Students in grand opening ‘spectacle’

Over 100 students are taking part in a special visual extravaganza to celebrate the re-opening of the School’s Great Hall.
The production, Intimate Letters, is a fusion of acting, dance, sculpture, photography and video, with live music to be played by a professional quartet. 
Running from Feb 8 – 11, the work is inspired by Tolstoy’s famous novel Anna Karenina, and the school’s art, music and theatre departments have joined forces to create a dazzling spectacle.
Special images were shot at nearby Saunton Sands in Devon by Artist in Residence, photographer Lauren Sexton. The Karenin Quartet will be performing Janáček's Kreutzer Sonata and Intimate Letters, the music woven into the performance.

The performance is not a faithful recounting of all the novel’s twists and turns but a circus of characters and fleeting visions - of the great Russian railway, snowy Moscow streets, summers in French watering places.

Tickets are available from Wellington School on 01823 668850.