Arts News

Alert! Severe cases of Rhinoceritis reported in the Hall

All of Year Seven were treated to Year Twelve Drama’s zany performance of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist play, Rhinoceros, on Friday 16 September. 

The play was the story of Berenger and his friends and workmates, whose town was afflicted by a strange epidemic: for no apparent reason, people started turning into rhinoceroses. By the end of the performance, the Hall was strewn with the remains of the staging, torn apart by the rhinoceroses. Only Berenger was left standing tall, as everyone else succumbed to rhinoceritis - and to a passion for messily eating iceberg lettuce.

Our performance of the play had its own messages about not caving in to peer pressure, and also gently reflected on some of the extremities in people’s reactions to our own current pandemic. But most of all, it was a riotously energetic interpretation which cut the original full-length play down to less than forty exhausting minutes and had the audience laughing from start to finish.

Well done to our dedicated team of performers and lighting and sound designers. There was not a dull moment in our rampage of controlled destruction!

Dr Giles Watson | Teacher