Drama

Drama is about creating an inclusive community and developing a love of the Arts, and that is what we look to inspire within students at Habs with our Drama provision. Working collaboratively, inside and outside the classroom, we encourage students to develop their skills, confidence and experience. All elements of theatre are explored and pupils have the opportunity to take leading roles backstage as stage managers, lighting and sound technicians, costume and make-up artists or prop makers.

As part of our provision, we have hosted several professional make-up and theatre design workshops to support our curriculum and organised workshops for examination students with leading theatre companies and practitioners. We offer the Arts Award qualification throughout the Senior School and, in Lower 5, students go to the theatre as part of the qualification.

School productions feature heavily in our co-curricular programme and students perform in a range of plays and musicals. Recent productions include Wendy and Peter Pan, The Glove Thief and Emilia. There are popular lunchtime clubs run by the Lower 6 and small-scale workshop performances take place each term. Each academic year, we also participate in the Shakespeare Coram Schools Festival and enter local festivals.