B6 Students Wow Audiences in Legally Blonde

Before the Easter holidays, students from the Sixth Form Bolton gave an outstanding performance of “Legally Blonde, The Musical”

Legally Blonde JR follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes. Snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams.  When Elle’s boyfriend, Warner, dumps her and heads to Harvard, claiming she is not “serious” enough, Elle takes matters into her own hands, and charms her way into law school.  Befriending classmate, Emmet and a spunky hairdresser, Paulette, along the way, Elle finds that books and looks aren’t mutually exclusive.  As Elle begins outsmarting her peers, she realizes that law may be her natural calling after all. (mtishows.com)

The company was made up of both first and second-year students from a diverse range of subjects including Law, Maths, English, Business, IT, Music, Film and Media, Music Technology Performing Arts and Drama.

The lead role, Elle Woods, was played by former Fred Longworth High School student, Summer Helme. Summer who studies A Level Drama & Theatre Studies, Level 3 Vocational Performing Arts and Level 3 Vocational Music Performance. Really enjoyed the experience saying:

“It was my first time doing a musical and I loved it so much. the cast and all the directors are so incredibly talented it really made me realise it's what I want to do with in the future.”

Oskar Nuttall, a former Harper Green School student, played Emmett Forrest. Oskar said:

“I loved being a part of Legally Blonde it was so fun! I've been singing musicals by myself and with my sister for years and so getting to actually perform in one on a stage in front of an audience was so surreal, I loved every second of it! Legally Blonde was such a great experience! I loved working with the cast, and I felt so proud of us when we finished the show!”

The production was directed by Samantha Lawther, Head of Performing Arts & Media and Olivia Cort, Teacher of Performing Arts. The Assistant Directors were Craig Merrifield, Teacher of Health & Social Care and second-year student, Prima Valentine Mattana. The band, Jude Hodges, Leon Taylor was lead by Teacher of Music, Matthew Routley. The technicians, Cameron Smethurst and Daniel Keeper were lead by Teacher of Music Technology, Andrew Farrer with backstage support being taken care of by Tiernan Gillies.

The show was a resounding success with huge audiences on both the Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Sam Lawther was delighted with the productions saying:

“I am so proud of the students and creative team for putting this show together in such a short amount of time.   I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.  The rehearsals may have been full of laughter but everyone worked their socks off like professionals and it paid off.  The staff at Sharples were also amazing and made show week as stress free as possible, so thank you very much to everyone who was involved. “


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