November 12, 2013

Pupils to quiz actor David Tennant over Shakespeare

Next Friday, November 15th, they will be answering questions for up to 30 minutes to students from Dixons Academy, Belle Vue Girls’ School and Bingley Grammar School following a live feed from Stratford-upon-Avon of the play Richard II in the hall of Bingley Grammar, Bradford.

“The school is very excited about this. This is the first time schools have together for an event like this,” said Matthew Atkinson, Bingley Grammar’s head of performing arts.

“The students will be mixed ability, a broad mixture from years seven to 13, or 11 to 18-year-olds,” he added.
  

Staff have undertaken training from the RSC to help deliver these sessions, which will then support wider learning within the school. 

Richard II is also being shown at the National Media Museum on Sunday, November 17, starting at 6.45pm. 

Excerpt from Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England) - Friday, November 8, 2013