The Drama Department is renowned for its high level acting performances and the vigour of Theatre and Drama permeate life at St Mary's. The Autumn Production is an important annual school event and involves girls from LV-UVI. Each year, Sixth Form students take a play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (for further information about the past productions at the Fringe, please click here).

The juniors enjoy activities such the Junior Play or Four on Tour at the Egg Theatre in Bath. The annual Company Drama Competition involves each company presenting a play in 48 hours. Junior Drama club is run on a weekly basis by our LVI scholars. The girls work towards presenting informal showcase events throughout the year. 
 
Performances throughout the school year provide showcases not only for our actresses, but for those girls learning the disciplines of directing, lighting and set design, stage management and production.

Theatre trips have ranged from Punchdrunk’s immersive “The Burnt City” to the fabulous sold-out Studio Ghibli adaptation “My Neighbour Totoro” in the Barbican Centre, when many trips to the regular theatres in Bristol & Bath.  GCSE and A Level Drama students attend the theatre regularly as part of their course. Girls have workshops with visiting practitioners, ranging from Physical Theatre with Frantic Assembly to Improvisation skills with Rhum & Clay Theatre Co.

Private tuition for LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) for individuals, pairs and small groups, is an extremely popular extra-curricular activity. Approximately 100 students prepare each year for examinations in Acting and the Speaking of Verse and Prose.  Click here for more information about LAMDA.