TPS have fabulous success stories to share from the Drama section of the Taunton Festival of the Arts already, even though it has only just begun! 

TPS have achieved some excellent results, competing regionally in some very competitive rounds. For the two days of the Drama competition, Taunton School achieved 17x 1st place awards and 17x 2nd place awards and 3x 3rd places! A great result for the hard work that the students put into their performances.  

At the time of going to press, these are the awards we already know about:

Jack and Greg 1st Prepared Improv

Bella W 2nd Solo Acting
Emma J 1st Spoken Word
Charlotte BR 1st Own Poem
Ollie and Emma J 2nd Duo Acting
Sam Martin 1st Solo Mime
Emma J 1st TV News, Charlotte BR 2nd TV News
Bella W 1st Solo Improv
Sam M 1st, Kayra J 2nd, Maddie A 3rd Sight Reading
Charlotte BR 2nd Unprep Improv
Esme 1st, Charlotte BR and Charlie RD joint 2nd
Bella 2nd Solo Performance Sight Reading
Esme, Kayra, Maddie 1st (Cup awarded)
Adam T 2nd Poetry
Diya and Mia 1st Duo Acting (Cup awarded)
Adam, Harrison and Charlie, 1st Spoken Word

Sarai 2nd in Solo Poetry

Tilly M 1st Spoken Word

Glenda W 2nd Solo Poetry

Ella H 2nd and Tilly M 1st in Solo Sight Reading

Glenda and Anna Sophia 2nd in Duo Acting

Ella K 2nd Prepared Reading

Grace G 1st Reading of Religious Texts

Ella H 1st Solo Performance Own Poetry

Kelsie and Tilly joint 2nd Solo Performance Own Poetry

Georgie and Anna Sophia joint 3rd Solo Performance Own Poetry

Coco and Mya 1st Duo Performance Poetry

Grace, Willow and Ella 1st Group Spoken Word

Mya and Coco 2nd Group Spoken Word

Well done to all who took part!