Year 8 Theatre Trip to &Juliet 
On the 8 March, year 8 were lucky enough to go on a trip to the Shaftesbury Theatre to see ‘& Juliet’. It was a fun and interesting musical and we were so grateful to have been taken to see it by our English teachers.
The play had an interesting mix of modern day props and speech and old-fashioned terms and clothing. An example of this was when a grand ball was held in the style of a club with DJs playing modern music but with 17th century dress (although it was slightly updated).
Another great part of the musical was that all the songs were quite modern, with music from the late 1990s, 2010s and more recent ones from 2022. Everyone enjoyed singing along to songs by the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears and this made it an enjoyable and accessible experience.
As well as this, 8th March was International Women’s Day so the performance felt fitting as it was all about empowering women, with Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare’s wife, insisting on rewriting the show so that Juliet made choices for herself. There was also a lot of representation for the LGBTQ+ community making it a very inclusive play. Overall, it was a very happy and representative production which I would recommend everyone went to see.
Eva 8M
This week year 8 students have been mastering the art of sushi making.
Should you have any of this sort of equipment lying around in search of a new home just let me know and I will arrange a pickup.