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‘The Fated Sky’
The Shakespeare Company presents ‘The Fated Sky’
This year, the St Cuthbert’s Shakespeare Company performed ‘The Fated Sky’ – a one hour compilation of scenes and monologues from Shakespeare plays, connected by the theme of Fate.
From ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to ‘Othello’, the scenes were professionally performed by the co-curricular group of committed, self-driven students, who worked through lunchtimes, after school and on weekends, to bring the works to life. The girls delivered dynamic, impactful performances which gave a nod to a number of Shakespeare’s most well known and loved titles.
The Shakespeare Company is an opportunity for year 11–12 students to develop and strengthen their Shakespeare performance skills under the direction of Drama teacher, Rita Stone. Students audition to be part of the company, which accepts only 12 students each year.
Studying Drama, be it curricular or cocurricular, is a well-rounded experience that has many benefits. As well as strengthening their performing arts related skills, girls also practise empathy, organization, communication, curiosity, confidence and many other skills which benefit them greatly as they pursue careers in later life.
Ava Alpe, Year 12 student says “Being a part of the Shakespeare company was an amazing experience, working with so many incredible people to pull off a great show. Getting the opportunity to pick which pieces we would perform and having the chance to play around with how we wanted to perform them, with the help of Ms Stone, really made it feel like the show belonged to the actors. I enjoyed every minute of it.”
For the performance of ‘The Fated Sky’, we were fortunate to have well known actress and artist, Amanda Billing onsite taking some breathtaking images of the students. I am sure you will agree that the images perfectly capture the sheer talent and emotion that the girls displayed during the performance.
Credit Amanda Billing
