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Hairspray receives standing ovation!
At the end of term, the school put on an amazing production of 'Hairspray'. More than 900 people watched the production which received a standing ovation on the opening night! Daniella Richardson who played Tracy Turnblad was a strong leading lady and Thomas Curran was a very impressive Edna Turnblad.
Salesian College is one of the first schools in the country to be allowed to put on the production ‘Hairspray’. The school had to go through a rigorous application procedure, having to meet a number of strict criteria to host the production.
Hairspray, which has just finished in the West End and is now on a UK tour is set in Baltimore, USA in 1962. The show follows a plus-sized teenager Tracy Turnblad as she has a dream of making Baltimore integrated in a time when Black and White people were segregated.
Mr Ian Berryman, Director of the school production and Head of Drama and Theatre Studies said “We are very fortunate to be one of the first schools in the country to put on a production of Hairspray. The students worked extremely hard on a very ambitious project.”
