Drama Theatre Trip – The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The GCSE and BTEC cohorts went to see Ocean at the end of the lane at the Dury Lane Theatre.

From the imagination of Neil Gaiman, best-selling author this spectacular and thrilling theatrical event is a tour de force of magic and storytelling. Adapted by Joel Horwood and directed by Katy Rudd, The Ocean at the End of the Lane takes audiences on an epic journey to a childhood once forgotten.

Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. He’s transported to his 12th birthday when his friend Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but an ocean…Plunged into a magical world, their survival depends on their ability to reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything around them.

’My favourite moment was when the boy was being confronted by the flea, Ursula. The change in tempo of his voice showed that he was feeling fear and was being threatened by the presence of the flea, as his voice increased in pace and he kept stuttering and he had a very breathless voice almost as if the fear was suffocating him’ Haidy Yr11