Year 12 Drama classes staged a Shakespeare Season of two plays over four nights from 26-29 June.
The Tempest and A Comedy of Errors were performed in the Drama Room before a live audience.
Head of Drama Dr Lilicherie McGregor said the themes of The Tempest still resonate in today’s world – dictators plotting to depose family members who threaten their power, colonisation, and magic. Three plots of power takeovers were played as tragedy, parody and comedy.
In A Comedy of Errors Shakespeare combined adventure, the comedy of human folly, romance, and suspense in a play that was both clever and original and still popular today. It moved at a furious pace, with the comedy revolving around the constant mistaken identity engendered by having two sets of identical twins in the same place at the same time.
Dr McGregor and Drama teacher Ms Jessica Rigold praised the students involved in the performance and behind the scenes.