Upper School Bear Pit

The Bear Pit is back!

We are so excited for you all to experience two nights of bold new writing and groundbreaking theatre making from Alleyn’s Drama. Featuring original scripts from our upper school as well as performances from fantastic plays such as Duncan Macmillan and Oscar Wilde; all the work has been produced entirely independently by the students. It's a chance for you to experience what this generation has to say, and to witness the mark they are putting on the world. These daring and brilliant productions which will each be performed on both Thursday and Friday as follows. This gives the students an opportunity to perform in two shows and refine their performance technique. Feel free to book which evening suits you best!

Some of the productions include...

Lungs by Duncan Macmillan

With Isla Alexander and Isabel Barnett

‘A young couple grapple with the aftermath of a miscarriage in a time of global anxiety and political unrest.’

The Importance Of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde

With Joe Hill, Timofey Khanyutin, Anastasia Moughtin-Mumby, Amélie Summers and Hugo Trafferd- Roberts

‘Hoping to impress eligible ladies, two young men-about-town find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate’.

Between Goodbye, And Hello

By Yagmur Budak Pehlivan with Aryton Terret, Emmanuel Lane and Tessa Layton

‘Set in 1990s England, the play centres around Zaina – headstrong and troubled by her complex relationship with her Turkish mother– as well as her fiancé Charlie, who stabilises her with his light-hearted, sometimes oblivious, jokes’

Please note that some of the plays contain strong language and challenging content and may not be suitable for pupils below Year 10.