Festival fun around the UK!
LATEST FESTIVAL RESULTS!
Pupils from the Lamont Competition Team have been participating in festivals all over the UK over the past few weeks and have had great success.
Eight-year-old Kiki took part in the Tunbridge Wells Festival in Kent and won a 2nd and 4th in her verse and prose classes.
Siblings Esme (9) and Ethan (11) competed in the Coulsdon Festival in London and Esme won two 1sts for her verse selections and a 3rd for her solo acting. Ethan won 1st for his verse and two 2nds and a 3rd for his other classes.
At Lytham Festival in Lancashire, 6-year-old Zaynab won her verse class and 8-year-old Maryam won both her classes in verse and prose.
It was the first time Zaynab and Maryam had competed in a festival but they both held their nerve and gave confident performances.
Joseph (10) gained two 1sts for his verse classes and a 2nd for his solo acting.
Joseph at Lytham Festival
Emilia (11) won 1st in solo acting and a 2nd and 3rd for her verse classes.
A happy Emilia after her performances
Sixteen-year-old Olivia won a 1st for her verse and three 2nds for her other classes.
Fantastic results for Olivia
Well done to you all!
Onwards and upwards now for the Alderley Edge Festival in May and exams in July.
No time to put your feet up – well maybe for a few days over Easter holiday!!!
Perfect Reunion with Sara!
When one of Lamont Drama School’s most talented former pupils got back in touch….. the delight was fourfold!
Not only did Mrs. Lamont have the great enjoyment of meeting up with former pupil Sara – she got the news that Sara’s children would like to enrol as Lamont pupils.
Says Mrs. Lamont : “It was lovely to meet up for lunch with Sara for a catch-up. I taught Sara for many years when she lived on the Wirral. She remains one of my dearest pupils as she was so hard-working and extremely talented. Sara won many prizes at speech and drama competitions as well as gaining high distinctions for all of her LAMDA exams.
“Sara now lives in Manchester and has 3 lovely girls! I am so excited to be able to teach them and have already had my first lessons with Maryam and Zaynab via videolink. I am so looking forward to taking them on their festival/LAMDA journeys. Our meet up was a really perfect day and brought back so many wonderful memories!”
Triumph for Verse Speaking Kiki!
Lamont pupil seven-year-old Kiki was awarded 1st place for her verse speaking (7 years) at Maidstone Festival.
Kiki is a Lamont Drama remote learner so has all her lessons via skype from her home in Tunbridge Wells.
Well done Kiki!
Fabulous Fleetwood Festival!
Congratulations to all pupils who entered the Fleetwood Festival – both in person and online.
Lamont Drama pupils achieved a fantastic set of results :-
In Person Festival – 1st places were won by :
Iris Set verse
Martha Own choice poem and solo acting
Emilia Own choice poem/comic verse/solo act/duologue
Skylar Novice solo act/duologue
Serafina Set verse/solo act/sonnet
Freddie Memorised prose
Olivia Comic verse/memorised prose
Emilia Most promising Junior Verse
Olivia Junior Verse Championship Trophy
Matha Junior Solo Act
Serafina Senior verse Championship Trophy
Online Festival 1st places were won by :
Set verse 7 and under Kiki
Set verse 8 & 9 Esme
Set verse 10 & 11 Ethan
Set verse 12 & 13 Amelie
Set verse 14 &15 Serafina
Own choice verse 8 & 9 Esme
Own choice verse 12-16 Gabriel
Comic Verse 11 and under Poppy
Prose Read 7 and under Jaylun
Prose Read 8 & 8 Esme
Memorised Prose 10 &11 Ethan
Memorised Prose 12 & 13 Amelie
Solo Act 11 and under Poppy
Solo Act 13 & 15 Serafina
Sonnet 12-15 Gabriel
Rising Star Award Timmy
Exceptional Emma Does it Again!
Congratulations to former Lamont Drama pupil Emma Charnock who was recently awarded with an ‘Outstanding Lawyer of the Year’ award.
President of the Liverpool Law Society (pictured left) presented Emma (right) with her award at the recent Liverpool Law Society awards evening.
Says Mrs Lamont : “Emma was such a talented pupil and won many many awards at drama festivals and got exceptional results for her LAMDA exams. The word that always came to mind when she presented her finished pieces to me was ‘Outstanding’ – so I can only concur with the Liverpool Law Society!
“I have, of course had many pupils who went onto great success in the theatre, on television and on film, but it is always a delight to hear about pupils who go on to succeed in other walks of life. I like to think that a little bit of what they learnt with me – stays with them for those pressured moments of public speaking whether on stage, in the court room or in the doctor’s surgery! Hopefully ‘Lamont Life Skills’ go a long way.”
Congratulations Emma!
