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ARTS
6 April 2014
The élan and joie de
vivre of this classic
fifties’ musical was
perfectly captured by
the cast of 57 pupils
from St Helen’s and
Abingdon in its three
sell-out performances
in St Helen’s Yolande
Patterson Hall last
February. n
Guys and
Dolls
Described by The Guardian
critic as “nasty, brutish and
short”, the play is a razor-sharp
dissection of human behaviour
in the workplace into which
the audience, surrounding the
actors on four sides, become
uncomfortably complicit. n
News from the AFU
The School made its first music video
last term, directed by Robert O’Kelly
and Tanishq Sabharwal it featured the
Abingdon band The Doss.
In another first for the AFU,
John Cheung and Rattanan
Wonghirundacha are making the first
fiction video to be shot on location
at the School. Called Blindside, they
hope to finish it in time for the AFU
screenings, which this year will take
place in the Michaelmas term. n
A cast of four sixth-formers
from St Helen’s and Abingdon
staged a performance of
Bull, by Mike Bartlett
OA 1999, in St Helen’s
library last term.
Bull