Whilst On work experience at Stratford Upon Avon, working with the props department, providing materials for the actors in performance Tom Bath sharedthe following words with Mr Maywood, Principal of Launceston College. “Here are a few photos, showing some of the props that we made, showing the transformation of the wooden chest from just a […]
This experience has been INCREDIBLE! Working so closely with famous RSC actors and seeing (and meeting!) celebrities like Phil Davis and Adrian Edmondson has been such an amazing experience. I now have contact information for the production manager of RSC’s rendition of Twelfth Night and the facebook contacts for every student I worked with closely […]
We are very excited that the Royal Shakespeare Company will be performing at Launceston College again on Friday 9th February. They will be performing Julius Caesar as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rome Season, a play which explores betrayal, the responsibility of national leaders, and the lengths people will go to in order to […]
Yesterday evening, 62 Launceston College students performed at Hall for Cornwall in the Royal Shakespeare Company Regional Schools Festival. As the coordinating school for the event, we have been working collaboratively with students from a range of local primary schools and students from Bideford College to create an ensemble performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The […]
As the days lengthen and rehearsals continue, the performance date moves ever closer. Lines have been learnt, sound effects added and the students are limbering up for the final few weeks. The Ides of March are almost upon us and Rome is running out of time! Come at watch us at the Hall for Cornwall […]
On Monday 27th February, music flooded the classrooms as both groups of Julius Caesar decided on what instruments they would like to use for the Julius Caesar performance. Drums, triangles, bongos and maracas were put together to form a roar of music for the various scenes of the play. Both groups have also worked exceptionally hard […]
‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not…’ Over 400 students, parents, staff and members of the local community watched performances of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, performed by actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company on Tuesday 21st February. For the lunchtime matinee, the Old Hall […]
Students from a range of year groups have been hard at work preparing for our Regional Shakespeare Festival performance of Julius Caesar. They had the opportunity to showcase their hard work so far to Lucy Ellinson, visiting director from the Royal Shakespeare Company, in a two hour workshop, where Lucy offered her expertise and guidance. […]
Shakespeare Ambassadors Charlie Vickery, Emma Platt, Issy Paul and John Hopper have spent three days working with teachers and students from around the country planning a performance of Julius Caesar which will involve Launceston College students at Hall for Cornwall. They worked with RSC actors, directors, producers and musicians in a packed weekend. They also […]
Yesterday saw the culmination of the second year of our partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a beautiful outdoor performance of extracts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We were joined by parents of our Year 7 Fairies, Shakespeare Ambassadors Emma Platt, Charlie Vickery and John Hopper, and a range of staff and students, including […]
25 Apr 2019
The four students participating in this year’s Challenge (Emily 11ACS, Sam 11ITA, Dylan 9KAL, Nicole 10EP) have their final Read more →
24 Apr 2019
Four Year 10 girls spent the first week of the Easter holidays in Croatia as part of an on-going Read more →
5 Apr 2019
The British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) is a charitable trust that operates out of the Physics Department at Oxford University. Read more →