Performing Arts Overview
Extra-curricular Performing Arts at The Leys is popular and wide-ranging. Activities include dance (ballet, contemporary and tap); drama (Drama Club for Year 9/10, as well as many school productions open to all); and Theatre Crew, who work backstage to support all the productions and events in the school's on-site theatre.
Performing Arts facilities are excellent at The Leys, including a theatre, dance studio, drama studio and brand-new music school. The Leys Theatre, although about to undergo significant changes through an ambitious development programme, is an excellent resource for the school, with professional lighting, sound and staging facilities, managed by our in-house technical staff.
Theatre Productions
Each year at The Leys sees a diverse and exciting range of drama performed by the school, ranging from contemporary and hard-hitting works, to the more traditional classic plays, to large-scale West End musicals.
In the Autumn term, there are usually two senior-school productions, one of which is often a musical; the other often a smaller, more experimental piece of drama. The Lent term brings the A-level examined performances in the Drama Studio and a lower-school production in the Theatre. The Summer term is packed with another lower-school production, or sometimes a 'double-bill' featuring both Year 9 and 10, as well as the Moulton House production (Year 7/8) and the Summer Cabaret which ends the year with a music and drama revue held in the Speech Day marquee. The theatre is also heavily used throughout the year for many events such as talent competitions, concerts, discos, parents' receptions, Sixth Form Festival, International Week, and visiting professional shows.
Auditions for school productions are open to all the respective students, not just the academic drama students. Productions are an ideal opportunity to develop confidence, communication and team-working skills, alongside creative and performing skills. Productions are directed by our own staff or visiting professional directors, and supported by the student backstage crew alongside our own theatre staff.
Forthcoming productions are announced in the News section of this website. Ticket enquiries should be directed to the Box Office
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