A scene from The White Darkness
The Company 2008
SUMMER SCHOOL 2008
The North Wall’s second annual Summer School ran from July 30th to August 20th. This year’s director’s were Lucy Maycock, Director of Drama at St Edward’s Oxford, and Dan Danson, former Artistic Director at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol. They were supported by a professional team of designers and technicians, and the company consisted of twenty 16-21 year olds, drawn from all parts of the country and abroad following extensive auditions in Oxford and London.
This year’s project was based around Geraldine McCaughrean’s novel ‘The White Darkness, set in the wastes of Antarctica. All the seats in the North Wall theatre were removed to give a large open space, and within this area the company worked over the three-week period to create a sense of barrenness, wind and ice, human vulnerability, even taking on the character of penguins!
A strong feeling of ensemble developed during the school, and we are again indebted to the Garfield Weston Foundation and to St Edward’s Oxford for their support which enabled the school to take place at no cost to the participants.
The North Wall’s second annual Summer School ran from July 30th to August 20th. This year’s director’s were Lucy Maycock, Director of Drama at St Edward’s Oxford, and Dan Danson, former Artistic Director at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol. They were supported by a professional team of designers and technicians, and the company consisted of twenty 16-21 year olds, drawn from all parts of the country and abroad following extensive auditions in Oxford and London.
This year’s project was based around Geraldine McCaughrean’s novel ‘The White Darkness, set in the wastes of Antarctica. All the seats in the North Wall theatre were removed to give a large open space, and within this area the company worked over the three-week period to create a sense of barrenness, wind and ice, human vulnerability, even taking on the character of penguins!
A strong feeling of ensemble developed during the school, and we are again indebted to the Garfield Weston Foundation and to St Edward’s Oxford for their support which enabled the school to take place at no cost to the participants.