Development of Drama at LISTThe Secondary department started in 2006 and by 2009 a Drama studio was created with black curtains all round, stage lights and moveable performance blocks. Since 2009, students have been able to take a two-year course in Drama, following the Cambridge IGCSE course. Productions In 2008, Lanna Secondary School staged its first major production: “The Good Woman of Setzuan” by the famous German twentieth century playwright Bertolt Brecht. Students in Years 12 & 13 were involved as actors. This comic satire set in China in the early 1900s was a great success and a positive beginning to theatrical performances by the school. In February 2010, the Secondary school tackled its first musical: "Mamma Mia" featuring the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA. Altogether 120 students (c. 40% of the student population) were involved. We pulled off this ambitious production and it proved a popular choice: tickets were sold out a week before the two performances and the audiences really enjoyed the show. We could probably have filled a bigger theatre! In December, 2010, Secondary students performed a new one-act play called “The Pilgrimage” by Paul Goetzee, which was a clever, unusual ,witty satire on the futility of ancestral, tribal hatred and warfare. It was set “somewhere in the Balkans” with a clear reference to the wars of the 1990s there. The actors both in individual roles and in a group chorus managed well to convey the play's serious message, while at the same time maximising the verbal and physical humour. As far as we know, ours was the first production of this play in Thailand, and perhaps in South-East Asia! In February 2011, the Primary section staged its first ever full production with The Fantastic Mr Fox” by Roald Dahl. This involved students aged 7-11 and proved to be a great success, full of the energy, fun and inventiveness associated with that writer. None of the cast had any previous experience of theatrical performance in a proper theatre, but this was not at all apparent! The teaching of Drama and the staging of theatrical productions for all age groups has now become a major feature in the curricular and extra-curricular activities at LIST.
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My 12 year old daughter has been going to Lanna International School since she was 3. She enjoys going to school each day, is getting a first class education and loves the family environment of the school. I like the small class sizes and the robust British-based curriculum. However, I think Lanna’s greatest asset is its dedicated, caring, teachers. I believe that Lanna is now the best international school in Chiang Mai; in many different ways. |
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Lanna has a very balanced energy. The focus here is not only on academics; it has a more holistic outlook. Teachers see the individual in each student and help them develop in their own ways. At the same time Lanna is like a family and the students know each other across the grades. The teachers and staff are caring, open-minded and approachable for both students and parents, and they go out of their way to accommodate our needs. We feel our daughter is in very good hands. |
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Lanna has been my only school since I was 2 years old and frankly I would not have wanted to go to any other school. This really is a special school and all its students should be thankful to be here. |
| Daniel (Class of 2011 Graduate) | |
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LIST is is so much more than a school it is a home and everyone here makes it so! |
| Node (Class of 2011 Valedictorian) | |
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LIST helped me to overcome my difficulties and never gave up on me. It has a great atmosphere and I would highly recommend this school to anyone. |
| LinKyi (Class of 2010 Graduate) | |
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It was a very small school when I first joined it 13 years ago – I have seen it grow in so many ways but still maintaining its caring and supportive teachers who helped me get to where I am today. |
| Ken (Class of 2010 Valedictorian) | |
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It is a school which really looks after all of its students. |
| John (Class of 2009 Graduate) | |
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Lanna taught me how to learn, how to self-study, to develop presentation skills, to be more confident in expressing my opinions and thoughts, to always search for meaning in every academic subject and even social activity; to find a place for myself in this complex world and something I could do to make my life meaningful. |
| Ann (Class of 2009 Valedictorian) | |
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It is the best school in Chiang Mai – the staff are so supportive and back me up in all I do. |
| Malie (Class of 2008 Graduate) | |
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Some schools have great infrastructure but there is no atmosphere; LIST has a great atmosphere in which all students are treated as individuals and encouraged to express themselves and develop their individual talents. |
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