School Production - 'Back to the 80s'

The week beginning Monday 20th January saw Grosvenor stage its annual whole-school Drama Production, performing ‘Back to the 80s’ to almost 2000 audience members over four entertaining and action-packed performances.

Under the leadership of Director Mrs Young and Musical Director Mr Arnold, this year’s cast and crew, comprising in excess of one hundred and thirty pupils from Years Eight to Fourteen, combined to deliver a vibrant and entertaining take on the popular production. Set during 1987, The Musical tells the story of the senior class of William Ocean High School, as remembered by Kimberley and Melanie who, now in their thirties, look back on that momentous year…

Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st January saw the cast deliver matinée performances to visiting Primary School children in the William Moles Hall, while on the evenings of Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd the show was staged in front of two sell out audiences, comprising paying members and associates of the School community. The production saw a number of acclaimed performances delivered by lead actors Kaeden Curran (Corey), Mia Bovill (Tiffany), Rory Thompson (Alf), Jonny Scott (Kirk), Chloe Johnstone (Melanie) and Megan Robinson (Kimberley). In addition, the show’s acting leads were ably supported by a large and enthusiastic supporting cast, making up ‘Mickey and the Home Boyz’, ‘Feargal and the Future-heads’, ‘The Swing-Out Sisters’, ‘The Billy Ocean Boyz’ and the ‘Too Cool for Skoolerz’. So too, such an impressive series of performances would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of the Backstage Crew, the Lighting and Sound Crews, the Set Design team as well as a talented band of musicians, which delivered the show’s distinctive score – featuring an array of well-known hits from the 80s -  with energy and expertise throughout.

Following four accomplished, professional and entertaining performances, all in attendance were left wowed by the level of application and effort which enabled Grosvenor’s cast to produce such a superb series of performances. In recent times the school has deservedly earned a name for delivering musical drama productions of the highest quality and ‘Back to the 80s’ served only to further enhance this reputation.

Congratulations to everybody involved in this year’s School Production who helped to make it such an overwhelming success - we look forward to seeing many of its talented actors and actresses treading the boards again next year.