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Drama St Mary's: January 2015

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Monday, 5 January 2015. Last day at the Lodge. The day started with a fascinating tour of the building, led by the principal Ed Newell. It's been a royal residence since the restoration and is traditionally the home of Windsor Great Park's ranger. Shortly after the second world war King George and Queen Elizabeth handed it over to the formidable Amy Buller, who set it up as an education and research centre, focused on reconciliation. Impute it not a crime. To me or my swift passage, that I slide. O'er si...

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Drama St Mary's: Romeo! Romeo! Por que eres tu Romeo?

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Wednesday, 15 April 2015. Por que eres tu Romeo? Despite the occasional problem it's amazing to see how much the St Mary's students have grown over the last three days and they joyfully attack the session with a confident sense of authority. Each section of the workshop is deftly handled and the handovers from one student to another achieved with clarity and confidence. Others come in and out, but you can feel the momentum has changed and trusts are forming. We put together the Chile v England story&...

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Drama St Mary's: Chile's other September 11th.

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Thursday, 16 April 2015. Chile's other September 11th. All the way we notice the carbineros are gathering ready for the strike. They hang round on street corners or sit in armoured trucks. smoking cigarettes and laughing. The show of strength is a little unnerving, but the business men and other commuters rushing to work don't bat an eyelid. The first room is dedicated entirely to September 11th and plays Allende's final speech, broadcast on the last uncut radio lines from deep within the Moneda Palace&#...

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Drama St Mary's: February 2015

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Sunday, 15 February 2015. Muse of Fire at The Globe. Off to The Globe this evening, with our Applied Theatre Programme Director, Julie Spencer, to see the dress rehearsal of Muse of Fire, a specially commissioned immersive theatre experience for children, which takes them round the exhibition space and ends up with a sensational fire breathing finale in the main auditorium. The show won a heap of awards the first time it played earning rave reviews in The Guardian and What's On Stage. Our mission is clea...

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Drama St Mary's: March 2013

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Monday, 18 March 2013. A Life in the Day of Drama St Mary's. We’re at the business end of the academic year and that means most days for both students and staff are pretty full on! For our third year students the week starts with group tutorials at 9am and a chance to plan through the week ahead and discuss the dissertations which are due in next month. Most of the cohort are close to completion and eager that staff should read through the revisions and redrafts completed over the weekend. Meanwhile the ...

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Drama St Mary's: First Day of Work.

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Monday, 13 April 2015. First Day of Work. She hasn't slept a great deal and looks a bit shell shocked, but to her credit declines the offer to head back to the hostel for a rest and insists on going straight to the School for the first workshop. We split into two groups. Julie and Antonia head with half of the students to work with 12-17 year olds at the Cread Sename Pudahuel I go with Jose, our second translator, Consuelo, and the other half to work with the younger 5-12 year olds at Cread Sename Ga...

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Drama St Mary's: The Highest Point.

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Saturday, 18 April 2015. The groups wish each other luck and the minibuses set off to the Senames for the last time. It's a glorious morning and spirits are up. The children are very excited to see us. Jonathan has been waiting by reception for half an hour, keen for us to get at least one run through in before the showing. Some face paints have been bought and a small team of the children appoint themselves make up artists. It doesn't take long to get ready. Jose though is delighted, Gilverto has never ...

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Drama St Mary's: November 2012

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Thursday, 1 November 2012. Meetings at the IAA and some Mysterious Letters. An early morning session meeting the staff of the IAA and a chance to talk about the Applied Theatre work that we've carried out at Drama St Mary's over the past six years. It's bizarre that in all the time the degree has been running this is the first time I've had a chance to present a retrospective of the work we've achieved. As time went by the letters grew more distant and eventually after a couple of years stopped. Applied ...

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Drama St Mary's: Stranger in Richmond.

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Saturday, 11 April 2015. Tucked in tight on the Surrey side of Richmond Bridge, is a small park which slopes steeply down to the river. In summer a long queue waits patiently for ice cream and coffee from the popular cafe, built into the arches and cyclists, arriving along the Thames from Kingston and Ham, struggle up the impossible gradient from the river bank, up to the road. Thoughts of Chile formulated on the banks of the Thames. Skip forward 220 years and this afternoon a group of intrepid Applied T...

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Drama St Mary's: Hola Santiago!

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Sunday, 12 April 2015. By the time dawn comes we're gliding through the high peaks of the snow capped Andes. It's a breath taking sight as the plane weaves its way towards the great plain of Santiago. The rooms weren't quite ready and so we dump our bags and take our first steps out into our new neighbourhood. Just round the corner is the Cerro Santa Lucia, a little oasis of landscaped garden, built on the pre-colonial village of Huelen. For many this is where Santiago starts. Its conquest by...We're int...