Arts Week 2025

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Welcome to Arts Week!

We are thrilled to share with you details of Dauntsey’s vibrant celebration of the arts - a week dedicated to the creativity, passion, and talent of our pupils. Arts Week is a special time at the end of our school year, where Music, Dance, and Drama take centre stage, and we shine a spotlight on the incredible work happening in our classrooms and beyond.

Throughout the week, you’ll experience a range of performances and showcases that reflect the energy, imagination, and hard work our pupils and staff have poured into their craft. From stirring musical pieces and dynamic dance performances to powerful theatrical moments, every event has been created to inspire, entertain, and bring our community together.

The arts play a vital role in education - encouraging self-expression, collaboration, and confidence. They challenge us to think deeply, feel openly, and see the world through different perspectives. This week is not just a celebration of talent, but of growth, courage, and creativity.

We look forward to you joining us. Whether you come along as a performer, a parent, a teacher, or a friend, your presence and support mean the world. Let’s make this Arts Week unforgettable!

Booking tickets Most of the shows are free to attend and no ticket is required, just turn up on the day and enjoy.

The exception is Dracula where there is a nominal fee of £1 and seats can be reserved via Trybooking (see page for details) A point to note, Annabel’s and V2 have limited capacity so turn up in good time to get a seat.

EVENTS IN BRIEF Monday 30 June

Wednesday 2 July

16:20 - 17:20

Soundmasters Showcase

Old Hall

16:20 - 17:20

Tea Time Chamber Recital

Old Hall

17:30 - 18:30

Young and Free

V2

16:20 - 17:35

Dracula

Memorial Hall

18:00 - 19:00

Dance Showcase

Memorial Hall

18:15 - 19:30

Antigone

Annabel’s

19:30 - 20:30

Leavers’ Recital

Old Hall

19:30 - 21:00

Musical Theatre Night

Pavilion

19:30 - 20:45

Antigone

Annabel’s 16:20 - 17:20

Young and Free

V2

Thursday 3 July Tuesday 1 July 16:20 - 17:20

Young and Free

V2

17:30 - 18:45

Dracula

Memorial Hall

17:30 - 18:45

Antigone

Annabel’s

19:30 - 21:00

Live@Festival

Pavilion

18:00 - 19:00

Ensembles Concert

Pavilion

19:30 - 20:45

Dracula

Memorial Hall

Thank yous Firstly our thanks must go to the incredible performing arts staff: Emily Tonkiss, Rob Madeley, Matthew Herring, Lewis Dredge, Ali Jury, Kerry Vaughan, Chris Pickett, Lewis Evans and countless others who have supported the direction of this week.

The pupils too have given up huge amounts of their free time in a busy term to make wonderful experiences for all.

Thanks must also go to the Catering team for keeping us all going right in the last week of term. To Senior Leaders for their3 support in making this week happen, in particular to Andy Collins. Thanks to Becky and Nicky for their help in producing this brochure and marketing the shows.

Sound Masters Join us for an inspiring evening of creativity at our Sound Masters Showcase! Experience the incredible talent of our pupils as they present original compositions and innovative arrangements created using cutting-edge music technology. Come along, support our young sound innovators, and enjoy a vibrant celebration of musical imagination!

FREE EVENT

MONDAY 30 JUNE 16:20 - 17:20 OLD HALL

Young & Free Written and directed by Cory White, ‘Young & Free’ is a devised performance inspired by the creative style of Mike Leigh in a unique collaboration.

Exploring who you are and what you want to do in life can only take up so much of your time, otherwise you never really live. When forced into socially accepted conventions do you follow or break the mould?

In ‘Young & Free’, we see this question arise through the guise of two sisters, and as ideas of freedom collide and conflicts erupt, will she conform to her sister’s traditional expectations or will she allow herself to be truly young and free?

MON 30 JUNE 17:30 - 18:30 TUE 1 JULY 16:20 - 17:20 THU 3 JULY 16:20 - 17:20

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V2

FREE EVENT

Featuring performances from First and Second Form curriculum Dance lessons, GCSE and A Level exam work, as well as all Dance clubs including Third Form Dance, Street Dance, Contemporary, Lower School Dance Company and GNI!

