Stanley Tech students under siege

Friday morning and year 10 students from Stanley Technical High school arrive for a theatre lesson at the BRIT school. This is one of a series they are doing with our leading edge practitioner Simon Stephens in a project exploring the Beslan school siege in Russia. Things start well, introduction from Simon, warm up session, the boys are moving around the room doing their warm up then WHAM!!!lights out! total darkness! people shouting everywhere! freeze! don't move! shut up! if you want to stay alive do as I say!
Oh yes, the Stanley Tech students have got a bit more than they bargained for. Totally unexpected to them, our BRIT year 13 theatre students take on the role of the terrorists and put the boys through a taste of those siege conditions. All part of bringing home the reality of the roles they are playing.

Stanley Tech boys get with the beat!

Year 7 students from local Croydon school Stanley Tech visited the school this week with their tutor for a one day workshop inspiring them to greater involvement in music making. The boys worked with Brit music tutor Conor Doherty and some of our year 12 music students. There were two workshops. The first saw our musicians work with the boys to create a band/vocal performance of Outkasts' Hey Ya. The second workshop gave students the chance to experience the complex and multi layered rhytems of Ghanian drumming.

Selhurst boys get in on the act

The playwriting project is a collaborative initiative between the Brit school and our near neighbours Selhurst High School. Initiated by English/Theatre teacher and leading edge team member Luis Domingues. The aim is to create a collaboratively written play that will be performed at the Warehouse theatre in Croydon. The Selhurst boys get a taste of Brit school style theatre lessons for the playwriting project. Luis Domingues is leading the project along with Mike Cloherty, head of drama at Selhurst High school and year 12 Brit theatre students have also been involved in working on this creative writing project.