First Form Production

First Form Production

From medieval superheroes to outer space and the high seas, the First Form production of Choose Your Own Adventure delivered an evening of imaginative, laugh-out-loud entertainment. Across three fast-paced stories, audiences enjoyed time-travelling crime-fighters...
Rosie Shines at Cheltenham Festival

Rosie Shines at Cheltenham Festival

Huge congratulations to Rosie (Second Form, Harcourt), who recently enjoyed great success at the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts, achieving a silver medal in Verse Performance and a gold medal and Challenge Cup in Solo Mime. Her impressive performances also...
Dramatists Inspired

Dramatists Inspired

On Thursday, 7 May, GCSE and A Level Dramatists travelled to Stratford-Upon-Avon to see The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the RSC. Written in exile by Bertolt Brecht in 1941, the play exposes Hitler’s rise to the top and serves as a warning that this should never be...
A Golden Ticket Triumph

A Golden Ticket Triumph

Cokethorpe’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory JR was a golden ticket triumph, an evening of pure imagination, technically polished performance, and enough sweet surprises to make even Willy Wonka himself wide-eyed with wonder. From the opening number to the final...
Spring Concert

Spring Concert

‘Having Cokethorpe pupils, parents, staff and visitors all come together for the Spring Concert – a celebration of the musical talents of so many, is always a delight… and this year was no exception. From the Prep School up, the audience was treated to some...
Second Form Brings Imagination to Life

Second Form Brings Imagination to Life

This term, the entire Second Form took to the stage in a series of physical theatre performances built around the hypothetical and thought-provoking question, ‘What if…?’. Following a term spent exploring the complex and often surreal demands of physical theatre,...