Arts Fest 2016

SUNDAY 26 JUNE

fest

26 June - 4 July 2016

North London Collegiate School’s first ever Arts Festival A celebration of Intellectual Creativity

SUNDAY 26 JUNE

W

fest

e are tremendously excited that North London Collegiate School will be holding its first ever Arts Festival this year. From Sunday 26th June to Monday 4th July, a great number of concerts, performances, exhibitions and other activities will be taking place, in order to celebrate the creativity and talent of our students, as well as providing further opportunities to explore the wonderful world of the Arts. The Festival contributes to our key aim of providing a broad and stimulating education for our girls in order to develop their skills and confidence, and give them the best preparation for the experiences of adult life.

We would be delighted to welcome you to any of the events listed in this programme. For tickets to any event, please contact the Performing Arts Secretary, Lyn Degnan, at ldegnan@nlcs.org.uk or on 0208 951 6369.

SUNDAY 26 JUNE

SUNDAY 26 JUNE

Belinda & Her Intended Singing Concert

Our talented vocalists in the Chandos Singers, students of Mr Caley and selected others will have the honour of opening the School’s first ever Arts Festival.

3pm in the Music School

Mirroring the rehearsal routines of Shakespeare’s actors, students from Year 10 and Year 11 will have only one full rehearsal to prepare this play written by Deborah Gibbs, Director of Drama. This comedy explores what happens when a family and friends are thrown together to celebrate Belinda’s engagement.

5pm in the Drama Studio

Year 13 students organise a final farewell concert before they leave NLCS. Items are likely to be wide and varied from classical to contemporary styles.

7.30pm in the Music School

MONDAY SUNDAY 26 27 JUNE

Year 13 Leavers’ Concert

TUESDAY SUNDAY 26 28 JUNE

Annual Gym & Dance Display

This innovative and impressive display brings together girls from Years 2 to 13. The show includes gymnastics, dance, cheer-leading and trampolining routines. It is a wonderful opportunity for girls of all ages to perform together. Some of the most exciting pieces have been when a young First School girl performs with the Sixth Formers.

7pm in the Sports Hall

Phil Porter’s 2012 play, Blink, is the tale of Jonah, Sophie and a fox called Scruffilitis.

It’s a love story. A dysfunctional, voyeuristic and darkly funny love story, but still a love story all the same. Year 10 students will experiment with style, and explore the complexities of the characters, Jonah and Sophie, in this thought-provoking and intriguing look at loneliness and love in the 21st Century. Also performed on Thursday evening.

7.30pm in the Drama Studio

Piano Recital

Selected piano students will be performing their favourite repertoire on the newly purchased grand piano. The evening will also be accompanied by other students offering literary and artistic thoughts which they have selected to reflect the repertoire being performed.

7.30pm in the Music School

WEDNESDAY SUNDAY 26 29 JUNE

Blink - Year 10 Summer Production

THURSDAY SUNDAY 26 30 JUNE

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe Year 6 Production

Year 6 girls have the opportunity to participate in a full-scale production of this famous story in the Performing Arts Centre, consolidating their dramatic and performance skills before moving on to the next stage of their education. The Year 6 Production always proves to be a wonderful way of showcasing their talents as they celebrate the time they have spent in the Junior School.

7.30pm in the Performing Arts Centre

Blink - Year 10 Summer Production A second chance to see this darkly funny love story, performed by Year 10 students.

7.30pm in the Drama Studio

SATURDAY SUNDAY 262JUNE JULY

Summer Fete

The annual Summer Fete is always a hugely popular event and the Parents’ Guild is working tirelessly on preparing a Fete that will thrill and amuse all ages. We are proud to be part of the Arts Festival and very excited to showcase a mix of artistic performances from NLCS students. On offer on the day will be food and drinks, fun and games and some shopping and pampering.

The fete will be open to all family members and friends and is a brilliant way to celebrate a busy school year.

Further details will be published in due course by the Parents’ Guild.

We look forward to seeing you there.

2pm on the First School fields

An Evening with Andrew Graham-Dixon

Andrew Graham-Dix

A major highlight of the Arts Festival, Andrew Graham-Dixon, one of the world’s leading art critics and presenters of arts television, will be presenting a talk on the principles and practice of art appreciation, based on his bestselling book and cult column ‘In The Picture’.

