At the heart of Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre's Drama Department is the belief that it "takes a community to raise a child". We are a family.
There is a tradition in theatres that whenever the theatre is empty one light is always left on. The light is known as the ghost light. It means that though the theatre is temporarily empty ... we will return. Please know that the light
@newentdrama
is on for you all.
We are absolutely delighted to share our week 1
#CoronavirusTimeCapsule
created by our wonderful students in response to the
@company_three
project. All the work, from the video clips to the editing is their own, and we know you will agree they are truly tremendous young people.
Today would have been Year 13's final day in school. We asked our Drama class of 2020 to dress up at home for this special leavers photograph. It is definitely Au Revoir not Goodbye.
#DramaFamilyForever
Thank you to everyone who attended our opening night for
#BillyElliot
You were a fabulous audience and your support of our cast and crew was very much appreciated.
6 months ago our cast and crew gathered together for the first time for this photograph now we are just minutes away from our final ever performance. One thing is absolutely clear .... the students of
@newentschool
are amazing!
A new term at
#WaterlooRoad
begins on the
#BBC
tonight at 8pm and what's more it stars our very own Lucy Waller from Year 13! We're all very proud of you Lucy and wish you and the show every success.
#HappyNewYear
Our
@NewentDrama
Director is often asked where she stands during the production. The answer is that she is always at the back of the hall with a lovely view of the crew dancing!
Breaking news! Performing rights have been granted! In 2019 get ready to be a part of “A tale as old as time, tune as old as song’ as Newent creates the magic of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.
Our wonderful 6th Form Drama students are the first here
@newentschool
to join in with the
@VamosTheatre
#WednesdayWave
We are reaching out to anyone who is feeling isolated and lonely or anyone who just needs a friendly wave. We want you to know we are thinking of you! 🎭 👋 👋
Thank you so much to all our wonderful audience who attended our opening night tonight for supporting our students. We
#sparkleandshine
again tomorrow at 11am for Year 6 and then again at 7pm!
#HappyChristmas
HUGE congratulations to ALUMNI student Tom Berkeley and to everyone involved in ‘An Irish Goodbye’ for your BAFTA for Best Short Film. What an incredible achievement 🌟🏆🎬🌟🏆🎬🌟🏆🎬🌟🏆🎬🏆
The
#Hamlet
cast and crew are on our way to
@RosesTheatre
to perform in the
@SSF_UK
Theatre Festival! We are so excited to be performing in a professional theatre and can’t wait to cheer on the other schools too! 🎭
#OurStage
@newentdrama
and
@MusicNewent
are delighted to announce that our
@newentschool
whole school musical for February 2020 will be ......... OLIVER! If you want to be involved on or off stage "Consider yourself one of us!"
🎭🥇🎭
HUGE congratulations to ALUMNI student Tom Berkeley and to everyone involved in ‘An Irish Goodbye’ for your BAFTA for Best Short Film. What an incredible achievement 🌟🏆🎬🌟🏆🎬🌟🏆🎬🌟🏆🎬🏆
After an amazing opening night it’s now ‘Fabulous Friday’ with curtain up at 7pm. To celebrate we would love to reach 500 followers! Please like and share this post and encourage others to follow the work that our wonderful students do here
@NewentDrama
After a year in hibernation the director’s shoes are out of the wardrobe today and the stage lights are back on for our Year 11 monologue performances. Break a leg Year 11 - you are amazing 🤩 🎭 🌟
With just 8 weeks to go until
#NewentNativity
our cast and crew are working incredibly hard to get everything ready for our audience members. Tickets go on sale on November 1st 🎟🎄🎭👏🤩😊
The final curtain has fallen on
#NewentOliver2020
. The show was a testament to a community coming together to create a performance. Everyone involved should be very, very proud.
The curtains have closed on our final performance of
#BillyElliot
and we simply couldn’t be prouder of everyone involved. Thank you for giving your time, your talent and your heart to this wonderful production. The
@newentdrama
family ,old and new, salute you! Sleep well 😊
This beautiful painting was created by Zoe Hayes in Year 10 to help advertise our You-Tube production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for
@SSF_UK
#OneNightOfShakespeare
Make sure to put the 20th of November at 7pm in your diaries! 🗓
Today is a day of rest for our cast and crew before 2 dress rehearsals and then 4 public performances. Please join us in celebrating their hard work by buying your ticket and encouraging others to do the same by liking and sharing this post!
#FinalCountdown
#PerformingArts
Simply delighted that ALUMNI Tom Berkeley was able to join
@NewentDrama
this afternoon with his
#Oscar
! Tom’s wise words about the importance of work ethic and creativity were simply inspirational. Thank you so much Tom for generously giving us your time. 🏆
Exciting news!
@NewentDrama
and
@MusicNewent
have made the decision to announce the next whole school
@mtishows
musical early so that you can start learning the songs from home! Your 7 day countdown to the announcement starts today!
