The ISC Pantomime, performed at the end of 2011, was a 10th anniversary celebration written by ISC Director Helen Wood. With the hilarious plot, great direction from David Wareham and wonderful performances from ISC students, 'Doctor Beauty & Sleeping Who' was an undoubted success!
The venue was quickly filled with parents, host families, teachers and staff – among them the college principal Sami Cohen, registrar Bridget Norton and bursar Peter Talbot. As the lights dimmed and the stage lights rose, we could see that this was going to be no ordinary production. Live music played by our talented school musicians accompanied the most hilarious fairies - played by Pavel Kutsenko, Abay Amangeldin and Yuang Zhang - who took centre stage to initiate a night of constant laughter, great performances, audience interaction and singing... lots of singing!
Every student participated in this great production; most as actors, few as part of a small choir, some as musicians and others backstage. The ever changing set and diverse range of props and costumes were also designed and built by the students and ISC staff. The plot itself could not have been a better mish-mash of well-known pantomimes and famous stories like Dr Who, Red Riding Hood, and Snow White.
I could easily write thousands of words describing the whole night, but I will leave it instead to the memories of those who participated and to the imagination of those who couldn’t be there.
Congratulations to all ISC students and staff. I think that it's safe to say all of us present had a brilliant time and could easily have watched at least another hour.
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