Blue Spark Foundation

BlueSpark provided funding to help students from King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon write, produce, promote and and perform their own production at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In creating and performing their own play, the students learnt about planning and performing in a professional context; project dependencies, contingencies and risks; marketing and communication; delivering a play in an unfamiliar environment; and about personal responsibility and resilience. Louisa Nightingale, the school’s Head of Drama and Performance, told BlueSpark that the whole experience has inspired the students to continue writing their own plays.