DULWICH PREP+

CULTURAL ADVENTURES FOR BOYS, PARENTS AND STAFF

SPRING TERM 2017

Prep+ is now in its 5th year and continuing to deliver quality cultural adventures for the school

community.

Prep+ is open to boys in Years 5, 6, 7 and 8, plus their parents and siblings and Prep staff. For all

outside school events boys are accompanied by staff, transport is arranged and they are brought

back to school for pick up at the times indicated. Boys in the younger years are welcome to

come if accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.

We live in an amazing city with so much on offer and I am delighted that with Prep+, which has

become part of the fabric of the school, thanks to your support and involvement, we can take

advantage of many of the exhibitions, shows, concerts (and even restaurants) that are on our

doorstep!

DULWICH PREP+

SCHOOL OF ROCK

NEW LONDON THEATRE

Thursday 26th January

Based on the cult film with a new score by

Andrew Lloyd Webber, this Broadway hit

is about the empowering force of music on

a class of pre-teens in a prep school. It

focuses on Dewey Finn, a slacker, wannabe

rocker who is dumped by his band and

winds up masquerading as a supply teacher

at a prep school where he proceeds to

unleash the inner rock gods from his class

of pre-teens preparing them in secret to

compete in a Battle of the Bands.

Meet at school at 5.30pm Return 10.45pm

Cost: £30 including transport

PETER PAN THAT WENT WRONG

APOLLO THEATRE

Thursday 19th January

There are no star names in the Cornley

Polytechnic Drama Society's version of

Peter Pan at the Apollo, but the glorious

Mischief Theatre have provided an

obstacle course, in every sense, of

theatrical mishaps that makes for the

funniest night in town since One Man, Two

Guvnors that likewise celebrated the

anarchy of things going wrong!

Meet at school at 5.30pm Return 10.15pm

Cost: £35 including transport

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF

THE YEAR EXHIBITION AT THE

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Followed by supper at Carluccio’s.

Friday 10th February

Enjoy the world’s best nature

photography exhibited on sleek backlit

panels at the National History Museum.

This year’s competition was the most

competitive to date, attracting almost

50,000 entries from professionals and

amateurs across 95 countries. The

exhibition features the collection of 100

exceptional images that reveal the

astonishing diversity of life on our planet,

from urban foxes to mountain hares.

Leave school at 4.00pm Return 9.00pm

Cost: £25 including supper and train

travel

ROBERT RAUSCHENBORG AT

THE TATE MODERN

Followed by supper at Vapiano’s

Friday 3rd March

In the first major exhibition of his work

in the UK for 35 years and the first

retrospective of the artist since his death

in 2008, Tate Modern celebrates the

extraordinary six-decade career of this

modern American master, showcasing

major international loans that rarely

travel and telling the story of a

remarkable artist whose influence is still

felt today.

Leave school at 4.00pm Return 9.00pm

Cost: £30 including supper and

transport

HALF A SIXPENCE

AT THE NOEL COWARD

THEATRE

Thursday 9th March

Half A Sixpence is the iconic British

musical adaptation of H.G. Wells’s

disguised autobiographical novel

Kipps:The Story Of A Simple Soul,

based on the author’s unhappy

apprenticeship as a draper at Hyde’s

Drapery Emporium in Southsea. This

new stage version of the novel is a

completely fresh adaptation by Julian

Fellowes, Oscar-winning

screenwriter and creator of Downton

Abbey.

Meet at school 5.30pm

Return 10.45/11.00pm

Cost £30 including transport

AN INSPECTOR CALLS AT THE

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE

Thursday 16th March

Written by J. B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls

is widely considered to be a classic in mid-

20th century contemporary theatre. Set in

Brumley, a fictional industrial city in the

midlands, a wealthy upper-middle class

family’s dinner party is interrupted when

they receive an unexpected visit from the

mysterious Inspector Goole. Soon, the

entire family are questioned about

potential involvement in the death of Eva

Smith, a young and innocent working-class

lady.

Meet at school 5.30pm Return 10.15pm.

Cost: £30 including transport

MUSICAL EVENTS THIS SPRING

The musical highlight of next term will be the Spring Choral Concert on Wednesday 29th March at

St John’s, Smith Square. More details to come in due course.

LEAKE LECTURE SERIES

There will be eight further Leake Lectures in the Spring Term of 2017 from richly-diverse speakers on

a range of topics which will include arresting aspects from the worlds of history, politics, medicine,

geography, nature, the emergency services, journalism, science and sociology.

Wednesday 18th January will bring us the fascinating tale of the life story of the first person to be

decorated with the VC by Queen Victoria in 1857 , by Philip Raby. This will be followed by a informed

speculation on “Where to Now - America and the World?” by presenter of the “Today” programme

on Radio 4, Justin Webb, on Wednesday 25 January, just days after the inauguration of the USA’s 45th

president, Donald Trump.

Precise details of these and other presentations will be revealed in newsletters that will be sent out at

the end of this term and again at the beginning of next term.

HOW TO BOOK

Tickets can be reserved through the Parent Messaging Centre, choosing Prep+ Events under the Clubs

tab and are charged to the end of term school bill. Cancellations will only be refunded if notice is

received earlier than 48 hours before the event and the tickets can be resold.

For any questions about the trips, please contact either Mr Smart (g.smart@dulwichpreplondon.org)

or Mrs Quanrud (l.quanrud@dulwichpreplondon.org).

MATILDA THE MUSICAL

AT THE CAMBRIDGE THEATRE

Thursday 30th March

A return visit for Prep+ to this enduringly

popular musical inspired by Roald Dahl’s story.

Written by Dennis Kelly with lyrics by Tim

Minchin, according to the Independent this

colourful riot of a production achieves an even

dizzier balance between gleeful, grotesque,

fun and heart-tugging poignancy, brilliantly

drilled dynamism and warm, unforced charm.’

Meet at school 5.30pm. Return 10.45pm

Cost £30 including transport.

Dulwich Prep London

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