Primary School Drama Performance

Trinity School puts on a significant dramatic production on a biannual basis. This year's production was Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat. The School invited seven local state maintained primary schools to attend a matinee performance. The intention was to provide state primary school's with an opportunity to go to the theatre as well as to inspire an interest in the creative arts for younger students.

Aims

Trinity School exists in a London Borough that has significant disparities of affluence. The cost of a trip to watch a musical would be significantly beyond the means of many primary pupils' families or indeed the schools themselves. Productions in the primary school environment are inevitably not on the same scale as Trinity's. There was also a need to showcase what being part of a dramatic production is all about as well as exposing some primary pupils to a dramatic experience that they might not access from home.

Background

Trinity School's production is an annual event. It was identified from the School's marketing/events team that there was an opportunity to offer a matinee performance for local primarys prior to the productions full run.

Resources

Trinity School liaised with the 7 primary schools to ensure they had the required amount of tickets. In the case of some of the Schools Trinity organised and funded the transport to the school. The School provided refreshments for the visiting schools. The production involved 8 of Trinity's teaching staff as well as 6 support staff. Trinity's students play all the roles in the play and most of the instruments. The production is funded entirely by Trinity.

Impact

The School was over subscribed for tickets and approximately 400 primary pupils from across the borough enjoyed the production.

Pupil Involvement

The cast, crew and band are all Trinity School students. The students range from 10-18 and the gender balance is reflective of the School's population with a majority of roles being fulfilled by male students with some important support from Sixth Form female students. This is important since the attending primary schools are mixed gender and the aim of the event is, in part, to inspire an interest in the performing arts.

Frequency

The School production is an annual event. Biannually is a production on this size and scale. We intend to offer a matinee perofrmance every year that the production is age-appropriate.