The annual main School production is a highlight of the School calendar. Past productions include musicals such as Les Misérables, Chess, Cabaret and Sweeney Todd. Shakespeare plays including Hamlet, Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing and straight plays such as The Outsiders and Shakespeare in Love. Recent Junior plays and Lower Sixth plays include A Monster Calls, Emil and the Detectives, The History Boys, Julius Caesar and One Man Two Guvnors, have equally delighted audiences.
Pupils from local girls’ schools participate in almost all productions, and thrive in a positive, creative working environment alongside our boys. All our events are open to the public: tickets for shows, and for our extensive Arts programme, can be ordered via the box office..
Independent plays are directed by members of the Common Room to produce pupil-led performances, with boys working in all areas of theatre production. Other events include an annual Novi Shakespeare celebration lit by candelabra and the Novi Drama Society that produces a workshop production in the Michaelmas Term.
In February, all twelve Houses take part in an annual House Drama competition where boys write, direct, design and perform short scripts based on a theme.
