ARTSMARK PLATINUM AWARD The Platinum Artsmark is the top award for creative quality in education, accredited by Arts Council England. Eastbourne College is the only school of its type to receive this level of award in the South East.
Pupils enjoyed masterclasses with Olivier award nominee Kelly Price , RSC favourite Ed Bennett (who played Hamlet in the West End), Gecko Theatre and The Paper Birds . The year ended with Year 12 pupils putting on the comedy The Good Doctor in the outdoor Dell Theatre. Harry Evans won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre , Jack Evans in the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and Ben Young at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama .
DRAMA The College musical Sweeney Todd , involving a 50-strong cast and orchestra, was performed before packed houses, while sixth form drama pupils put on Betrayal by Harold Pinter and Violence and Son by Gary Owen. The Year 9 drama festival saw every house performing scenes from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , while Year 9 drama scholars performed challenging works by Coward, Ibsen and Shakespeare. EBCTV premiered episode two of their series drama set in a school. Other performances included A Night at the Musicals in aid of Young Minds UK, and a podcast of episodes one and two of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy produced by Year 11 and Year 13 drama scholars in the College’s state-of-the-art recording studio.
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