'Lack of Talent' took place on Thursday 29 September. Ollie Geffen (Year 13) created and directed the show, along with many enthusiastic collaborators. The total ticket sales raised will go to Cancer Research UK. Review by Andres Sena (Year 13):
This year’s 'Lack of Talent' musical performances have been some of the best in recent memory. The Year 13 band of Louis Moira, Peter Adamson, Ben Gardner, Michael Gimson, Jacob Partington and Darius Moore started the show with a beautifully haunting rendition of ‘Comfortably Numb’ by Pink Floyd. The night moved on to a cover of Frank Ocean’s ‘Pink and White’ which was sung passionately by Abi Rutherford with help from Jack Wild, Jai Chopra and Tim Lam who impressed the audience by arranging strings into a modern song. Will Ellis then sent the crowd swooning with his heartfelt solo performance of ‘The Scientist’ by Coldplay. The next performance by Bella Hill, Qais Al Zubair and Ben Gardner was very well received and Qais’ drumming stood out particularly. A jolt of adrenaline hit the crowd with Ayo Oshin’s rap, which had everybody on their feet rapping along. Peter Adamson reminded us of his Jazz background with ‘Water Under Bridges’ by Gregory Porter, which showed the more traditional side of Charterhouse music. The first act was closed with Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ ‘Californication’ which Jacob Partington sang beautifully with help from Tristan Matthews and a returning Louis Moira. Darius Moore’s guitar solo left the crowd in awe.
To start off the second act, Dascha Nefedova flexed her lungs with a Jennifer Hudson-esque performance of ‘Love on the Brain’ by Rihanna, supported by Darius. Next up, a performance of Phil Collins’ ‘In the Air Tonight’ was performed by Peter Adamson and an undercover Tristan Matthews who blew everyone out of their socks with his drumming. A brave cover of Royal Blood’s rock song ‘Little Monster’ by Ben Munden, Ben Gardner and Qais showed the different genres capable by the night’s wonderful musicians. Dascha Nefedova made an anticipated return with Peter Adamson with Amy Winehouse’s ‘Valerie’ and edged her claim on one of the most powerful voices of the night. To cap off the night, the whole cast came together to send the audience off with Madcon’s ‘Beggin’ in which every cast member had their chance to shine. In all, it was a night of amazing music, spot-on impersonations and top-notch bottle-flipping.
A final line for the unsung heroes of the night; to the tireless backstage crew, led by Drama Technician Greg Russell, to the music organisers - Tristan Matthews, Peter Adamson and Darius Moore and finally to the writer of a cracking Brooke Hall script, Oliver Geffen.
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Photographs top to bottom: Ayo Oshin (W) performing his original rap
Pupils impersonate members of Brooke Hall