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Old Alleynians and current pupils starred in two productions at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Nikolai Gogol’s comedy of errors, The Government Inspector , and the comedy #MyWay . The British Theatre Guide described the productions as ‘deliciously infectious’. The OAs who starred in the two productions were George Chambers (09-14), Angus Doughty (08-13), George John (08-13), Charlie MacVicar (08-13), Alex Maxwell (06-13), Joseph Taylor (09-14), Dan Whitlam (06-13) and SamWilliams (09-14).
Andrew Chetwood (00-05), who works for the Operations Team at EY Consulting, visited the College in June 2014 to talk to 20 Remove students. Andrew answered questions about his experience studying Chemical Engineering, the career options that it opens up and the university choices available to Upper School boys. Artist Christopher Cole (68-73) exhibited a selection of his paintings at Haslemere Museum in Surrey in November 2014. The exhibition was entitled Spectrum of Light and details of Christopher’s work can be found at www.christophercole.co.uk. In August 2014 Louis Collier (03-14) and Will Cook (03-14) represented Team England and won the 26th World Schools Debating Championships, held in Bangkok, Thailand. Three OAs spoke at a reunion dinner for alumni of University College, Durham, held in September 2014: Douglas Denham St Pinnock (64-72) served as President of the Durham Castle Society (the organisation for alumni of University College) in 2013-14. Alex Nelson (73-80) is a trustee of the Society and editor of its newsletter, and Professor Mino Green (41-44) is also a prominent member. Dr Olly Donnelly (85-95), Lecturer in Clinical Oncology at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, returned to the College in February 2015 to address members of the Medical and Dentistry Society. Nick Easter (91-96) returned to the England rugby team for the 2015 Six Nations championship and scored a try against Italy at Twickenham on 14 February. England finished as runners up to Ireland, with Nick playing in three of England’s five games, taking his tally of England caps to 51. Richard (Dick) Edwards (56 -63) completed his term of office as President of The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors in March 2014. He left the south in 1969 for Wigan, where he has been domiciled for most of the time since then. Richard would like to hear from other OAs living in the northwest and can be contacted via edwards.r10 @ sky.com. Award-winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor OBE (90-95) will play the title role in the National Theatre’s production of Everyman that will open in April and run to 16 July 2015. Chiwetel has been acclaimed for many previous Alex Nelson, Douglas Denham St Pinnock and Professor Mino Green at a Durham Castle Society reunion
The Government Inspector was performed in London and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
In October 2014 English Heritage unveiled a Blue Plaque at the Upper Norwood house that was home to Raymond Chandler (1900-05) during his schooldays. The ceremony was attended by the Master, members of the academic staff and Lower School students. Sir Peter Bazalgette (62-71), a member of English Heritage’s Blue Plaque committee, was on hand to address the assembled audience on Chandler’s life and writing. The Master then spoke about Chandler’s place in the pantheon of Dulwich College writers and Jo Akrill (English) talked about Chandler’s fondness for the blue colour found in the cornflower, the College’s emblem and a motif in his writing. Finally, Tom Williams, author of a recent biography of Chandler, spoke about the place Mount Cyra (110 Auckland Road) played in forming Chandler the writer. The plaque was unveiled by Mr Williams and Sam Warren-Miell (Remove).
The blue plaque celebrating Raymond Chandler’s links with southeast London, unveiled by College pupil Sam Warren-Miell
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