Riverside Highlights Issue 5 2014-15, Half Term Highlights, Term 3a | Page 3

ACADEMIC SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS

SHREWSBURY

NEXT STAGE WARWICK FOR DRAMA SCHOLAR BEN
Shrewsbury International School Drama Scholar, Ben Kulvichit, has
been awarded a place at top-ranking Warwick University to read
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Currently completing A-levels in English, Drama, Music, History, Ben
was keen to choose a course that provided a balance of both practical
and academic elements, and with creative talents such as the critically
acclaimed Barrel Organ Theatre Company also emerging from Warwick in recent years, he is hugely excited to be continuing his studies
in the UK.
Having joined Shrewsbury in Year 3, Ben’s first real taste of the stage
came four years later when played a chorus role in the Senior School
Production of Little Shop of Horrors. Since then, he has risen to become one of the most prominent figures in Shrewsbury’s performing
arts scene, this year playing the role of Lord Capulet in the School’s
main show, Romeo and Juliet.
However, Ben’s real passi