insideKENT Magazine Issue 82 - January 2019 | Page 139

EDUCATION
SPORTING SUCCESS AT
KENT COLLEGE
A large number of Kent College students have had an
incredible year of sporting achievements.
Year 11 pupil, Hugh Scott, was selected as one of just
four boys in Kent to represent the London and East squad
in the ECB U17 England Development Programme
Super-4s Competition. Off-spin bowler Hugh was one of
just 46 boys selected nationally. It was a great achievement
for Hugh to be included, as he only turned 16 the week
beforehand, making him the youngest participant.
Cross Country runner Teigan Sullivan in Year 9,
represented the Kent U15 Girls team coming 11th out
of 159 entries in the Southern Inter-counties competition.
She lead the Kent contingent home in a tough competition
with a strong field of entrants from 13 counties.
In showjumping, the Kent College Team won the 1m
team showjumping at the NSEA Plate Championships
in Keysoe. Year 11 student, Harry Foulds-Brant, also
went on to win the 1.10m individual competition.
Lower 6th student Adam Lee-Browne has been
invited to join the England U18 National hockey
squad. He joins a long line of KC players who have
been selected for England. With the school hockey
season approaching, the future looks bright for boys’
hockey at KC, with local talent, including Adam, and
Oliver Weston (Lower 6th - Performance Centre) as well
as international representation from some talented German
boarding students.
POWERFUL AND DEMANDING DRAMA
AT ST EDMUND’S
The ensemble of 10 actors received a standing ovation on the
last night of the St Edmund’s School production of J. B. Priestley’s
Time and the Conways.
The appreciative audience included Karen Goaman, J.B. Priestley’s
granddaughter, and Luke Goaman-Dodson, his great grandson. Mr
Goaman-Dodson commented: “I was extremely impressed with Mark
Sell’s production of Time and the Conways. The quality and scale of the
play were far beyond what one would normally expect from a school
play. The young cast were superb, and proved adept at
portraying characters much older than their own years.”
This was a powerful and demanding drama and in spite of the
wonderful attention to period detail in the setting and costumes, the
stage, ultimately, left its players nowhere to hide. The dialogue and
its delivery were all the cast had to sustain the audience’s attention.
It was a stunning production and testament to Director of Drama
Mark Sell’s vision, not to mention the faith he invested in his actors,
that the drama’s technical demands – ageing the cast twenty years
between Acts I and II, then rejuvenating it between II and III – and
the mature theatrical sensitivity required of the pupils was hardly
noticeable. It was accomplished without strain and to the highest of
professional standards. It came off so smoothly, so vividly, that the
audience knew it was witness to something very rare and very special.
To read the full review, please go to www.stedmunds.org.uk.
St Edmund’s School has an enviable reputation for Performing Arts and is fortunate
to have such a talented and experienced team in the Drama department, including
a former RADA coach. To find out about drama scholarships and opportunities
please call 01227 475601 or see the website www.stedmunds.org.uk
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