Our exceptional cast and crew have successfully completed their tech and dress rehearsals on the wonderful stage
@RosesTheatre
and are ready for tonight’s show as a part of the
@SSF_UK
theatre festival. Break a leg to everyone performing tonight
#Ourstage
As darkness begins to fall on Newent our final preparations for our dress rehearsals tomorrow and on Wednesday are falling into place. Tickets still available for Wednesday, Thursday and the Saturday 1pm showing
#NewentFame
With our
#NewentOliver2020
post-show 'Bring and Share' lunch complete it is time to officially declare "It's a wrap"! Watch this space on 3.4.2020 for an announcement of
#WhichShowFor2021
? at 3.30pm!
In advance of our online performance 🎭 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for the
@SSF_UK
#OneNightOfShakespeare
the students found the perfect gift for their teacher director. Thank you 🙏 to all involved you are superstars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The fun has begun! Here is Liam, who will be playing the star in
#NewentNativity2021
, working with
@NewentTech
in our publicity campaign! Thank you to all involved including St.Mary’s Church who loaned us the fabulous costume. 🤩🤩🤩
From Monday morning
@NewentDrama
will be releasing weekly tasks to help you prepare for your
#NewentSisterAct2021
auditions! Get ahead this weekend by downloading the musical soundtrack or by watching the musical on You-Tube!
Our first dress rehearsal for our
@newentschool
production of
#BillyElliot
is underway and we simply couldn’t be prouder of our cast and crew. Opening night tomorrow at 7pm 🎭❤️🎭❤️🎭❤️🎭❤️🎭❤️🎭❤️🎭
Our MARCH MUSICAL COUNTDOWN begins!
@newentschool
will be performing 1 of the 4 shows pictured below in December! We will be removing 1 each Friday with the big reveal at the end of this term. Happy guessing!
It’s the final Friday of this half term and time for the
#BigReveal
! We are delighted to announce that our
#WholeSchoolShow
for December 2023 will be … BILLY ELLIOT!
Our Thursday evening performance of
#BillyElliot2023
is a wrap and there are now just three performances left before show time is over. Thank you so much to tonight’s audience for your support ❤️🎄🎭
Over the next few days we will be sharing some of the wonderful headshots taken by the fabulous team
@NewentArt
of our Oliver! 2020 cast. Up first we have our Oliver (Kai Cooper), Fagin (Joshua Putley) and Bill Sikes (Ted Heron)! More to come tomorrow!
#NewentOliver2020
Christmas is definitely coming to
@newentschool
With just 11 days to go before opening night Charlie, Lucy and Josh can’t wait to entertain you 🎄🎭🤩🎄🎟🎅🌲
More of our fabulous young actors in front of the amazing
@NewentArt
set at tonight’s rehearsal. Thank you to all the families who have been involved in organising costume - we can’t wait to see even more at our Friday and Sunday rehearsals this week!
Now the final curtain on ‘Beauty and the Beast’ has fallen Mrs Hood would like to send one final message “Cast and crew you are phenomenal, as are the staff who have supported you, always remember .... If you truly believe ... anything is possible”
#TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork
A super visit from ALUMNI student Mat today. Having successfully completed two years at the wonderful
@StagedoorLearn
he is now, during his gap year, working as an usher
@Everymanchelt
and as Front of House Manager and Box Office Clerk
@RosesTheatre
🎭🤩😊👏👏👏
Delighted to share the news that
@NewentDrama
ALUMNI Calum, who once starred as our Beast in B&TB, has achieved a place
@identityacting
! He will be balancing the course with his already successful modelling career! Congratulations Cal ! 👏👏👏
And as a very special treat Mrs Curtis is here with a video for all our
@NewentDrama
family too. Thank you again
@NCSSport
for the inspiration!
We are incredibly proud of our Year 13
@BTECStudents
for their superb performance of ‘He Who Says Yes’ by
#Brecht
today. Well done for raising key issues about
#consent
and for working in such a supportive and positive way 👏👏👏
It's a very special day for the
@NewentDrama
family because not only is it the start of an exciting new term but it's also the day our
#NewentOliver2020
tickets go on sale! A huge thank you to Mr Woodward
@NewentArt
for creating our poster!
With just 2 weeks to go until curtain up on
#NewentNativity2021
some of our cast are clearly demonstrating the two sides of the Oakmoor students! Have you got your tickets? 🎟🎄❤️🎭
The countdown ⏰ to our whole school musical
@newentschool
is on and
@NewentDrama
are thoroughly looking forward to entertaining you. Tickets available through our online shop which you can access via the school website. 🎶🩰🎭
Our
@newentdrama
#LondonTrip
staff and students are now safely back on the coach and making our way out of London. We all know
#Whodunnit
but we’ll all be keeping theatre’s best kept secret! 🔎🔎🔎🔎
On the
#lockdownanniversary
our 6th formers have worked together to complete this
@RachelShilston
mosaic. After grouting this slab will be permanently placed outside the drama studio as a reminder of the importance of hope in times of darkness.
