Mr Yates being shown how we use shadow work in drama during the open morning today. St Swithun's Drama

Throwback to last weeks Arts Festival, an inspirational day of creativity. From workshops to activities, our students unleashed their artistic talents during a full day of fun. #StSwithunsArtsFestival

St Swithun's Drama are very exciting to have a freshly painted and carpeted studio! It’s very smart and the black walls make it an ideal theatre space for exam work and productions!

WARNING - gruesome but awesome photos of stage makeup effects with Kate Griffiths in the drama department this week! Such a fun workshop for the drama staff and lots of the students - thanks Kate!

All set up for the U6 A Level theatre studies practical exam today, in the style of Katie Mitchell. Good luck to the students and their technical team! Thank you as always St Swithun's PAC for your awesome support.

St Swithun's Drama are delighted to be hosting this conference in June! #nisda24

A new venture for St Swithun’s - ‘Kronos’ by PACE (Performance Art Creative Ensemble), an experimental piece, is being performed in a few weeks time. Rehearsals are fun, energetic and very hard work!

Congratulations to PACE (Performance Art Creative Ensemble) for their innovative first production 'Kronos'. Using movement, live sound, projection and lighting the performance wowed the audiences. We can't wait to see more! With thanks to St Swithun's PAC

Have you booked your place for #NISDA24? Superb CPD on offer and fantastic networking opportunities. This really is the best drama teacher conference. Book you place on this link cognitoforms.com/StSwithunsScho…. #dramateacher #CPD #arts

Treat yourself to some amazing CPD. So many wonderful theatre practitioners to inspire and enhance your tool kit to take back into the classroom. Wonderful workshops, fabulous entertainment, a great way to network and make new friends. It’s a no brainer!

Congratulations to the U6 A Level Drama group for their last practical exam! It was fabulous and an inspiration to next year’s A Level students. Thanks as always St Swithun's PAC

Congratulations to our U5 students who performed some wonderful and powerful component 2 pieces to a visiting examiner a couple of weeks ago. We are always so proud of the work created!

And some more…

Set building in progress for the summer production of Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents’!

Wishing our GCSE Drama students good luck in their component 3 written exam today! You have got this!

The cast enjoying and getting to grips with the new set for ‘Marvellous Maurice and his Educated Rodents’

Congratulations to one of our drama scholars, Thea Porter (U5) who has successfully gained a place at the National Youth Theatre. She begins an intensive 2 week course over the summer holidays, which then allows her to audition for their major productions. We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to the company of Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents’ for their first performance last night! The audience loved it - your hard work paid off! Thanks as always to @stswithusPAC for all their brilliant tech work.

We are very excited that rehearsals are well underway for our next school production! So much fun, laughter, singing and dancing to be had!

A little teaser of the set for Disney’s ‘Beauty and The Beast’ - only a few weeks to go now!