Speech & Drama

SPEECH & DRAMA REPORT

WORDS BY

By Mrs Patsy Turton,

Head of Drama and Speech and Drama

The Speech and Drama Department celebrated a great success in the Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama this year. Many boys participated in the annual event which sees children from all over Bedfordshire share their work in front of an audience and judges. 70 boys achieved 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and four boys were selected to perform in the Gala performance and won prestigious prizes.

The Speech and Drama Showcase evening in March was a great success and an opportunity for boys to perform in The Quarry Theatre. It was a joy to see boys, who had never performed in a theatre, take on the opportunity and take their moment in the spotlight.

The Summer Term took on a collaboration with The Place Theatre in Bedford and a range of Bedford Care Homes. A select group of Speech and Drama boys delivered poetry and readings in care homes across Bedford. Working closely within the local community is an important focus and enabled pupils to take advantage of this performance opportunity and give them a sense of pride as the residents enjoyed listening to the boys perform.

The LAMDA examinations took place at the end of the year. 76 Distinctions, 30 Merits and 9 passes were awarded and celebrated! Congratulations on all your hard work, boys.

Speech & Drama

BEDFORDSHIRE SPEECH AND DRAMA RESULTS 2022

Saturday 5th March

Names Class no Class Year Result

Khushal Pattni 303A Write and Read a Story Y4-6 3rd Adam Purdie Toby Huiskamp 312 Verse Speaking Duet Y6 3rd Joshua Worboys Luke Mitchell 312 Verse Speaking Duet Y6 1st

Sunday 6th March

Arjun Niravane 362 Prepared Reading Y3 1st Milan Qureshi 362 Prepared Reading Y3 3rd James Angus Samuel Hughes 323A Duologues Y7-8 3rd Gabriel Roberts Thomas McDonald 310 Verse Speaking Duet 4 & under 3rd Rocco Sarro 367B Prepared Reading Y8 2nd Kasim Sheikh 367B Prepared Reading Y8 3rd Ralph Franklin 367B Prepared Reading Y8 3rd

Monday 7th March

Names Class no. Class Year Result Ethan Daubney 366 Prepared Reading Y7 3rd Lewis Pettengell Ethan Daubney 313 Verse Speaking Duet Y 7 1st Oliver Biffa 351 Presentation Y5-8 3rd Thomas Dewe 351 Presentation Y5-8 2nd Arjun Dey 358 Write and Read a Story Centenary Class Y5-6 2nd Abhay Raghunath 358 Write and Read a Story Centenary Class Y5-6 3rd Adam Purdie 318 Dramatic Solo Y5-6 3rd Hugo Vincent 318 Dramatic Solo Y5-6 2nd Sebastian Searle, Rhys Newman, Semilore Apesin and Raihaan Adil 327 Dramatic Scene Y5-7 1st Matthew Moretto, Aaryan Nair and Henry Davidson 327 Dramatic Scene Y5-7 2nd Conor Hayes, Hugo Vincent and Harry Spencer 327 Dramatic Scene Y5-7 3rd Aryan Sohanpal 330 Shakespeare Solo - Y8-10 2nd

Tuesday 8th March

James Workman 301B Verse Speaking Solo - Y4 1st Gabriel Roberts 301B Verse Speaking Solo - Y4 2nd Angelo Milioto 333 Centenary Class - Solo - Y6 & und. 2nd Christopher Gentry Cayo Sinclair 322 Duologues - Y5-6 1st Henry Warner Daniel Joaille-Burge 322 Duologues - Y5-6 2nd Oscar McCartie Orson Pettengell 322 Duologues - Y5-6 3rd Henry Gandesha 365A Prepared Reading - Y6 3rd Joshua Worboys 365B Prepared Reading - Y6 2nd Harry Spencer 365B Prepared Reading - Y6 2nd

Wednesday 8th March

Aryan Sohanpal 319A Dramatic Solo Y7-8 2nd Oliver Quince 319A Dramatic Solo Y7-8 3rd Joshua Lincoln 319A Dramatic Solo Y7-8 3rd Sacha Ryan 301C Verse Speaking Solo Y4 2nd William Paull 300A Verse Speaking Solo Y3 1st Henry Lincoln 300A Verse Speaking Solo Y3 3rd Angelo Milioto Alex Woodhouse Archie Fleming 347 Group Poem Y5-6 2nd Lucas Hill 303B Verse Speaking Solo Y6 2nd Christopher Gentry 303B Verse Speaking Solo Y6 3rd Wilfred Squire and Sebastian Bodfi eld 311 Verse Speaking Duet Y5 1st Aryan Sohanpal 354 Write and Speak a Poem Y7-8 2nd Charles Gandesha 354 Write and Speak a Poem Y7-8 3rd Charlie Gibson 319B Dramatic Solo Y7-8 2nd

Thursday 9th March

Thomas Barker 357 Write and Read a Story Centenary Class Y3-4 1st Milan Qureshi 357 Write and Read a Story Centenary Class Y3-4 2nd Freddie Folbigg and Daniel Zuotong 357 Write and Read a Story Centenary Class Y3-4 3rd

Friday 10th March

Wilfred Squire 364B Prepared Reading Y5 1st Tristan Price 364B Prepared Reading Y5 3rd Samuel Hughes 319C Dramatic Solo Y7-8 1st Leo Mathew 319C Dramatic Solo Y7-8 2nd Isaac Vincent-Emery 319C Dramatic Solo Y7-8 3rd Oscar Price 334 Acting for Screen any age 2nd Sebastian Warner 334 Acting for Screen any age 3rd Oliver Barbour Write and Speak a Story Y7-8 1st Charles WhittleQueral 359 Write and Speak a Story Y7-8 3rd Charles Gibson Write and Speak a Story Y7-8 3rd Samuel Yeomans 359 Write and Speak a Story Y7-8 3rd Advik Mishra 371 Prepared Reading Centenary Class Any age 1st Nirmay Patel 371 Prepared Reading Centenary Class Any age 2nd Toby Hudson 371 Prepared Reading Centenary Class Any age 3rd Charles Whittle-Queral 305B Verse Speaking Solo Y8 3rd Monty Lomax 305B Verse Speaking Solo Y8 3rd

Saturday 11th March

Ralph Franklin and Aston Emeana 323B Duologues Y7-8 3rd Aryan Sohanpal and Oliver Quince 323C Duologues Y7-8 1st Theo Wang, Alfred Williams, Advik Mishra, Sam Millar and Nirmay Patel 328 Dramatic Scene Y8-10 2nd Harry Brown, Thomas Dewe, Noah Southwell and Oliver Biffa 328 Dramatic Scene Y8-10 3rd