Happy Monday!
It's been a very busy few weeks for our theatre. We've had three long but fun-filled weeks of Summer School, three fantastic show nights and the most wonderful start to our summer! And for our listeners who might not have heard about our Summer Schools, they're definitely our favourite time of year.
This summer, we have had up to thirty students between the ages of 7-18 years, arrive every Monday to our new sparkly basement. After giving the students a title (1. Macbeth Goes Wrong, 2. The Only Way is Garrick and 3. I'm A Drama Student, Get Me Out Of Here!), our students work in groups to devise, create and rehearse a show in 5 days.
This podcast covers the highlights from rehearsals and backstage happenings from the students who have taken part in both The Only Way is Garrick, and I'm A Drama Student, Get Me Out of Here! In interviews conducted by two of our GCW hosts, James and Ellie, our students introduce the plot, discuss how summer school has been in relation to previous years, and chat about how it feels to be back on stage after nearly two years. We also meet some new students who joined us for summer school this year to see what it's been like for them. As well as all of this (told you we've been busy!) we manage to catch some backstage interviews with our tutors, Faye and Rach, an ex-Garrick student, and post-show comments from our audience and Garrick members.
This truly is a complete bonanza episode where we've tried to convey the absolute fun, madness and chaos we've had being back together. As James said 'It was definitely the summer that we all needed!'. And it was.
We hope you have as much fun listening, as we did creating this.
Have a lovely week, enjoy the sunshine.
The Stockport Garrick Youth Theatre
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