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Recent developments

    • Christmas Production 2010

    • 10/01/2010
    • Dauntsey's delivers another first with this year's Christmas production being confirmed as "Spamalot". For more information on the show visit www.montypythonspamalot.com

    • Snow Update

    • 08/01/2010
    • Due to the school having to close for a couple of days the Upper 6th devised drama performances may have to be put a week. Check the web site for updates.

    • Cast Lists

    • 10/12/2009
    • The cast lists for January - July 2010 productions have been posted on the blog pages.

    • Change of exam boards

    • 01/09/2009
    • We have decided to move over to the AQA exam boards for all of our Drama and Theatre Study courses. Details of the new syllabus will be on-line in due course.

    • STOP PRESS

    • 15/06/2009
    • It has just been confirmed that Dauntsey's School has been given permission to stage "CHICAGO - The Musical" in December. Just in time for the auditions that commence this lunchtime!

    • Audtitions

    • 07/06/2009
    • We are about to audition for several productions later on in the year. More information can be found at www.dramaatdauntseys.net/auditions

    • Fundraising & Summer Term

    • 22/04/2009
    • We raised over £1000 for the Great Ormond Street Hospital from the collection made each night at the end of the Peter Pan performances. Thank you to everyone who donated. The summer term is about to commence and with that comes the exam season. Information for all productions and on-line booking will be available next week.

    • Peter Pan

    • 23/03/2009
    • Peter Pan has now sold out all three nights.

    • Peter Pan

    • 12/03/2009
    • The Lower School production of "Peter Pan" is drawing near and Thursday night has now sold out. Book your tickets now to avoid disappointment.


    • Welcome to 2009

    • 10/01/2009
    • Happy New Year!
      We are back and ready to face the onslaught of the Winter weather with three short devised productions from the Upper 6th. Tickets for "182 Secrets", "Jigsaw" and "Moravia" are now online.

    • "Evita" waiting list

    • 09/10/2008
    • Tickets are now so limited for "Evita" that a waiting list has been started. Email Rikki Jackson, the Director of Drama, if you want to be added to the list. The email address can be found on the 'Contact' page.

    • "An Interview" postponed

    • 07/10/2008
    • Due to illness the production of "An Interview" which was to be part of the "Death Defying Acts" trio of plays has been postponed. Details of the new performance dates will be announced in due course. The remaining plays "Hotline" and "Central Park West" will be performed as advertised.

    • Evita ticket sales

    • 26/09/2008
    • Since our latest brochure started hitting doormats this week, over a quarter of tickets for Evita have been booked. The last two days has seen a huge response so if you would like to book seats for this show please do so very soon.

    • Update

    • 21/09/2008
    • Tickets for all this season shows are now online and can be booked by clicking through the links on the "What's On" page.

    • A Movie Star amongst us...

    • 21/09/2008
    • We are all very excited at the moment as Jordan (our gap student) is in a film! Filmed last year in his native New Zealand, the trailer for "The Map Reader" is now available on YouTube which can be viewed by clicking this link:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LxAeU_busI

    • Past Student

    • 21/09/2008
    • Congratulations to former Dauntsey's student Dan Ings who has been earning great reviews in the National Press for his role in the National Youth Theatre's prodution of "Tory Boyz" at the Soho Theatre in London's West End. Dan, whose performance as Salieri in Amadeus was certainly one of the best performances given here at school in recent years, is about to start at Bristol Old Vic Drama School and we wish him well.

    • Audtitions

    • 09/09/2008
    • Auditions for the studio plays this term are underway and rehearsals for Evita have begun. A new member of staff, Miss Naomi Wilson joins the department who replaces Mr David Kenworthy who left at the end of last term.

    • Update

    • 01/08/2008
    • Work on an updated drama web site is in progress and should be launched at the end of the month.

    • James and the Giant Peach

    • 04/06/2008
    • Tickets for James and the Giant Peach are now on-line.

    • Update

    • 29/04/2008
    • Work on all the exam productions are well under way with the Lower 6th getting ready to perform their plays next week.

