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Earlier this month, our S5/S6 pupils visited the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh to see The Glass Menagerie, a classic Tennessee Williams drama known for its emotional depth and powerful storytelling. The trip offered our students a valuable opportunity to experience live theatre and see the text brought to life on stage, enriching their understanding.

Below, some of our pupils share their personal reflections on the production.

Effie's review ...

This performance was a great take on this phenomenal play. The play explores the life of Amanda Wingfield (Sarah Stewart), her son Tom (Christopher Jordan-Marshall) and Laura Wingfield (Amy Conachan) her daughter. We see Amanda the overbearing mother who criticises Tom at any chance she gets, Tom a young man who had dreams of being a writer and getting away from home life and Laura a young girl with crippling anxiety and a physical disability that she is yet to embrace. 

Amanda (Sarah Stewart) was a very lively and expressive character who seems like she doesnt stop ever she is always moving or doing something. Amanda is trapped in her past. Stewart took this character in a way that I don’t think has been seen before. It made me as an audience member feel sympathy for Amanda that I don’t think I would have felt if she was portrayed as the shrill and vexatious mother figure.

Aidan's review ...

Laura caught me by surprise as she was in a wheelchair and it looked like it was more difficult to do the scenes. Laura was a little bit energetic , but in the script she is shy and doesn’t talk as much. I liked the actor of Tom , he had a passion for the play and did it perfectly.  I also liked how the actor Jim was in each scene playing an instrument and sometimes singing even though he isn’t a main part of each scene. I liked the set, I liked how the lights were placed and pointed at the main things in each scene. I liked how whenever they were talking about their father the picture in the back would glow.