BWA's Drama Evening of Plays
What to expect?
This year we have 6 short plays and a monolgue performed by our drama students.
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There is a mix of mystery, adventure, humour and suspense.
Four of the plays were created entirely out of improvisation and written by the students themselves!
The evening closes with our Drama Awards ceremony, where one Junior and one Senior students gets recognised for their consistent effort, progress and attitude in class.
About the plays
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Violet, Klaus, Beatrice, and Sunny suddenly find themselves orphaned and placed under the care of Count Olaf. Care, however, is perhaps a misleading word... Join them as they attempt to dismantle Count Olaf's evil plan and protect their family's fortune!
Stranded
'Inspired by The Lord of the Flies, this story follows a group of students who wake up amongst a plane wreckage on an island with no food, no shelter, and worst of all, no signal. Can they work together to survive? Or will it all fall apart?
The Missing Birthday Girl
A surprise party wherein the one being celebrated cannot be found. With big characters, birthday presents and confusion, will they ever get round to eating the cake?
When We Don’t Say It
Follows a group of friends who struggle to communicate fully with
one another. Based largely in the subtext, will their day out unravel how they really feel?
I Didn't Do It
A psychological whodunit. A group of teenagers trapped within four walls until someone confesses. They have snippets of evidence, suspicion and the sun setting, so will the guilty party admit or stay quiet?
Trust
A thriller that challenges not only the characters belief in one another, but also in themselves. When a group of friends visit the woods, tensions fly and as they slowly split off, they realise there may be something more vicious than their words
Shakespeare Monologue
Our adult student Abigail will be performing for the first time, doing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Henry VIII.
About the directors
(and beloved teachers)
Anna Davey
Anna loves creating a fun, relaxed atmosphere where trust, humour, and confidence can flourish, helping young performers feel at home and comfortable to push their acting limits! Anna is a professionally trained actor and teacher with a first-class BA (Hons) degree in Musical Theatre from the prestigious Guildford School of Acting.
Her performance credits include alternate Scaramouche and cover Meat on the 2019 We Will Rock You UK Tour and its 25th Anniversary Tour, where she earned a Broadway World Nomination for Best Performance by an Alternate in a Musical. She has also covered Jill in the Lyric Hammersmith's Jack and the Beanstalk and played Ms. Bingham and cover Patty Di Marco in the 2024 International Tour of The School of Rock. As a vocalist, Anna has performed with the BBC Proms Orchestra and fronts a London-based rock band as a singer and guitarist.
Andi Bickers
Andi fosters a warm, creative and fun atmosphere for the students. Wherein the focus lies on encouraging the children to not concern themselves with getting things ‘right’ and rather, to build their confidence in making bold and interesting choices and eliminate the fear of mistakes in the way of following impulses and allowing imagination to lead.
Andi is a professional actor with a First-Class BA (Hons) in Acting from Italia Conti. In their final year of training, Andi won the coveted ‘Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award and was therefore employed by the BBC. They worked as part of the Radio Drama Company for five months where they appeared in various plays for Radio 3 and 4 including ‘Life Lines’, ‘Behind The Scenes At The Museum’ and ‘London Belongs To Me’. They are a founding member of ‘The New Rep Theatre Company’ and performed as ‘Mrs Linde’ in ‘A Dolls House’ in February.
