Our students are now enjoying a well deserved break from sessions after a highly acclaimed performance at the Royal Opera House last Friday (28th May). The show - based around mutli cultural tales and travelling - was enjoyed by audience and performers alike at this, our 10th anniversary appearence at the prestigious London venue. We were joined by some very special guests including Who Wants to be a Millionaire host Chris Tarrant who praised our students mass of talents. Diana Moran (AKA The Green Goddess) was also there and wrote a lovely review of the show on her regualar blog (see below).
Whether you attended and want to re-live the memories or missed out on this student penned performance, visit the Pure View Photography website to see photos from the evening. A percentage of sales goes towards our Bursary Scheme.
All Over the Place, by Diana Moran (taken from primetimelife.tv)
To perform at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden has to be at the top of most performer's wish list.Well last Friday night we the audience were treated to a performance by some extraordinary and brave performers in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Opera House. The show, entitled All Over the Place was a high quality and memorable experience given by young adult students from the Orpheus Centre in Godstone.The evening started on a high, with an introduction from Richard Stilgoe OBE DL the founder of the Orpheus Centre. It was a 10th anniversary of the students performing at the Opera House. The show was rousing, noisy, energetic and challenged our view about disabled people.All Over the Place had as it's theme -travel - and was the end result of a range of performing arts sessions held at the Orpheus Centre. Many of the disabled adult students had had to learn to conquer their fears and manage the anxiety of performing in front of hundreds of people. A nerve racking experience for any seasoned performer!The show is also the end point of a learning process, where the main objective is to train young disabled adults to live fullfilling and independent lives. The students expressed the travel theme through writing songs, devising sketches and choreographing dance and movement pieces.Wheelchairs and movement difficulties didn't appear to hold back the student's enthusiasm and humour and we the audience felt uplifted and inspired by the students courageous and brilliant performance.
