Ellesmere

Arena Arts ProgrammeWhat’s On

Lent 2010

House Debate 19th January – Junior Heats, 7.00pm21st January – Senior Heats, 7.00pm 28th January – Junior and Senior Finals, 7.00pmArts Centre Free admissionTickets Required

Inter-House Debating has a new generation ofcontestants. New battles will be fought: newvictories will be awarded.Will Woodard win? Talbot terrorise? Meynellmenace? Wakeman-Lambart wonderouslylambast?Only you can decide! Be sure to attend this DEBATE OF CHAMPIONS.

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St Andrews Choir Concert20th January, 7.30pmArts Centre Free admissionTickets Required

Please join us as we welcome the visiting singers and instrumentalists ofSt. Andrew’s School, all the way from Argentina on tour in the UK. There will be a selection of sacred and secular favourites and a joint itemor two with our own Chapel Choir.

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An Inspector Calls by J. B. PreistleyPerformed by Arty Fact Theatre Company28th January, 2.15pmArts CentrePerformance to school only

Arthur Birling, a prosperous manufacturer,is holding a family dinner party tocelebrate his daughter’s engagement. Intothis cosy scene intrudes the harsh figureof a police inspector investigating thesuicide of a young working-class woman.Under interrogation every member of thefamily turns out to have a shameful secretwhich links them with her death.

Some recent reviews:

"It was thoroughly enjoyed by pupils andstaff alike. Very professional performance.Pupils have all said they feel they have agreater 'feel' for the language after watching the performance.”

“It was full of information and was certainly thought provoking.”

Film Night27th January, 7.00pmArts CentreFree Admission Tickets required

Film Night promises to be another delicious slice of Ellesmereentertainment pie. From the yellow rubber duck comedy thriller, to out- of-this-world football skills and the 3-years-in-the-making first installment ofLonely Man Productions mystery film, it’s a night not to be missed. Eventhe teaching staff have made a film which is set to “thrill” the wholeaudience. Book NOW!

Arts Awards Evening A celebration of artistic excellence at Ellesmere College

4th February, 7.00pmArts CentreA black tie and evening dress eventBook a table. Admission for adults£5.00, Pupils free.Bar and refreshments available

We will be rolling out the red carpetand dressing up to the nines for this Oscars style Awards event.Arts Awards will be presented to pupil actors, artists, musicians, dancersand film-makers who have entertained, enlightened and enlivened us overthe past year. The awards will be presented by our Special Arts Guest.Throughout the evening there will be the chance to experience some ofthe very best scenes, songs, dances and designs of the past year:Quickfire comic duologues from recent plays, uplifting duets from theschool musical, chorus line dance routines, virtuoso solos and more.In the theatre, there will be musical, dramatic and dance performancesfrom our most gifted and talented performers and you will be able to watchclips from the best pupil films of the year. In the foyer, our visual artistswill be exhibiting their work and giving live demonstrations of their skillsin portraiture and the media arts. Visit backstage and see our make up,costume and technical teams at work.PLUS!“It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark…” Ow!Enter the “Thriller Video Grotto”, if you dare!Experience the Ellesmere College Common Room production of thisMichael Jackson dance classic.It’s staff raving mad! It’s teacherific! It’s BAD! (No, really – it is bad)

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House Singing11th February, 7.00pmBig School Free admission

One of the few House competitionswhere participation is total – this reallymatters! This year’s theme is ‘colours’and as usual promises to be anevening of excitement and high drama.

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Battle of the Bands25th February, 7.00pmArts Centre Free AdmissionTicket Booking required

Why not come along and listen to some ofEllesmere’s finest rock musicians. Playing bothoriginal and well-known material with great skilland energy and at a very, very high volume!

Year 7 and 8 Art Exhibition3rd March openingArts Centre Foyer6.00pm onwardsFree Admission

This exhibition is a celebration of thework produced by our Year 7 and 8students. It reflects their enthusiasm and the diversity of the projects theyexperience...

Year 7 and 8 Play :The Greeks on Stageby Geraldine McCaughrean

3rd and 4th March, 7.00pm Arts CentreFree AdmissionTickets required

The Gods are looking down from Mount Olympus. They watch the humansbeneath them as they squabble, fall in love, cheat, show great courageand make war on one another. Rather like the Gods themselves!These family favourites include King Midas, Perseus and Andromeda,Orpheus and Eurydice, and Theseus and the Minotaur.In a series of short plays we see the famous myths of Ancient Greeceplayed out before us with action, colour, energy, pathos and humour.These mostly well-known stories become an array of voices: gods andmortals, Apollo with a ventriloquist's dummy and Icarus mimickingaeroplane noises as he flies.

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Love of a Pig by Leslie CavenyPerformed by the Tabor Academy, Marion, MA11th March, 7.30pmArts CentreFree AdmissionTickets required

All the way from the USA, TaborAcademy returns with anothertheatrical treat!Love of a Pig is a fast moving comedyabout Jenny, a twenty-something jazzviolinist content with life except whenit comes to the opposite sex. Havingcalculated the number of nights spentalone since becoming an adult,Jenny scientifically approaches thequestion, 'Why not me?' When her'Mr. Right' comes along, everythingseems to go wrong, and a new selfexamination begins. Love of a Pig is ahilarious tour de force of dating,courting and manipulating!

Faure's Requiem and Vivaldi's Gloria13th March, 7.00pmSchool Chapel£5 TicketTickets required

Come and hear ChoralSociety perform two absolutefavourites from the classicalrepertoire. Experience theenergy and verve of Vivaldi’smusic, contrasted with thebeauty and serenity of Faure’schoral masterpiece. Bookearly to avoid disappointment!

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Little Shop of Horrors23rd and 24th March, 7.30pmArts CentreTickets £5 Adult, £2 ChildTicket booking required

“They may offer youfortune and fame,Love and money andinstant acclaim,But whatever they offer youDON’T FEED THE PLANTS!”

With the success of the ArenaArts Programmes summerExpedition performance theSenior School will be presentingthe full all singing, all dancingversion of this popular musical.Follow the story of SeymourKrelborn, a hapless flower shopassistant who is hopelesslyinfatuated with his co-worker thenaive but sweet Audrey. Both ofthem are struggling to get out ofSkid Row, a gritty and dirty gutter ofa small city somewhere in the world.

In a desperate bid to escape thevicious circle that has becomeSeymour’s life he nurtures a plant,named Audrey II and it brings himinstant fame due to its unusualnature and its strange appearance.

However, the sudden success of theflower shop comes at a terrible price andsoon Seymour will be pitting his wits against something that threatens totake over the world!

Come and sample life in downtown Skid Row - the flower shop owned bypessimistic Mr. Mushnik, the sadistic Dentist Orin Scrivello and a host ofother quirky but lovable characters in this thoroughly enjoyable rock androll musical!

Ticket Booking01691 626 545

orhelen.coney@ellesmere.com

Front Cover pictures: Art Work by Emmie Hughes Year 13 IB,An Inspector Calls performed by Arty Fact Theatre Company

and Little Shop of Horrors - Senior School Play 2010.

Coming soon - Summer Term 2010

Middle School Play -Date - TBC

Three Choirs Concert -Date TBC