Awesome Autumn LAMDA Results
Another fabulous set of results with all pupils gaining the top mark of distinction! Lovely to see so many of my remote students across the country doing so well!
Introductory Stage 2 Jaylun, Sharuhi
Introductory Stage 3 Kiki (pictured below)
Entry Esme (Pictured below with Ethan – both from London)
Grade 1 Felicity, Vidusshi
Grade 2 Thanushka
Grade 3 Fin, Erin, Jack, Henry, Ethan (pictured with Esme – both from London)
Grade 4 Harriet
Grade 5 Olivia
Grade 7 April
Grade 8 Chayil
Well done to everyone!
Lois is back in BBC1’s The Responder
Twelve-year-old Lamont Drama pupil Lois Cringle is starring in the new series of the hit BBC1 drama The Responder.
Lois, who plays Lexie, was delighted to be invited back to film a second series as the daughter of Jodie Sweeney played by Faye McKeever (Time, A Confession, Trollied, Little Boy Blue). She featured as Lexie in the first series which nabbed six BAFTA nominations and racked up over 9.5 million viewers for its 2022 premiere, making it one of the year’s most successful dramas.
The Responder stars Martin Freeman (Sherlock) as troubled Liverpool police night officer Chris Carson, who found himself struggling to hold his life (and mental health) together after getting tangled up with the city’s criminal underworld. The first season saw him make several dark, unethical decisions.
Series 2 picks up six months after the events of the series’ first instalment, as Chris attempts to rebuild his life and relationships. But the combination of trying to be a better police officer, a better person, and a better father all while dealing with the trauma inherent in his chosen line of work as a night response officer…well, it’s a lot. Chris needs a day job. But is he prepared to risk everything to get one?
The five-part second series is written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher.
“Throwing myself back into the world of The Responder has been such a ride over this last year or so,” writer Tony Schumacher said in a statement. “Gathering the characters old and new around me has been a delight, and finally getting to see these people brought to life by so many incredible people fills me with genuine excitement. I just can’t wait for you to see them too!”
Lois was equally excited to return : “I love being back on set and it very exciting to recreate my character of Lexie.”
Filming is taking place in and around Liverpool. The first season of The Responder is currently available to stream on BritBox.
Well done, Lois!
Freddie Flying High!
Macbeth is coming to Liverpool and will star Lamont Drama Pupil 12-year-old Freddie Thomason.
Freddie will play Macduff’s son alongside Ralph Fiennes (Macbeth) and Indira Varma (Lady Macbeth). Macduff will be played by Ben Turner.
This brand-new production of one of Shakespeare’s most iconic plays is being staged like never before in custom built theatre spaces unique to this production in Liverpool, Edinburgh, London and Washington DC. The Liverpool production will run from November 18th until December 20th at The Depot in Liverpool L7.
Directed by Simon Godwin with set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth sees a couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power with blood on their hands. It tells the gripping tale of greed, murder, deception and superstition.
Freddie’s performance dates are :
Nov 24 at 7.30 pm
Nov 28at 7.30 pm (press night)
Dec 2 at 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm
Dec 5 at 7.30 pm
Dec 7 at 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm
Dec 11 at 7.30 pm
Dec 12 at 7.30 pm
Dec 15 at 7.30 pm
Dec 19 at 7.30
‘Break a leg’ Freddie – we are all very proud of you and also wishing you a successful time at the Fleetwood Drama Festival in November.
Happy 1st LAMDA Exam Day!
Its always a pleasure to see pupils not only gaining from their LAMDA experiences – but enjoying them too.
How happy lovely 7-year-old Kiki looks after her first-ever LAMDA exam. Kiki, who lives in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, has all her Lamont lessons via Skype and is a joy to teach.
Mum Oluwaseun, said:” Kiki had the exam and enjoyed the whole process. She also saw younger children there and it inspired her. She said the examiner was very nice!”
As it should be!
FABULOUS RESULTS!
Hardworking pupils achieved a fabulous set of results sitting their LAMDA exams at the Lamont Centre on Merseyside.
The Summer 2023 session results were as follows (D) Distinction (M) Merit :-
Speaking of Verse and Prose
Grade 2
Hallela (D), Jack (D), Henry (D), Kye (M)
Grade 3
Luxsai (D), Gadowl (D), Beracha (D), Harriet (D)
Grade 4
Taron (D), Joseph (D), Clara (D)
Grade 5
Freddie (D)
Grade 6
Sujaani (D), Martha (D)
Grade 7
Serafina (D), Kisaan (D), Jesikka (D)
Grade 8
Gabriel (D)
Beracha (7) from the Wirral scored the highest mark in this exam session with a fantastic 98 marks!
This was her first exam and Beracha has all her lessons via Skype. Well done Beracha!!!
