Wellington College Arts Festival 2018

26-30 March 2018 The theme of this year’s Arts Festival is ‘jazz’. While the idea of jazz will not run through all the pupil workshops and associated activities, it does provide a coherent spine with sessions on drama, dance and music directly relating to jazz. In addition, there will be an exhibition on jazz, three separate talks about jazz, jazz-influenced architecture workshops, pop-up jazz concerts, and a final performance that will be heavily influenced by jazz. Stand-up comedy, with its dependence on improvisation and riffing, is a near relation of jazz. So pupils should expect a fair amount of jazz, presented in many different ways. Every year, the college bangs its drum (no pun intended) about the importance of arts and culture in general, and - more importantly - acts on this belief. The effect of the arts on young peoples’ minds can be profound, and represent a significant part of exploring the possibility of perceiving the world differently, developing the senses, and understanding what it means to simply enjoy yourself. Arts Festival Director This year's artists include:

• David Redic - Mural painting
• Alex Milway – Storytelling
• Boris Fabris - Design
• Richard Scott - Architecture
• BOP Jazz Theatre Company - Jazz Dance
• Dic Hamer - Jazz and Music Workshops
• Kathryn Robbins - Mural Painting
• Eden Ballantyne - Drama and Storytelling
• Gary Friedman - Puppetry and Drama
• Kirk Jones - Film
• Logan Murray – Stand-up comedy
• Melanie Gall - Drama and Storytelling
• Nina Jackson - Wellbeing and Music
• Steve Sweeting - Jazz and Music
• Round Midnight – Drama

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