Richard II – Live broadcast for Schools from the RSC
On Friday November 15th, 89 of our Theatre Studies and English Literature Sixth Form students joined 34,000 other students worldwide to see a live recording from the RSC, Stratford, of Richard II starring David Tenant. This was then followed by a live Q and A session with the Director Greg Doran and David Tenant himself.
Some of our students had already been to see the production at the RSC during the opening week in October so it was a real joy to let so many more students have the chance to see this production for free in our very own Arts Centre.
The atmosphere was superb in the Arts Centre and all the students really enjoyed the production. The production itself had actually been recorded on Wednesday November 13th and the students who had already seen it, felt that they saw even more due to the close-up camera angles. Greg Doran discussed this in the Q and A session as he wanted to really allow students to feel that they were almost on the stage with the actors. The perspective of the set was beautiful and quite overwhelming and the music was both haunting and atmospheric.
Thank you to Sam Dyer for being our Technical Manager for the morning and Mrs. Taylor and the Interact team for providing refreshments.
Maxine Cook Nuala Barker
Acting Head of Drama Head of English