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'Murder in the Cathedral' - review by Mr Hudson

Friday 14 February 2020

"...A haunting and challenging play, demanding and receiving total commitment from this young cast of 40, all of whom clearly sensed they were part of something very special..."

Junior School Play - 'Murder in the Cathedral'

Friday 7 February 2020

Preview video and photo gallery of Shrewsbury School Drama Department's stunning, powerful and atmospheric production of T.S. Eliot's verse-drama 'Murder in the Cathedral', marking the 850th anniversary of the death o...

'Monsters' - review

Friday 31 January 2020

A review by Director of Drama Dr Helen Brown of a powerful, thought-provoking, disturbing and deeply moving directorial debut by Sixth Formers Ed Tarling and Phoebe Stratton-Morris.

Dance Festival at Prestfelde

Tuesday 28 January 2020

Shrewsbury School pupils swapped roles and became dance teachers for the day...

Prep School Musical Theatre Workshop

Friday 24 January 2020

Children from local prep schools had the excitement of being among the first people to enjoy a taste of Shrewsbury School's next musical in production, 'The Great Gatsby'.

Shrewsbury School Drama presents 'Peter Pan'...

Monday 9 December 2019

...complete with glitterballs and rollerskates in the Alington Hall.

'A View From the Bridge' - directed by Lower Sixth Former Orlando Williams

Friday 6 December 2019

"The Extended Project Qualification has provided the opportunity for a number of fantastic student-directed performances over the last few years. This stands as one of the finest."

'Peter Pan' Photo Gallery

Friday 29 November 2019

"Past the second star to the right and straight on til morning…" - A few photos from the Drama Department's sparkling production of JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan'.

'Doctor Faustus'

Tuesday 19 November 2019

What does heaven look like? Or hell? The Butler Room in the Moser Library isn’t the first place that comes to mind, but was a crazily successful setting for the U6 Theatre Studies production of ‘Doctor Faustus’.

“If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools...”

Thursday 10 October 2019

Thus Ed Tarling’s sinister gatekeeper greeted the audience of the Lower Sixth’s powerful and chilling performance of 'Electra', performed in the style of the avant-garde immersive theatre company, Punchdrunk.

'Amadeus' - produced and directed by Upper Sixth Former Harry

Friday 4 October 2019

The Drama Faculty’s ‘Underground’ season began this week with Harry Waterworth’s production of 'Amadeus' in the intimate and subterranean surroundings of Drama Studio 2.

Training the teachers to rebuild a country...

Wednesday 21 August 2019

Shrewsbury's Head of Drama, Dr Helen Brown and Head of Spanish, Trish Henderson spent the first part of their summer volunteering with the Ankawa Foundation in northern Iraq. Dr Brown explains why...

Name a Seat in the Ashton Theatre

Friday 19 July 2019

An exciting opportunity to be part of Shrewsbury School's history

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