Pupil Profiles

Prudie (Year 11)

Prudie is one of our sport and music scholars and is keenly involved in many different areas of co-curricular life at Emanuel. This year, she has represented the school in the hockey and netball teams, and performed in the school musical,

She is also a member of the symphony orchestra and the senior strings. Outside of school, she plays football for AFC Wimbledon and is a member of the England Independent Schools Football team.

Drama is at the heart of Emanuel’s vibrant co-curriculum.

With seven productions a year covering all year groups, including a whole school musical and two companies that perform at the Edinburgh Fringe, Emanuel pupils have an extraordinary range of opportunities available to them. In total, this year, over 300 pupils have been involved in school productions.

There are 10 different clubs a week covering tech and costume as well as performance skills. Every week, we welcome pupils from local primaries who take part in five-week mask workshops led by our Lower Sixth pupils.

A number of pupils, past and present, act in commercial projects on stage and in film, including Vanity Fair, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Apple Tree House, Informer, Paw Patrol, Rosie Plays Julie, Matilda and many more productions.

The Drama department is housed in the Fiennes Theatre; a fully equipped, purpose-built performance space with an audience capacity of 120. We also have our own film studio and a larger performance space, the Hampden Hall, which has a capacity of 400 and is used for major productions.

We are extremely proud of our co-curricular provision in Drama. Each student has a wide range of opportunities to explore theatre in different forms and styles, led by our experienced and passionate staff. We aim to instill a love of theatre, both on and off stage, powered by challenge and collaboration.