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CLEVEDON School has achieved more sensational results with awards and competition victories in performing arts.

Students at Clevedon School performed a road safety play and took part in a national competition on staying safe on the roads.

Peter Shaffer’s gripping psychological thriller Equus can be seen at the Barn Studio in Welwyn Garden City from October 26 to October 31.

Esther Ashby-Coventry11:18, Jun 17 2021 valentina Bellomo/Stuff Aidan Theatres hard hitting Too Much Punch for Judy in rehearsal, back from left, Daniel Nodder, Teag Mackay, Austin Harrison, and front, from left, Kate Low and Prea Millar. A public performance is on Friday at Craighead Diocesan School. (File Photo) FRIDAY: Live Theatre: 7pm at Craighead Diocesan School. Too Much Punch for Judy by Mark Wheeller​ is a thought provoking play about the ripple effects of drink driving, (R13). Tick...

Queenswood Schools A Christmas Carol (abridged) by Charles Dickens. - Credit: Queenswood School. Supplied by WGC YDF More than 200 talented youngsters from nearly 40 entries took part in this years virtual Welwyn Garden City Youth Drama Festival over six nights online. As the curtain fell on the final night of the 76th WGC Youth Drama Festival on March 7, 2020, nobody could have guessed that, just days later, it would also have curtailed all activities on the Barn Theatre stage for over a y...

The Barn Theatre in Welwyn Garden City. - Credit: Danny Loo The 77th annual Welwyn Garden City Youth Drama Festival opens next week in a new online format for this year. Running from Monday, March 1 to Saturday, March 6, a virtual feast awaits viewers missing live theatre.  Who could have known, when the Barn Theatre closed its doors at the end of the 2020 WGC YDF, that it would be the last time an audience would be able to enjoy a performance there for over a year – and counting. The hist...