All hands on deck
It took 20 pairs of hands ( attached to 20 Year 8 students ) to bring Samuel Taylor Coleridge ’ s Rime of the Ancient Mariner to life .
Adapted by our staff , the script called for an expressive soundscape , strong physical performances and narrative voices , haunting puppetry and bold instrumentation . ( So bold that one pair of hands learnt to play the accordion from scratch !)
Although the poem was presented as a radio drama , evocative audio was reinforced by striking visuals . In our Drama Studio , what the audience heard was strengthened by what it saw . So what it experienced was immersive and emotionally charged . Just as it was for the online audience to whom the performance was streamed live .