Cranford Review 2019
The “Cranford Review” © is a publication of Cranford Community College. Is an annual high standard produced magazine which provides an archive document highlighting various aspects of the life of the academy, its staff, students and community from each academic year. It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of the academy, its staff, students and wider community. A colorful layout with a wide range of topics comprising events, extracurricular activities, recognition awards, initiatives, trips and excursions among many others. Hard copies are provided to stakeholders including families, staff, partners, visitors, prospective parents/students, prospective employees and others with an interest or stake in the academy and its students. Headteacher & Director: Kevin Prunty / Editor-in-chief: Jessica Joyce / Graphic Design: Enzo Gianvittorio Danese (Enzo GD) / Printed by: Springfieldpapers.com
The “Cranford Review” © is a publication of Cranford Community College. Is an annual high standard produced magazine which provides an archive document highlighting various aspects of the life of the academy, its staff, students and community from each academic year.
It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of the academy, its staff, students and wider community. A colorful layout with a wide range of topics comprising events, extracurricular activities, recognition awards, initiatives, trips and excursions among many others. Hard copies are provided to stakeholders including families, staff, partners, visitors, prospective parents/students, prospective employees and others with an interest or stake in the academy and its students.
Headteacher & Director: Kevin Prunty / Editor-in-chief: Jessica Joyce / Graphic Design: Enzo Gianvittorio Danese (Enzo GD) / Printed by: Springfieldpapers.com
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“Overall, this production paid real service to Laura<br />
Lomas’ words, allowing the text and the young cast’s<br />
individual performances to take centre stage (so to<br />
speak). The simple use of set and props (used sparingly)<br />
within a black box space, quickly established that this<br />
‘Chaos’ was one which put the text of the play and the<br />
force of this ensemble’s camaraderie at the forefront –<br />
playing entirely to the strengths of the cast. The simple<br />
and effective design choices and slick transitions, all set<br />
to a brilliantly curated soundtrack of music spanning the<br />
decades and genres, added to the overall feeling of staged<br />
cinematic vignettes cutting swiftly from one to the next”.<br />
Elvi Piper (National Theatre Connections Director)<br />
causing my heart to beat faster. Soon, however, I<br />
felt all my anxiety flood out and it was absolutely<br />
thrilling: I couldn’t have felt any happier.<br />
In the twinkling of an eye, we came to the day of our<br />
performance on Tuesday 30th April <strong>2019</strong> at the Lyric<br />
Theatre Hammersmith. I felt about ten times more<br />
anxious as I was in an unfamiliar environment and<br />
out of my comfort zone but that quickly changed as<br />
we started to rehearse. There was a beautiful garden<br />
as well and it felt relaxing to just be able to look at<br />
the city view, like a weight being lifted off of my<br />
shoulders.<br />
In the early afternoon, we were involved in a fun<br />
workshop where we used the concept of Platform<br />
Theatre by Jacques Lecoq. From being a police<br />
officer to recreating a scene involving ruthless<br />
bandits, crying toddlers and innocent villagers,<br />
I myself and everyone else really enjoyed the<br />
experience.<br />
Soon it was half-past-seven in the evening, the<br />
sun had set and it was nearing the time of our<br />
performance. An abundance of minutes went by<br />
and the lighting changed, all of us in the <strong>Cranford</strong><br />
Company stood up as the intro for “Thank u Next”<br />
loaded. I was wearing a big and immediately<br />
noticeable, pink robe and I danced without caring<br />
about how ridiculous I looked and had fun living<br />
the moment. A few moments passed by and it<br />
was time for my monologue. As I performed my<br />
monologue, it felt surreal being surrounded by an<br />
engaged audience with pin-drop silence. There was<br />
a bright, golden light on me, resembling a sun ray<br />
and I couldn’t see anything except for the speckles<br />
of dust floating around me. My body felt weightless.<br />
As all the scenes finished and everything slowly<br />
faded, all of our energies collected and we were<br />
overwhelmed with joy and the whole experience<br />
felt exhilarating.<br />
Swarnali Acharjee (year 9)<br />
“The understanding of the text, tempo and vocal projection<br />
was of a high standard, and the attention and time spent on<br />
textual understanding was evident. Each member of the cast<br />
attacked their lines with an emotional truth and naturalism<br />
that made us really care for these characters, whilst managing<br />
to slip into the more abstract movement sequences and surreal<br />
scenes (e.g. Dance) seamlessly. In further developing this<br />
piece for its transfer to the Lyric Hammersmith, attention to<br />
vocal confidence and projection still need to remain a key<br />
objective for the different and larger playing space, whilst<br />
maintaining the emotional truth, inflection, comic timing and<br />
understanding conveyed in its delivery”.<br />
Elvi Piper (National Theatre Connections Director)<br />
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