Andrew Graham-Dixon has presented numerous landmark series on art for the BBC. For more than twenty years he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and more recently in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of acclaimed books, on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture to the art of the present.

The evening will also feature an exhibition of artwork by students at GCSE and Sixth Form level, and other art projects created for the Arts Festival.

6.30pm in the Performing Arts Centre (Andrew Graham-Dixon talk at 7.30pm)

on

SUNDAY SUNDAY 263JUNE JULY

Gala Music Evening A concert unlike any other you have seen at NLCS before, this will be a wonderful celebration of the passion for music within the whole school community. Current and former students, staff, parents, friends and family are invited to join a special choir put together for the occasion and sing extracts from Handel’s Messiah, and a group of students will also perform one of Handel’s concerti grossi.

Those attending the Gala Music Evening will enjoy a picnic and refreshments in the school grounds, with musical entertainment, prior to the main concert.

Picnic in the grounds from 5pm, concert 7pm in the Performing Arts Centre

The climactic event of the whole Arts Festival, a great number of performances and activities will be taking place in several venues around the school, celebrating the Arts in the broadest sense – fiction, poetry, dance, theatre, film, photography, music, architecture, painting, sculpture… and more! Students will be organising and participating in these activities through their societies, clubs and academic subjects, starting in the afternoon and carrying on into the evening.

The full programme will be released nearer the time, but will include: a Korean dance workshop, a modern languages soiree, a dance showcase, a ‘science behind music’ workshop, a ‘play in a day’ produced by the Drama Department, a musical talent show, performances of Shakespeare extracts

by Year 7 students, Classical comedy and tragedy extracts, a steel pan workshop provided by our Afro-Caribbean Society, a short film event, workshops on botanical illustration and a performance poetry competition.

Guests will be welcome to attend in the afternoon, but it is anticipated that the evening session will draw large audiences and the programme for the day will be planned accordingly.

This event will not require ticket purchases. We simply invite you to come to the School and enjoy the wide range of performances, workshops and exhibitions. A full programme will be available nearer the time, with details of timings and venues for each activity.

Afternoon session begins at 1.40pm, evening session begins at 6.30pm

Other Arts Festival Events & Activities In addition to the events listed above for which you may purchase tickets, the students will be enjoying a number of other projects and activities internally throughout the duration of the Arts Festival.

Year 10 will participate in a Public Speaking Morning, gaining expertise and confidence in the art of rhetoric and speaking in front of an audience. A Summer Symposium will take place for Year 8, giving girls the opportunity to present on an area of specific interest to them. Year 8 girls will also have their theatre trip to see Much Ado About Nothing at the Iris Theatre, Covent Garden, while Year 7 have a Perfoming Arts Jamboree in the Performing Arts Centre.

The Arts Festival will also include Tai Chi classes, short film and photography competitions, new art installations, a creative writing ‘Moth Storytelling’ event, and much more. Academic subjects, from Physics to Economics to Philosophy, will be initiating various projects and areas of study connected to the Arts, in the weeks leading up to the Festival and during the Festival itself. All artwork and displays created for the Festival will be available to view at the Arts Showcase Afternoon & Evening on Monday 4th July.

SUNDAY 264JUNE MONDAY JULY

Arts Showcase Afternoon & Evening

SUNDAY 26 JUNE

Supporting North London

The School is grateful for the support of parents, Old North Londoners and Friends of NLCS over recent years, whether for our Bursary Fund or for capital projects, including our Performing Arts Centre. This support has enabled us to offer a world class education to bright girls, irrespective of their social or financial circumstances. It also allows us to maintain and improve our facilities, and ensure that our students can enjoy access to the best possible environment in which to learn and develop.

For more information about how you might support North London, please contact the Director of Development, Russell Marriott, at RMarriott@nlcs.org.uk or on 020 8951 6376.

Canons, Canons Drive, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 7RJ www.nlcs.org.uk Email: office@nlcs.org.uk Senior School - Tel: 020 8952 0912 Fax: 020 8951 1391 Junior School - Tel: 020 8952 1276 Fax: 020 8951 1293 Bursary - Tel: 020 8952 7041 Fax: 020 8905 6979 Swimming Pool - Tel: 020 8951 5402

Registered Charity No.1115843