#nationaldayofreflection
And that’s a Christmas wrap! Thank you to all our “pockets of stardust” for all you have done to
#sparkleandshine
Who is going to “get a 5 ⭐️ review” ? You are! You are! 🎄😊☀️🎁🤩🎭
@NewentDrama
have had a phenomenal time being a part of the
@SSF_UK
Theatre Festival and simply couldn’t be prouder of our
@newentschool
students. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our young people on this journey 🎭❤️💀🎭❤️💀🎭❤️💀🎭
#TeamCSSF
are so proud of our Theatre Festival schools... And, we're only in week 2 of performances!🎭 You are ALL amazing and we're very lucky to work with you!🧡
#OurStage
It’s our SUPER SATURDAY rehearsal for next week’s
@newentschool
production of ‘Billy Elliot’. Despite the freezing temperatures our cast and crew are working incredibly hard and have been joined by a rather special guest in the Christmas tree 🎄🎄🎄
What an incredible day for our
#technicianswhomakeithappen
! Our super crew have worked alongside the professionals
@RosesTheatre
today to prepare for tonight’s performance! 🎭💡🔦🎧🔊🎭
Now that our guest star has made his final appearance in
#BillyElliot
we would like to thanks
@NewentScience
for lending
@newentdrama
Mr Shirley! Thank you too to Ms MacNeil for being make-up artist to our staff star 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟
The cast and crew of our performance for the
@SSF_UK
#OneNightOfShakespeare
have, due to working in bubbles, never been able to meet in person with all rehearsals and filming on ZOOM. To see what has been created, despite this challenge, make sure you tune in on Friday!
This week's Drama Star badge goes to Luke Gerken for all his incredible work this week editing our time capsule. It was impossible to find a photograph of him so we'll just have to watch this wonderful footage from 'Oliver!' again! Thank you Luke for everything that you do!
Our
@NewentDrama
Director is often asked where she stands during the production. The answer is that she is always at the back of the hall with a lovely view of the crew dancing!
Absolutely delighted to announce that, following moderation this morning, all of our Drama students in both Year 9 and Year 10 have successfully passed their Bronze
@ArtsAward
We are proud of each and every one of you ! 👏👏👏👏👏
Our
@SSF_UK
2020 journey has begun! To find out how you can audition from home for our production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ watch this video from Mrs Hood.
Our wonderful Year 13
@PearsonBTEC
Performing Art students have reached their final
@NewentDrama
lesson and have added their handprints to our wall. We wish you all every happiness and success for the future.
#DramaFamily
🎨🖌✋✋✋✋✋🎭
Exciting news!
@NewentDrama
and
@MusicNewent
have just applied for the performing rights to stage a musical before the end of 2021. Watch this space for further updates! 💖🎭🥁🎸🎺🎷🙌
Following 8 hours of absolutely exceptional CPD with
@SSF_UK
we are incredibly excited that
@NewentDrama
will be performing ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in the festival in this crucially important year. Save the date of November 20th at 7pm!
Shakespeare’s stories portray themes that resonate with young people. By taking part in
#OneNightOfShakespeare
young people will build confidence and crucial team skills. We need active, empathetic citizens for the future and now. Join Us👉
What a magnificent day! Huge congratulations to our wonderful Year 13
@PearsonBTEC
students for performing your final Unit 3 piece to an audience of Year 12 students today. You’ve passed the Drama baton on to them now!
#Showtime
#ArtsMatter
The stage is set for our COVID delayed Year 9 performance of ‘Cinderella’. Thank you Year 9 for all your hard work for your
@ArtsAward
and for bringing the 🌞 after the ☔️ 🌈 🌈 🌈
Thank you to all the amazing audience members who have supported our three evening performances of
#BillyElliot2023
Today the
@NewentDrama
cast and crew will come together again for two final shows. Limited tickets available on the door - don’t miss out!
It’s Friday night and we’re delighted to be on our first
@newentdrama
trip of the academic year! We’re all thoroughly looking forward to seeing
#SisterAct
@Everymanchelt
🎭🎭🎭
GOOD NEWS! Our postponed production of ‘Nativity! The Musical’ will now take place in July! Yes, Christmas will come to
@newentschool
in the summer! Full details have been sent out via MILK message! 🎄☀️🎅🌴
It’s SUPER SET BUILD SATURDAY
@newentschool
and we are delighted that two of our alumni students are back to help make the magic work! A huge thank you to Charlie and Josh
#BillyElliot2023
Delighted to introduce an exceptionally special member of our
@newentschool
Oliver! 2020 production .... meet Louis who will be starring as Bullseye!
More information about crew applications will also be released on Monday. In the meantime enjoy this picture of our Senior Crew members Scott and Luke
#NewentSisterAct2021