2020 House Plays Programme

Welcome to the 30 th Annual House Plays Festival As the House Plays Festival celebrates its 30 th Birthday, it seems fitting to allow our student directors and cast members a chance to contribute to the welcome address and share with their audience an insight as to why they choose to participate in the festival and why it is an important part of the Somerset Experience.

30 Reasons Why: Directors and Cast verbatim responses

1. A sense of family.

2. It boosts your confidence.

3. Helps me to become a more social person.

4. Finishing a play is incredibly rewarding.

5. A nice way to meet new people in different grades.

6. The cast is made up of people who share your interests.

7. Exposure to the theatre.

8. Directing helps develop leadership skills.

9. Discover new things about yourself.

10. The experience of performing on stage.

11. I love performing!

12. It helps foster a sense of community in our House.

13. House Plays broadens your opportunities to succeed and thrive in a school

environment.

14. It is good to discover what you are capable of.

15. The pizza dinner before the show!

16. Creative freedom.

17. Builds teamwork skills.

18. A space where everyone can give ideas and is encouraged.

19. Seeing people’s talent develop from year to year.

20. We get to work through every step of staging a play.

21. Fun!

22. I get to learn how to use the sound desk.