Sixth Form college band top the bill

Winstanley College band, Mango, won the Punch Tarmey’s Battle of the Bands competition in Liverpool, winning a top prize of £2,000. Mango is an all-girl rock band formed at Winstanley College last year by music performance students: Freya, Hannah, Izzy, Amber and Maria. The girls picked their favourite songs to play

A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Rainford High students!

24 students from Rainford High recently performed ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at The Met Theatre in Bury.   Students from Years 8 and 9 were selected for the opportunity by the Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation Festival.   The foundation is a cultural education charity that aims to give all young people a chance to

St Mary’s students show how valuable they can be in school production

Talented students from St Mary’s Catholic College, Wallasey, recently blew audiences away at the Floral Pavilion in a whole school production of Legally Blonde.  Due to the pandemic, this was the first time in two years that the college was able to put on a show for the local community.  Students from

Scenes of great drama at Gateacre

One artistic director, one associate director, 12 practitioners, six project managers, 12 peer mentors, 11 partner organisations, four countries, 10 days. This was Frantic Assembly’s Ignition project 2021. Only one of the 11 partner organisations was a school and that was Gateacre School. Gateacre’s drama department has always been huge fans of