West Kirby Grammar students’ “Wilde” nights out raise £800 for Hillsborough play fund

Dec 21 2011 by Lorna Hughes, Heswall News

WEST Kirby Grammar School students had a Wilde night out to boost their Hillsborough play fund.

The group of sixth formers performed a selection of Oscar Wilde classics at the Wro Lounge in front of theatre lovers, parents, friends and school staff.

More than £800 was raised over two nights – bringing the school’s theatre fund total to £6,000.

The students are trying to raise £15,000 to stage a theatre performance based on the Hillsborough football disaster at next summer’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The school’s head of drama Jo Halliday said: “The cast were fantastic and the audience really enjoyed the interpretations of Wilde’s work.

“To stage the Hillsborough play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival we have to raise £15,000 to cover the costs of the venue hire, use of sound and lighting, equipment, publicity and marketing, travel and accommodatione.

A short film of the students’ performances can be viewed at http://youtu.be/K-34gbGAGuw