All the world’s a stage
‘The Accrington Pals’. Written by Peter Whelan and set during the first few years of World War I, the play formed part of the school’s activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. Sibford, of course, has a
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strong reputation for dramatic productions, and The Rocket was delighted to discover some archive programmes and photographs of some former theatrical delights. The archives were given to
The Rocket by Mary Franklin, daughter of Jim Shields, science teacher at Sibford from 1956 until his retirement in 1980. Jim was also a keen supporter of Sibford’s dramatic productions and was in charge of lighting for a number of productions. Mary discovered the programmes along with other Sibford memorabilia when clearing out the attic of his former home. We thank her for this trip down memory lane.
February 1972 ... Sibford School presents Romeo and Juliet featuring Philip Sinclair as Romeo, Deborah Elliot as Juliet and Winnie Malcolm as Nurse.
ovember 2018 saw current Sibford students present
November 1974 ... Sibford School presents Alice featuring Rebecca Wright as Alice, Louise Collins as Frog Footman, Ione Harris as Fish Footman and Neil Francis as Humpty Dumpty.
November 1975 ... Sibford School presents Zigger Zagger described in the programme as ‘a modern play, written in 1967, with soccer hooliganism as its background, but mainly a contemporary morality play, in which the young teenage hero, Harry Philton, who is torn between Good, represented chiefly by his well-meaning suburban sister and her husband, and Evil, represented by his sloppy mother and a
young soccer hooligan called Zigger Zaggar.’ Harry was played by Ashley Smith and Zigger Zaggar by Gerald Spires. Earlier in the summer the play had been performed by the National Youth Theatre in London where one of Sibford’s second-year sixth formers, Peter Fleming (at Sibford 1970 – 76), was the Assistant Stage Manager. Peter used his experience to stage manage the Sibford production.
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