Veronica’s Drama Performance...

Part of Veronica’s GCSE Drama grade is based on a performance devised by  looking at the above prompt, the painting Parsifal 1 by Anselm Kiefer in the Tate Modern in London. Apparently, the kids never looked up the history of the painting which is about the birth of the hero in Wagner’s opera based on the legend of the Holy Grail.

Instead, Veronica’s group performed a 18-minute piece called Negative about a girl suffering from schizophrenia. Veronica played Good, Izzy was Bad, Fergus was Dad and Ellie was the teacher. They each helped write portions of the script and kept journals of their work, which in total will count for 40% of their final grade for the two-year course.

I was happy to get to watch their dress rehearsal, but was shocked to watch Veronica commit suicide on stage. I’m clearly biased, but thought their performance was the best of the seven groups we saw that night. You can see it for yourself here.