Welcome! Thank you for joining us for the Year 9 Shakespeare Festival.

Tonight our students will present their Shakespeare performances which they have undertaken as part of their Bronze Arts Award. It has been quite a challenge this year to put this festival together with students working on these productions in both lessons and after school rehearsal. For many this will be their first time in front of an audience and so there will be no doubt a lot of nervous actors making their debut! My thanks go to Miss Samantha Parker and her team of Gold Arts Award 6 th Form directors for putting the festival together. I hope that you will all enter into the spirit of the performances and support the students tonight by being an appreciative audience. Many thanks and I hope you will enjoy! Mr C. Cresswell

Head of the Arts Faculty

Year 9 Shakespeare Festival 2014 Act 1 The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurateshrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments the "taming"until she becomes a compliant and obedient bride. The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's more desirable sister, Bianca. Starring Main Cast Katherina - Callum Hay Baptista Olivia Moylan Bianca Kieran Thomas Gremio Madeleine McConnell Petruchio Niamh Titterington Hortensio Amy Dickinson Priest T-J Barrett Lucentio Kelsey Hooton Tranio Emily Leaper Technical Set - Callum Bickerstaffe Lighting - Charlie Sutcliffe Costume - Molly Butler, Iloan Gibson, Abby McDowell, Rebecca Moran Chorus/Servants Marcus Barlow Nicole Bramald Courtney Comer Ryan Crowther Evie Fawthrop Finlay Mitchell Luke Hampshire Elissa Finnon Lewis-Jay Hargreaves Charlote Fillingham Megan Gledhill Aimee Burbidge Aimee Holdsworth Eleanor Piper Emma Senior

Year 9 Shakespeare Festival 2014 Act 2

Romeo and Juliet Believed to have been written between 1594 and 1596, this is perhaps Shakespeares most famous play. Romeo & Juliet is the tragedy of two star crossed lovers; children of two opposing families, the Montagues and Capulets. Their relationship is short lived however as the hatred between the two families spills over onto Veronas streets and pushes the young lovers on a road toward their inevitable demise.

Starring

Main Cast Romeo Matthew Booth Abraham - Izzy Whiteley Juliet Abigail Crowther Sampson -Eloise Murray Mercutio Mason Butterfield Apothecary - Leah Bradley Tybalt Joshua Foster Benvolio Brandon Jackson Nurse Lucy Redmond Chorus Friar Lawrence - Lewis Fraser Chloe Bailey Paris Lucas Smyth Imogen Davis There will a 20 minute intermission with refreshments served in the Gully. Prince Bethany Illingworth Danielle Loach Montague Kai Brotherton-Kaye Chloe Robinson Capulet Joseph Hugh Lady Montague - Amy Gilmartin Technical Lady Capulet - Grace Acton Lighting Ellis Price Friar John Bradley Clarkson Setting - Phoebe Broadbent Balthazar Ellie Defty Costume - Maisie Lawless

There will a 20 minute intermission with refreshments served in the Gully.

Year 9 Shakespeare Festival 2014 Act 3

A Midsummer Nights Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeares most beloved comedies; believed to have been written between around 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, where multiple plot threads come into play including: the misadventures of four young lovers and a group of amateur mechanical players, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest outside of Athens in which most of the play is set. Starring Main Cast

Oberon- Imogen Green Titania- Jodie Lodge Puck- Alice Madgewick Hermia- Mollie Call Lysander- Jayan Mistry Demetrius- Qasim Shahid Helena- Alicia Womersley Peter Quince- Jasmine Riley Nick Bottom- Joeseph Hollis Francis Flute- Daniel Wilson Tom Snout- Florry Teale Snug- Grace Benson Theseus- Ben Scholes Hippolyta- Caitlin Large Philostrate- Eleanor Shawmarsh

Egeus/ Robin Starveling- Ralph Edward Cobweb- Chloe McGuire Moth- Lydia Milburn Peaseblossom- Charlotte Breen Mustardseed- Molly Murphy

Chorus Alyssa Buchan Charlotte Galvin Lauren Hartley Ella Jowett Megan Walsh

Technical Costume Brandon Harris