo and Juliet was fantastically engaging and enjoyed by students and staff alike.