Category: Performing Arts

21st March 22

What outstanding performances from our very own Luckley cast, crew and musicians. We watched with pride as students from all year groups came together to provide an evening of fantasy and fabulous entertainment in this adaptation by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company of a classic favourite, The Wizard of Oz. As we travelled…

27th April 21

A number of pupils from Luckley participated in the National Independent Schools Association Drama competitions during the recent lockdown, with great success! The students used their Trinity Speech and Drama speeches to compete in the ISA Shakespeare Monologue Competition. We are delighted that in the Key Stage 4 Learnt Monologue section, two of three places…

13th November 19

On 12 and 13 November, Senior Drama students performed Black Comedy, a farce by Peter Shaffer. “Struggling sculptor Brindsley Miller and his fiancée, Carol, are throwing a party to impress Carol’s bombastic father, Colonel Melkett, and millionaire Georg Bamberger. Just before the guests arrive, the main fuse blows, plunging the flat into darkness. What follows…

27th March 19

On Sunday 24 March we held a special concert where Luckley House School and Berkshire Maestros performed together. The concert included a charming performance of Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op 6, No 12 in B minor performed by the Corelli String Orchestra. This was followed by the very experienced Berkshire Youth Guitar Orchestra performing Suite Francais…

2nd July 18

A review of our whole-school production of The Sound of Music, by Gill Tunley The Whitty Theatre was alive with the spell-binding Sound of Music, performed by the fabulous Luckley House School under the inspired direction of Esther Brown. Music was lovingly led by the extraordinary Janice Ellwood and superb Orchestra. Holy sisters lead us…

18th January 17

Our fantastic new theatre, The Whitty Theatre was officially opened on Tuesday 17 January by HRH, The Earl of Wessex. The Earl was invited to unveil an engraved stone plaque on the stage in front of a packed auditorium of pupils, staff, governors and special guests, which included local dignitaries, members of the construction team that had built the theatre…

15th November 16

van Heyningen and Haward Architects (vHH), the architects that designed our fabulous new theatre, The Whitty Theatre has won a prestigious award at the 2016 Brick Awards. The London-based architects won the ‘Architects’ Choice Brick Award’, which is voted for by Architects and Architectural students. Receiving this award is a great accolade within the profession….

28th June 16

This week saw The Whitty Theatre host the school’s biggest arts event of the year, the Musical Theatre Project; a cross-curricular project involving drama, music, art and textiles, encompassing the whole of Year 9. The pupils divided into specialist groups, working over the term on performing, lighting and sound, set, music and props. The pupils were…

11th May 16

The Whitty Theatre came alive last night as we held our first ever performance to a large and appreciative audience. The evening started with a drinks reception in the foyer, then with guests seated comfortably in the auditorium, the magic unveiled. The first play was ‘Burglars’ by David Rudkin, performed by pupils from Years 7…

8th April 16

Year 11 pupil, Holly and former Luckley pupil, Anna were awarded Distinction and a Gold Medal, winning the Instrumental (Flute) Duet Class at The Woodey Festival last month and were thrilled to subsequently be invited to play at the Festival Finale Concert on Sunday 20 March. Holly was also awarded Highly Commended and a Silver Medal…