Youngsters from Cranmere Primary School enjoyed a special performance of The Tempest put on by pupils at Reed’s School as part of their bicentenary celebrations.
Before the performance of Shakespeare’s work, the year four and five pupils took part in workshops run by the Cobham school's drama department.
In the first workshop, children were given a behind the scenes look at the technical side of the performance and Eddie King, theatre technician, explained how the thunder, lightning and rain of the storm was produced with sound, lighting and a system which produces real rain on stage.
After trying out the effects, children were shown how to recreate some of the physical theatre movements of the play and expand their creativity without using words.
Settling down to watch the performance, children gazed in amazement when the storm scene began and sailors slid up and down the stage holding onto the rigging of a large ship with full sails in the pouring rain with thunder booming and lightening flashing.
Tim Silk, director of drama, said: “Creativity and independent learning are philosophies we encourage amongst all our pupils and we applied this way of thinking to our version of this classic drama. We are thrilled to be able to share this learning and I hope it inspires the children.”
Kathy Entwistle, a teacher at Cranmere Primary School, said pupils at the Esher school thoroughly enjoyed the day and said students gave an excellence performance.
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