Power and Peril of the American Dream

Dr Andrew Wines returns to Christ’s Hospital Theatre for the third time with a multimedia, interactive, full-immersion extravaganza of history, literature, music and film.

Investigate with him the backstory and unfolding tale of the political titans and cultural icons who have comprised America’s ‘First Family’ for nearly a century.  Ideals, charisma and courage will clash with myths and misogyny in revealing how crime and celebrity came to reside in the nation’s corridors of power.  

Buckle up for a wild encounter with Sinatra, Monroe, Castro, spies, sex scandals, assassins, gangsters, ‘Camelot’, Casino Royale, civil rights struggles, anticolonial insurgencies, Cold War confrontations and the origins of the Space Race. Aspiring for the American Dream, and exemplifying the consequent nightmare, the Kennedy family provide a lens through which to view the current state of the USA.

Our leading musicians display their skill in an exciting and diverse programme of solo performances.

The Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band are central in this exciting annual concert of our larger ensembles. This year’s programme includes Shostakovich - Jazz Suite.

Emma Bovary is living a dull life, shackled by the rules and expectations of the patriarchal world in which she lives. Desperate to break free, she embarks on a series of affairs, friendships and adventures. Featuring vermin, moustaches, multi-roling, wild animals, French people, and a nun.

This is Madame Bovary like you have not seen it before. This energetic and comical exploration of Flauber’s complex novel is guaranteed to be an engaging and entertaining evening of theatre performed by our senior students.