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OAs making rapid progress in 7’s Rugby
Shackleton and his Stowaway Following their sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year, Jez Bond (94–95), founder and artistic director at Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, presents the story of Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antartica. Shackleton and his Stowaway is based on the real events of the legendary Endurance expedition to the South Pole. It follows the misfortunes of an 18 year old stowaway who sneaks aboard. Initially, the stowaway is in complete awe of Shackleton. But this fades by the time Shackleton has gotten them trapped in the polar ice pack - even more so when Endurance actually breaks up and sinks. This leaves them adrift on the ice, hundreds of miles from civilisation. Shackleton and his Stowaway was on at the Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, until February this year.
Femi Sofolarin (11-18) and Oludara Odunlami (12-19) have made huge strides in rugby sevens in 2019. Femi trained full time with the England 7’s squad last year, and after appearing for an invitational team at the Hong Kong 10’s, he was called upon by England 7’s coach Simon Amor to make his World Series debut in Singapore. Femi scored a try in the opening group game versus Kenya. Femi was also recently named as part of the Scotland Senior team at the World Rugby Sevens Series event. In July, Olu was selected to make his debut and represent England at the European 7’s Grand Prix held in Lodz, Poland.
Talk by OA author Greg Chivers Budding writers at Dulwich College enjoyed hearing first-hand about the process of becoming a published novelist in November. Greg Chivers (89-94), whose first novel, The Crying Machine , published by Harper Collins, which has been described as a 'sharp, lyrical thriller of power, religion and artificial intelligence. Greg talked about the inspiration behind his book, a mysterious ancient Greek artefact called the Antikythera mechanism. He told the boys that in order to succeed as an author, you have to be 'willing to fail', and he explained that he had written two unpublished books before The Crying Machine . He encouraged them to keep writing and reading, and praised the work which they shared with him in a writing workshop after the talk.
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