Third Form Play Our Day Out

Our Day Out was an amazing experience for me and the whole cast.

This was our first play at Lancing College and was a learning experience that will help us all in the future.

This play was not only fun and energetic but also bittersweet, as the depressing reality of the children’s future was ever present. Due to this we all had to portray an array of emotions. This was challenging, yet amazing, experience. Although personally I had quite a few lines to learn, it did not bother me as learning the story was enjoyable, and really embodying the characters on the nights made everything better. I think this could be said for the whole cast.

Rehearsals were always a great experience and although demanding at times, in the end I would say the play was very fun to perform and was very rewarding. As the main props in the play were chairs making up the school coach, the choreography had to be very inventive and learning this was so much fun. Paired with lights and music, the chairs almost seemed to take on a life of their own and were transformed from a bus to a café to a zoo and finally a fun fair.

End of Choices

In January the production End of Choices, written by Upper Sixth Former, Luke Haywood, (who also directed and starred in the production), was performed in the College Theatre. This multimedia production was a thought-provoking piece that seemed to lament the state of the modern world and question the morals of humankind. Littered with references from Dante’s Inferno to The Matrix, via Mephistopheles, End of Choices was performed with real intensity, vigour, and, when necessary, fury.

Fifth Former, Ash Kalashnikova, who played the role of Sam, wrote about her experiences throughout the production: ‘This piece gave us the opportunity to try something new and outside of our comfort zone. With each rehearsal, our team became more and more united, with everyone offering different and interesting ideas to make the best performance,

Mr Beeby was so supportive during this experience and learning from a master such as him was amazing, whether it was his funny stories or our interesting rehearsals, throughout the whole play he supported and aided all of us. I could not have asked for a better person to direct my first play at Lancing. As well as this, everyone in the cast really tried their hardest, and although we went through some rough patches, in the end everyone came together and performed to their absolute best.

This experience was so much fun, and I would encourage everyone to give drama of any sort a try. The experience and the final production are all so rewarding and enjoyable. Whether it is costumes, make up or acting, there is something that everyone can get involved in. It is not only good to improve drama skills but plays also develop social skills as you can meet many new friends and people who have similar interests to you.

Monty Tipton, Third Form

despite many of us being on stage for the first time. Of course, there were challenges, but I believe that in the end we were able to tell our story: the history of the human essence and the ability to make mistakes.

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in this performance, both on and off the stage. Our actors, who perfectly played their roles for bringing this performance to life and to our lighting director and all his assistants for adding brightness and colourfulness to our work. To Mr McDonnell, who worked with us more than anyone else during rehearsals, and of course, our director Luke, for coming up with such a fantastic scenario and completely immersing us in it. Without all this, our production would not have been so wonderful and interesting.’