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ence easily sympathised with these Both groups were supported by a full
issues from a human view-point, but audience for their farewell perfor-
were shocked when they realised that mances. All pupils have shown ex-
the actors were communicating the treme dedication to the Arts during
feelings and situations of tigers, polar their time in Dunclug and they will be
bears, fish and dolphins whose envi- sadly missed as they move on to big-
ronment is constantly changing due to ger and better things.
human mistreatment. The group also
explore what the future might look
The Final Curtain like if we continue to neglect the envi-
ronment - visiting museums to see the

It was the last bow for A level pupils
Georgina Bayliss, Emma Heaney,
Rachel Owens, Chloe McKeown, Leah
Armstrong, Holly Lecky, Abby McCam-
bridge and Aimee Chapman this term
as they took to the stage for their final
performance. Their task was to create
am original performance based on the Next Step ... The Stars!
lyrics from a published song. Each
Earlier in the year pupils gave consider-
ation to what life would be like work-
ing as a professional actor. First, they
video called actor and agent Colin Ash.
trees that once populated the earth. Colin is an agent of ‘Nova Artists’ and
The second group took the pop classic had just finished filming for an episode
‘Independent Women’ by Destiny’s of ‘Call of Duty’. He was happy to give
Child. The fe- advice on how to get representation
male- as an actor and what working as an
empowering
lyrics led to an
group interpreted the commission
very differently. emotional piece
of drama set in
The first performance took from the
the waiting
song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ by Joni Mitchell
room of a fe-
and in particular the lyrics ‘you don’t male support
know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone’ to group. The four
create a thought-provoking piece of
characters each
drama on the issue of global warming. actor was really like.
had a different
The group performed on a stage cov-
reason to re- Finally, pupils had professional head-
ered in rubbish and with the audience
quire support: shots taken with Ewan Harkness Be
in close proximity for this hard-hitting Anorexia, teen- sure to get their autograph before
topic. Their piece gave animals a age pregnancy, domestic abuse and they leave!
human voice on issues that affect
poverty. The four performers used
them: Fertility, extinction, eviction and
movement to show that the charac-
unsuitable living conditions. The audi-
ters were learning to listen to each
other and support
each other over
time. The most
touching moment
was when the char-
acters revisited the
support group 5
years later and the
audience learn that
they have inde-
pendently over-
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