21 thankfully Mr Charlesworth joined us shortly after and such butchery will never see the light of day again. It was such a moving experience for me, looking over the show again and remembering what an outstanding job the students did in the most challenging and famous of all shows. This year’s Sister Act is now in rehearsal and I am already looking ahead with both excitement at seeing the students create something fit for theWest End once more, and with a sense of sadness with the realisation that it will be my last project at the School. The most challenging lockdown effort was by some distance Bugsy Malone, the Year 7 Musical which involved the entire year group. Trying to align and edit nearly 200 individual vocal and video submissions was a nightmare. Everyone involved was sick of the sight of Final Cut Pro by the end of the show but the final product was something very special indeed. A particular highlight for me was the joy in Mr Romhany’s voice as he pushed a custard pie into his daughter Anna’s face as part of the finale. Excellent stuff. At the other end of the School we saw the senior students take on Shakespeare’s beautiful pastoral comedy As You Like It as a radio play. Radio plays are very different to the traditional fare and the skills needed offer a significant challenge. As always, our students easily stepped up to the mark. The play was funny, charming and perfectly poised and would have not been out of place on Radio 4. Another successful Shakespeare project was our Shakespeare Schools Festival submission of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Mrs Hermosa. The production won the best site- specific performance award at the festival, a remarkable achievement indeed. Mrs Hermosa put together a stunning piece of storytelling staged across the school site
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