By Miss Rhiannon Bland, Head of Trinity Drama

The Drama department continues to return outstanding results with another successful round of Trinity Drama exams. Last month, our Trinity Drama pupils undertook their solo and paired Acting exams with a mix of classical pieces and contemporary monologues. Some of the assessed work was devised or mimed. A huge amount of preparation and rehearsal goes into these dramatic programs and the performance and presentation skills learnt are invaluable. 

The external Examiner and professional Theatre Director, stated that he thought we had ‘lovely, confident and very eloquent pupils’ and he was particularly impressed with the level of conversational skills at Pangbourne. Among our 18 students who undertook the exam, 100% achieved at least a very high Merit with 78/100 or above and 14 pupils achieved outstanding Distinctions. A special mention to Ralf Tompkins and William Peters who both achieved 95/100 for their Grade 3 Acting in Pairs exam, Sophie Jacobs, who achieved 95/100 and Lois Hughes, who achieved 94/100 for their Grade 3 Acting Solo exams. 

Very well done to you all for your consistent hard work and efforts leading up to the exam. We are so proud of you!

Here’s what some of our pupils had to say about their exam experience:

‘It was really fun because I felt confident with my lines and the Examiner was very encouraging and friendly!’

‘Trinity Drama has really helped me to come out of my shell and I love playing different characters!’

‘Trinity Drama is an amazing subject, I've enjoyed every moment of it. It is challenging, fun and extremely creative. I particularly enjoyed the suspense and the lead up to the exam.’

‘I really enjoyed developing my understanding of character and doing what I love.’

‘Trinity Drama taught me how to properly express myself in ways I wouldn't usually be able to as this process showed me how to be confident in myself.’

‘I really enjoyed learning about different styles of theatre, such as Commedia Dell’Arte and I was really pleased to achieve such a high standard of work.’