MEMORIAL HALL

Dance Showcase

MONDAY 30 JUNE 18:00 - 19:00 FREE EVENT

Leavers’ Recital

Ensembles Concert

Chamber Concert

Join us for a special evening as we celebrate the musical journeys of our school leavers. Featuring solo and small ensemble performances, this recital is a tribute to their talent, dedication, and the lasting mark they’ve made on our musical community. We will miss them greatly and wish them every success in the future.

Experience the energy and talent of our school’s music ensembles, from the bold sounds of Big Band to the sweeping harmonies of Orchestra and Concert Band.

Enjoy a dynamic evening of performances spanning a range of styles, as we celebrate musical expression in all its forms.

Relax and enjoy an afternoon of diverse chamber music performed by our talented pupils, featuring a mix of classical, contemporary, and popular pieces.

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Served with tea and cake, the perfect way to unwind and celebrate the creativity of the Arts.

MONDAY 30 JUNE 19:30 - 20:30

TUESDAY 1 JULY 18:00 - 19:00

WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 16:20 - 17:20

OLD HALL

PAVILION

OLD HALL

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With themes such as individualism, hubris and moral duty, this classic tale, last of the Theban trilogy, asks questions of us all and is as relevant today as it was when it was written in 441BC. The artistic vision for the piece sets the play in the final days of the Soviet Union, just before the fall of communism. After an internal conflict King Creon issues an official decree against his opponents. His niece, Antigone, outraged that his decree offends both divine and moral law, takes matters into her own hands with tragic consequences for all “ancient Greece”.

FREE EVENT

ANNABEL’S

Dauntsey’s Drama Scholars present Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy, Antigone.

Antigone

MON 30 JUNE 19:30 - 20:45 TUE 1 JULY 17:30 - 18:45 WED 2 JULY 18:15 - 19:30

Dance show

In the shadowy heart of Transylvania, a young English solicitor named Jonathan Harker arrives at a crumbling, ancient castle. He’s there on business, but what he finds is something far more sinister. His host, Count Dracula, is no ordinary nobleman. He’s a creature of the night, a vampire, eternal, cunning, and hungry.

MEMORIAL HALL

Soon, Dracula sets his sights on England, bringing with him a reign of terror cloaked in charm. One by one, lives begin to unravel. Lucy Westenra, vibrant and innocent, is the first to fall under his spell. Her mysterious illness baffles doctors until one woman, Professor Van Helsing, reveals the unthinkable truth.

As Lucy succumbs and rises again as a vampire, her friends must make a terrible choice: destroy the one they loved to stop the darkness from spreading. But Dracula is not done. He turns his gaze to Mina, Jonathan’s beloved fiancée, drawing her into his web. He appears as a mysterious, seductive prince. Despite being engaged, Mina feels drawn to him, sensing a deep, inexplicable bond. Their relationship unfolds with emotional intensity and Mina is torn between loyalty to Jonathan and an overwhelming attraction to Dracula.

TUE 1 JULY 19:30 - 20:45 WED 2 JULY 16:20 - 17:35 THU 3 JULY 17:30 - 18:45

In a final desperate chase, the group tracks Dracula back to his homeland, determined to end the evil once and for all. But time is running out. Will they save Mina… or will Dracula’s curse live on?

TICKETS £19

Musical Theatre Night

Live@ Festival

An evening of songs from the shows, what could be better!

Organised and performed by the pupils, this night of live music is always a highlight of the school calendar.

FREE EVENT

Expect an eclectic mix of genres and instruments, performed by pupils from First through to Sixth Form.

FREE EVENT

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

3 JULY 19:30 - 21:00

3 JULY 19:30 - 21:00

PAVILION

PAVILION

MON 30 JUNE 17:00 - 20:00

OPENING NIGHT Drinks, canapés and live music

WED 2 JULY 16:00 - 17:30 THUR 3 JULY 16:00 - 17:30 SAT 4 JULY 10:30 - 13:00

ART SCHOOL

TUE 1 JULY 16:00 - 17:30

The Gallery at Dauntsey’s

Art and Photography Exhibition The Gallery at Dauntsey’s will be staging a collaborative exhibition of work by GCSE and A Level students.

The Exhibition celebrates a diverse breadth of creative talent from both Art and Photography pupils.

All are welcome to the Opening Night Preview on Monday 30 June 17:00 - 20:00, where there will be drinks, canapés and live music performed by Dauntsey’s pupils.

Please bring friends and family.

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Dauntsey’s School West Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4HE T. 01380 814500 info@dauntseys.org www.dauntseys.org