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 It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of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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“The group worked very well as an ensemble. This was<br />
evident in the sharp pace of the piece, where they all clearly<br />
trusted and relied on each other as a team player to ensure<br />
that they all played their individual ‘part’ to make the piece<br />
as dynamic as it was. I was engaged throughout, as it was<br />
fast paced and punchy, exploring some very relevant issues<br />
that we are faced with today in our modern day context. I<br />
was impressed that they had taken an extract from Medea<br />
and made it their own and relevant to today. I have to say<br />
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Truly an experience at the theatre.<br />
Well done”.<br />
Seema Sethi (Drama teacher)<br />
“Thank you so much for such an electric piece of theatre. I found<br />
it extremely intriguing and felt captivated from the start. The<br />
characterisation was brilliant as I completely forgot that I was<br />
watching students from school, you were all totally believable.<br />
I particularly enjoyed seeing how you used chants, rhythms and the physical side (in<br />
terms of the lifts and holds and steps and seats) as this is something quite different and<br />
I felt that it worked so well. I was also really taken by how everyone was involved in<br />
some way, all of the time. The scene with the use of the string to represent the wellto-do<br />
couple dining and the hierarchy in their household were particularly clever and<br />
extremely effective.<br />
The costumes were not only completely authentic but the use of colour, in terms of who<br />
was in the red and the grey and the black gave a very powerful message too.<br />
I feel very privileged to have watched such an amazing production that was so well<br />
written and thought through and so well executed. I would have gladly paid for a ticket<br />
as it could have easily been a piece that the general public would pay to see”.<br />
Maria Bramhall (Assistant Head of School)<br />
“The whole performance was engaging and well thought out. Scenes had good transition<br />
and they seemed to flow effortlessly. The influence of Complicité can clearly be felt<br />
through the use of sounds, the bombardment of voices and whispers. The movement<br />
within the stage and around the audience creates the atmospheric all immersive<br />
experience. The language used really helped to set the scene and was appropriate to<br />
the chosen time period. The costume also helped to authenticate this.<br />
The costumes were well thought out especially providing contrast between the foreigner<br />
who was dressed in red and the others in the village. The use of red also suggests<br />
something more sinister. The movement pieces were effective in constraining, enhancing<br />
and strengthening movements that have been created by the actors. In particular, the<br />
movement pieces show the interaction between the different characters well, for example<br />
Elizabeth and Samuel and the use of rope shows how they are all tied in together.<br />
The characters show equal strength in delivering the story which includes universal<br />
issues in society through the ages”.<br />
Pam Hunt (Creative Arts –Art)<br />
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