Public Performance well received

Our second event as part of the Loughton Festival took place on Saturday 3rd May. 7 students from years 7 and 8 again did the school proud as they conducted themselves professionally in a performance at Loughton Methodist Church.

The group met in the Drama Studio here at RVHS for a last rehearsal before walking up to the church to present their devised piece. The audience was made up of friends and family as well as members of the public who were there to hear talks about George Granville Barker (a local-born poet) and James Hilton (author of Goodbye Mr Chips and Lost Horizon).

Debden Park kicked off the performance section with a stylised interpretation of Barker's poem "Channel Crossing" before we took the stage with our devised piece based on themes from Hilton's novel "Lost Horizon". The group, who were initially brought together during our Easter "Play in a Day" workshop, worked on the idea that "one man's paradise is another man's nightmare". The piece followed two characters journey's as a plane crash-landed on a remote, tribe-inhabited island and was received well by the audience.

Again, pictures will follow from this event.

Jen