    • And the winners are...

    • 20/03/2008

    • Today the "George's", awards for dramatic endeavor, were handed out during the last assembly of the Spring term. These awards which are named in honour of an Old Dauntsian and much-loved benefactor of the school are presented to those who have excelled in the extra curricular drama productions during the last year. The 2008 winners are: Steve G (Best Actor - "The Chairs"), Millie F-L (Best Actress - "Witches of Eastwick), Jonnie B (Best Supporting Actor - "Tristan and Yseult", Bella L (Best Supporting Actress - "Witches of Eastwick") and Tom H (Special Endeavour - Musical Direction "Tristan and Yseult").

    • Update

    • 09/01/2008
    • Spring term starts today. The blog pages and What's On pages have been updated with all this term's shows now open for booking.

    • Merry Christmas

    • 14/12/2007
    • The Autumn term has now finished. Well done to everyone involved with "The Witches of Eastwick", it has been probably one of Dauntsey's biggest productions to date and only happened with the dedication and hard work put in by all the cast, crew and artistic team. It contained the most 'fire' effects of any of our school productions (all safely carried out and fully risk assessed of course). Everyone in the large cast put their all into it every night and helped to make it the success it was. Cast photographs are now available to buy on CD from the Drama office (priced at £15 each) and a selection will soon make it on to the archive pages. It has been a very busy and productive term for the Drama department and are looking forward to our Christmas break!

    • Witches of Eastwick

    • 07/12/2007
    • The first production photographs of "The Witches of Eastwick" have now gone on line in the Blogs section.

    • Witches of Eastwick

    • 03/12/2007
    • All tickets for "The Witches of Eastwick" have now sold out.

    • Witches of Eastwick

    • 21/11/2007
    • Thursday night tickets for "The Witches of Eastwick" have now sold out.

    • Witches of Eastwick

    • 18/11/2007
    • Photographs taken at the rehearsals of "The Witches of Eastwick" have just been added to the blog pages. Do please take the time to read them as they do show an insight to the production process (good and bad)!

    • Alice

    • 16/11/2007
    • Well done to everyone who was in the production of "Alice" which was performed in Annabel's studio this week. A big thank you must go to Mel, the director and our gap-year student, who did superb work with the cast and made excellent use of the space in the Studio. The fact that the last night was packed out and had people turned away shows how well supported we are - and illustrates the need for people to book their tickets in advance!

    • Update

    • 29/10/2007
    • Rehearsals continue for Alice and The Witches of Eastwick keeping the drama and music departments busy. Auditions will soon open for students hoping to take part in next term's productions.

    • Witches of Eastwick

    • 21/10/2007
    • Tickets for the Friday and Saturday night performances of The Witches of Eastwick have now sold out!

    • Cranes!

    • 20/09/2007
    • Excitement today as a huge crane unloaded the sections of prefabricated units off of three low loaders which will make up our new drama space - Venue 2. Pictures to be added soon.

    • Another first for Dauntsey's

    • 08/09/2007
    • CONFIRMED: We are pleased to announce that next year's Christmas musical, yes that's right we are already planning for Christmas 2008, will be the musical EVITA. Dauntsey's School has been given the rights to perform a new edition which will be tried out before being made publicly available. Another first for Dauntsey's!

    • Term begins

    • 07/09/2007
    • It is the first day of term and rehearsals for all three productions are now underway!

    • Theatre brochure

    • 28/07/2007
    • A new drama programme brochure is to be launched in time for the 07-08 academic year theatre season. This programme which will be available from the drama office will list all the up and coming productions at Dauntsey's School.

    • New space

    • 01/01/2007
    • It has been confirmed that the drama department is to get an additional porta cabin to help ease congestion prior to the building of the new Performing Arts centre. The porta cabin will have a higher then usual ceiling height thus making it possible to stage performances. Drama which has seen a significant increase in student numbers over the years will see the number of classes taught swell to a new high in September.