Drama

For those who have an interest in drama, there is always a lot going on. Plays and performances are put on regularly in the school’s theatre, either within year groups or across the whole school. The productions might be small-scale, one-act plays which students are performing as part of their examination syllabus, or large-scale productions, either for Year groups or for students across the age ranges. Rehearsals take place during lesson time, for drama students, and at weekends in the run up to the performance.

Recent examples of Ratcliffe productions include Year 7’s ‘The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe’, Year 12’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, Year 11’s ‘Shakers’ and ‘Stags and Hens’ and Year 10’s recent performance of ‘Teachers’. All productions, whatever their size, require a cast, a technical crew, a stage crew and lots of helpers. The skills of the theatre are skills that can be used well beyond school and all students can take advantage of the busy drama programme to make a valuable contribution.