Year 9 and Year 10 students travelled to London with the English Department on Thursday 20th September to Friday 21st September.
On Thursday 20th September they attended an evening performance of the West End Show SHREK THE MUSICAL at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. The Musical features new songs as well as the cult Shrek anthem ‘I’m a Believer’. The Musical brings the well loved characters to life. The world of fairytales is turned upside down in an all singing, all dancing, irresistible mix of adventure, laughter and romance.
See a trailer for the musical by clicking on the link below:
Click on the interactive booklet below to read more about the Musical.
On Friday 21st September everyone stepped into the magical world of the Harry Potter film series at the Warner Bros Studio Tour London, located just 20miles from the heart of London, the very place where all eight of the Harry Potter films were brought to life.
The tour brought them behind the scenes of the most successful film series of all time.
Experience the tour of the Warner Bros Studio from the video below:
Some of the highlights included, stepping inside the Great Hall, stepping onto the famous cobbles of Diagon Alley, featuring the Shop fronts of Olivanders wand shop, Flourish and Blotts, the Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Eeylops Owl Emporium.
The Hogwarts castle model was built for the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. It took 86 artists and crew members to construct the first version which was then rebuilt and altered many times over the next seven films. The work was so extensive that if one was to add all the man hours that have gone into building and reworking the model, it would come to over 74 years.
The model, which sits at nearly 50 feet in diameter, has over 2,500 fibre optic lights that simulate lanterns and torches and even gave the illusion of students passing through hallways in the films. An amazing amount of detail went into the making of the model as all the doors are hinged, real plants are used for landscaping and miniature birds are housed in the Owlery.
To read more about Harry Potter film series and the fantasy book series click on the links below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(film_series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter
A selection of photos from the trip are below:
2 comments
Why didn’t I ever get on a trip like that wel jel hope yous had a good time
by Conal O'Brien on 27/09/2012 at 9:14 am #
i went on the trip and i thought if was amazing, would defo go to it again if i could 🙂 i am such a harry potter fan!!!! 🙂 thanks, st pauls for giving me the opportunity to go on this trip! it was worth it
by Clodagh Quinn on 05/10/2012 at 8:01 pm #