As part of the Year 11/12 Drama course, students are studying how stories can be reimagined and repurposed. To assist their understanding of adaptation and children’s theatre, the class embarked on the first of many experiential learning opportunities by seeing the onstage production by Dan Colley of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. The performance combined storytelling tools such as live music, puppetry, live video projection, and audience participation to bring this story to the stage, capturing its beautiful, strange emotional richness.

Next up, students will deliver two drama workshops with Year 3 students from Holy Spirit to explore the process of adaptation when creating theatre.

Mrs Sarah Smith
Senior Drama Teacher