During the penultimate week of term, pupils in Years 10 to 13 performed in Sarah Daniel’s The Gut Girls.
Audiences were transported to the gruesome gutting sheds of Deptford and taken through a tale wherein the powerful Lady Helena (Georgina Knapman) attempts to save these girls from the terrible conditions and turn them into respectable Victorian ladies. The performance was expertly lead and humorously handled by the five lead Gut Girls; Annie (Willa Straus), Kate (Maisie Birch), Ellen (Sophia Shaw), Maggie (Grace Pollock) and Polly (Alice Moy) who kept audiences laughing through the girls tragic circumstances.
The entire cast and tech team created a phenomenal performance of an incredibly complex text, performing with audiences on three sides. The characters were lively, fun and audiences felt the emotionally fraught ending deeply. Thank you to the incredible cast and tech team.
Miss Fearnley (Head of Drama)