The final celebration of our 150th Anniversary will see our Year 12 drama group perform a reinterpretation of Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin at The Edinburgh Fringe in August. It was chosen because Zola dramatised his novel the same year as our school opened in 1873. The play, about a disenchanted feminist, has been created through a collaborative creative process with Year 12, giving them ownership and agency of the work they produce.

We welcomed friends and families to school last Friday for a preview of the reinterpretation, which is minimalistic in style with a strong physical ensemble, taking inspiration from practitioners  DV8 Physical Theatre, Complicité and Frantic Assembly. Read more about it here.

The Edinburgh performances will take place under the brand new NHEHS theatre company ‘Fervour’ (created in honour of the occasion) during the first official week of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with four performances (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th August at 11.30 am -12.30pm) of the show at Greenside, Olive Studio on George Street.

We are very excited about performing and would love for NHEHS friends and families to come up to see the production during a trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! We hope to see some of you there!