House Drama - Walter win!

Last night saw an impressive range of performances for House Drama as Walter emerged victorious with their powerful interpretation of a scene from George Orwell’s 1984.

There were so many strong pieces in the House Drama this year that five Houses went through to the Finals, held, for the first time at the New Barn Theatre at Merchant Taylors’ Prep. Our Judge, Mr Spencer Hinton, Head of Speech and Drama at Merchant Taylors’ Prep, had the unenviable task of choosing a winner, and he gave some useful and constructive feedback to the boys, as well praising their strengths. Mulcaster gave an imaginative and chorus-based rendition of Brecht’s ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’, with a huge, director-led cast. Hilles offered an intense and extremely well-acted version of ‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, and there were two pieces written by the boys themselves. Spenser’s ‘So Far So Good’, was written by George Solomou and was a piece that was thought-provoking and political in a way that was dramatic and drew in the audience. Tom Bannon, for the Manor, wrote ‘The Pigeon’, an extremely funny piece of political satire that elicited a tour de force performance from Dylan Bull as the central, self-deluded, comic lead. The winner, however, was Walter with a realisation of Orwell’s ‘1984’ that was both chilling and powerful; it was brilliantly acted by Ishmael Levy, and beautifully staged and directed by Neville Birdi and Daniel Surkes. All in all, it was an evening of work of astonishing quality by the boys!

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