How it all began...

It all began in that fateful drama lesson of year 10. We were asked to produce a devised piece. It took some thought, and after a long time thinking, we decided that Frank Sinatra was our idea for a piece. However, becasue certain other members of our group found it difficult to comprehend that Frank Sinatra was in fact American rather than Italian, e.g Stacey. We decided to attempt to disband the group following certain paper-throwing antics which the female members of our group did not enjoy. This left us in a scenario with the legendary Kris Down (yes Kris Down, world-famous thespian).

Our group of Sean, myself, Jamie (who has a crush on famous agent Matt Spruce, who has an awesome tie that I want to buy), Marcus and Mozza was going to be no more. The question of truth was.... Who was going to leave our group? Kris asked the question... "Who wants to work with Stacey and Jodie?" A terrible pall fell upon the group for a painstaking 5 minutes, only for the littlest drama student to whimper "I will". This is Marcus on the left. Marcus, Sean and Jamie drew a great sigh of relief. They knew that it was the birth of something special. The stage was set for us to take the limelight, scriptwork was always going to be our primary goal. After careful selection, we discounted A Midsummer Night's Dream & Othello, and came across the delightful Bouncers, by John Godber. The brilliant sense of humour in the piece left us in tears on the floor every week, particularly in the immortal scene of Sean in the toilet. And how can anyone ever forget my line "It's like a baby's arm with an orange in it's fist" Classic.

During our time in Drama, there were several confrontations with fellow members of our group, e.g. Marcus chasing Jamie (see left) because Jamie threatened to abandon him in pair work. However, all was well soon, as the laughs began at the famous "dip dop doop beep bip bop" sequence, in Natalie's piece. Also, Kris Down's amazing humour left me in stitches; when doing a piece on Willie McBride, he quoted the phrase "It's almost as if you're holding Willie". Good times, good times. A particularly unlucky member of the group was the loveable scamp Sean. He was slightly apprehensive with the idea of revealing to us his character in the European Ballet show. However, through Jamie's connections with Louise (who Sean fancied), Sean was left with no choice but to reveal that he in fact played the part of a tree, and his main duty was to hold a candle for 3 hours through the entire performance. This was met with a concerto of laughter from the group, and Sean was left to wallow in self-pity. It was due to this that Sean, partly because of this lack of "intelligence", and his loss of co-ordination. Sean was trying to flee from the predator Marcus, only to slip and fracture his arm.

To add to his injury woe, after another clash on the playground with Jewade, Sean twisted his knee, leaving him in almost vegatative state. No one can forget the time Lappin was blamed for Marcus' comment on Amy's hair. I (i'm on the left as well :D) will never forget this drama lesson.

Nevertheless, Sean's (see left) determination to make Bouncers a success was admirable, and his efforts should never be forgotten. Through our hard and tireless efforts, we all achieved excellent results in the exam :)... apart from Marcus and Sean, due to being tired on the day of performance.

Where are they now???

Sean - Sean has gone on to study Media Studies, Film Studies & Drama at SCAT.
Marcus - Marcus has gone on to study Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Further Maths
Jamie - Jamie is currently still at TTS, and is studying Physics, Biology & Chemistry
And me? - Victor is also still at TTS, continuing with Drama in the form of Performance Studies. He also studies English Language & History.

Thank you for reading this.

Long live bouncers :)