When I was a drama teacher at SSSO (St Saviour's and St Olave's Girl's School) and having directed countless musicals in its vast school hall, I found myself looking for a more intimate play to be performed in our smaller drama studio, which could highlight the ensemble nature of our students’ work.
I felt that, quite often, the girls were tending to associate school plays with all things ‘glitzy’ and I wanted to show that drama could be just as powerful without loud music, glittering costumes and a reliance on a couple of star performers. I wanted to present a play with a solid team of actors who were portraying, in an equal way, a believable group of rather gritty characters.
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