Blood Brothers Workshop

Drama students across year 9 to 11 had an exceptional experience this week, when they took part in a ‘Blood Brothers’ masterclass  with London based ‘Stage Ed ‘ theatre company.  Mike and Steve who played Sammy and Mickey in the West End production of Blood Brothers for over ten years, shared their expertise, passion and deep knowledge of the play with the students and navigated the workshop to help the year 10/11 students with their written paper and introduced Year 9 to the GCSE journey in Drama. The Drama Studio was buzzing with excitement all day as the students explored different scenes, context, themes and characters in the play and watched a fantastic performance of the iconic monologue ‘ I Wish I was Our Sammy’.

Maths teacher, Mr Hall, was delighted by the experience when he popped in, sharing his love of Blood Brothers and the theatre. It is wonderful for Core subjects to show their enjoyment of the arts and have the opportunity to see students shine in a different context. He said,  “Having watched Blood Brothers myself I could see that the students were clearly enjoying their interactions and activities and really warmed to being put through their paces. This served as true motivation and inspiration for our students to proceed into a career on stage.”

Mrs Cook, Head of Drama was thrilled with the feedback from Stage Ed who said that students from The Hinckley School were amongst the best they had worked with. She said, ‘such a fantastic opportunity for our GCSE Drama students today, bringing Blood Brothers to life with this workshop, giving the students a great understanding of the play for their theory exam.

An inspirational day with a West End actor and the students embraced every second – Mike said we have so much acting talent at THS and I’m so proud of them! Well done guys.’

What an enjoyable and valuable enrichment experience for all who took part and all thanks to the generosity and support of the Foundation Governors who supported the day.