Primarily Playing with Shakespeare

21 October
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Marsden Y6 Shakespeare (character): Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Year 6 students “in character” are (left to right front) Louisa Boyer, Grace Wala, Nadia Vinaccia and (left to right back) Joyce Chan, Scarlett Henry, Lucy Penn, Lucy Mirfin-Newman and Zoe Kreyenhop. They are performing in the SGCNZ Primarily Playing with Shakespeare performance of Henry V at Westpac Stadium on 8 November 2016.

“Now that the wind is favorable, let’s board the ship”.

Marsden girls ready to get into character

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Year 6 students Lucy Mirfin-Newman, Louisa Boyer, Zoe Kreyenhop, Joyce Chan, Grace Wala, Scarlett Henry, Nadia Vinaccia and Lucy Penn are excited to be taking part in the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) performance of Henry V, at the Westpac Stadium on November 8.

The Marsden School girls will be performing Act II, Scene II, where King Henry uncovers traitors on the eve of battle. It includes a jig, battle, many lines and tricky language but the girls are up for the challenge and already working hard to perfect their scene.

Marsden School Karori teacher Rebecca George says “This is a magnificent opportunity for the girls to extend themselves in their acting and to express their creativity. They are taking on the challenge with their usual enthusiasm and are very much looking forward to sharing the day and experience with the other participants”.

Marsden School is participating for the second time and looks forward to yet another amazing event. They would like to extend a big thank you to SGCNZ, the British High Commission and Westpac Stadium for bringing this special day, providing mentoring, nurturing local talent and celebrating Shakespeare’s genius.

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School has been providing quality independent education for more than 135 years. Today it has two campuses, in Karori and Whitby. The Marsden School Karori campus provides education for girls from Years 1 – 13 and has a co-ed Preschool. Marsden School’s vision is to lay the foundation for lives of meaning, accomplishment and genuine happiness. Marsden School fosters excellence, creativity, resilience and giving, in a nurturing and positive environment. marsden.school.nz

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For more information about this special event visit: http://www.sgcnz.org.nz/programmes/sgcnz-primarily-playing-with-shakespeare

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