Higher and Advanced Higher Drama enjoyed a fantastic trip to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. They saw a variety of shows and experienced a range of contemporary performance styles. The day started with ‘WHITE’, a gig theatre performance by performer Koko Brown who has been nominated for an Amnesty Award for her honest autobiographical piece about racial identity.  ‘Propeller’ was next, performed by the Scottish Drama Training Network, this play explored teenage activism in our social media obsessed world.  Higher then saw ‘Class’, an intelligent tragi-comedy about the dynamics of a parent-teacher meeting in a working class Irish school. This play explored issues of divorce, education, elitism and gender roles in society.  Finally, Advanced Higher were brave enough to see ‘Trainspotting Live!’, an in-yer-face retelling of Irvine Welsh’s contemporary classic about addiction problems in 1980s Edinburgh.

All pupils going on the New York trip in October must do the following by the end of this week:

• Bring in a copy of their passport
• Let Mrs Selbie know their rooming preference

Click on this link to complete your Visa Waiver for America.  The information you require for this is:

Hotel/hostel information:

Broadway Hotel and Hostel, 230 West 101 Street, New York, NY 10025, United States

Flight information:

We are flying with British Airways

08 Oct 2018 leaving Heathrow (1310) arriving in JFK (1600)

11 Oct 2018 leaving JFK (1900) arriving Heathrow (0710) (landing on 12th Oct)

Below is the presentation that Chris Malone  gave last week at the Information Evening.

Williamwood HS New York Performing Arts 2018 presentation

Reminders for pupils:

Bring in your passport as soon as possible to get photocopied.

Bring back the sheet with your show preferences, remember to put your name on this.

Bring in a copy of the Visa Waiver.

Could all pupils going on the New York trip in October 2018 please attend a meeting in Music Studio 1 on Tuesday 6th February at 12.40pm.

All pupils that are going on the New York trip in October 2018 should have the full deposit of £150 paid by the end of September.

Click on the image above to find out what the school show is this year.

Following on from our fantastic productions of Hairspray and Blood Brothers, the Performing Arts department are delighted to be launching this year’s school show on Tuesday 13^th June at 12.35pm in Drama 1. Come along to learn all about our exciting new venture and the magic that awaits us this December! Pupils interested in performing and production are welcome to come along, where more details on auditions and jobs involved will be available.

We hope to see many of you there!

A reminder to senior pupils that supported study runs on Thursdays after school.  This is primarily in preparation for the written prelim paper.  Rehearsals for the practical exams will commence thereafter.

Mrs McGowan

Congratulations to our S1 pupil Georgia Purcell who has recently been “treading the boards” with a professional theatre company.  Georgia auditioned for a part in “Annie” with over 200 hopefuls and successfully landed the role of “Pepper”.  The show enjoyed a 12 month international tour and Georgia joined the cast for the final 5 week run in Cape Town, South Africa.  Well done Georgia and we look forward to seeing you light up the stage in the future.

The play version of Willie Russell’s Blood Brothers was performed in the Drama studios last week.  Each performance was a sell out and received rave reviews from audience members.  A great deal of hard work, effort and commitment went into rehearsals from both the actors and technical team and the pupils thoroughly enjoyed this experience.  Liam Robertson created his own music which enhanced the mood and atmosphere of the play.  More pictures from the performance will be on display in the department.