Updated: 13/11/2017
Sixteen students completing the BA Honours Degree in Performance and Musical Theatre will take part in a performance of Nicholas Nickleby by David Edgar, which is based on the Charles Dickens novel.
The play tells the story of a young man called Nicholas Nickleby who takes a job as a teacher at the infamous Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire to support his mother and sister following his father's death.
The school is run by the sadistic Wackford Squeers and Nicholas is plunged into a series of events that change the course of his life and that of his family. Students have composed original music for the show.
Jo Beadle, Performing Arts Lecturer, The Sheffield College, said: “This is an exciting promenade-style theatre production, located in an authentic historical setting, that will involve the audience as part of the play in several parts of the museum.”
She added: “The play promises to be a very interesting experience for both the audience and our students, and is part of their degree coursework to enable them to develop the professional skills they will need to get ahead in the industry. Students will stage two performances each day at Kelham and then have the further challenge of performing the play at Hillsborough campus with entirely different staging.”
The play will be performed on:
Tickets cost £5 with £3 for concessions. For more information, email info@sheffcol.ac.uk call 0114 2602600.
The College offers foundation and honours degrees and ranked higher than the national average in the latest National Student Survey 2017 results rating student satisfaction with higher education courses at 86%.
Other creative industries specialisms offered at The Sheffield College’s Hillsborough campus, on Livesey Street, include art and design, graphic design, games development, media, music, journalism, dance and photography.
To find out more about full-time courses, including university level qualifications in performing arts starting in September 2018, click here or call 0114 2602600.
