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The Globe and Tate Modern
Olly Hughes, RS
The Culture Trip for Thirds to
the Globe Theatre and the Tate
Modern was a fantastic occasion
and everyone had a great time.
It started off with a quick coach
ride down to London where we
got off and immediately saw the
towering building of the Tate. Most
people don’t know this but the Tate
Modern used to be a power station!
When we went in, everything was extremely
bright and colourful and even the toilets
had art in them. All of the pictures were
fascinating and every picture or painting had
a deep meaning to it. One of my favourite
pieces was a tower of electric radios and
there was another piece that was a town
made of cous cous! The cous cous town
smelt funny though. After that, we went to
Shakespeare’s Globe and it was a treat for
us to see some professionals acting on the
stage in preparation for their performance
that evening. We then did a workshop on
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
when we
were able to explore the characters and get
familiar with Shakespeare’s language in
a fun way. The trip was absolutely amazing
and I would recommend it to anyone. Thank
you, Mr Ford and Miss Evans, for organising
such a wonderful trip for us.
The Great Bancroft’s Globe Off
Following their exciting visit to the Globe
Theatre organised jointly by the art and
English departments, the Thirds were
encouraged to participate in a mini-
competition. They were challenged to use
their knowledge to recreate The Globe in the
most imaginative way possible. They were
given total freedom of choice in the media
they used but suggestions were: a mini
video, a cake, a piece of art, a song/dance,
a poem/story… or anything else they could
think of! Here a few of the entries.