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This is probably the most exciting announcement we’ve ever made at Best… It is with immense pride, huge excitement and sheer delight that we can now announce that Best’s production of The Boy Preference has been selected to appear on the stage of the National Theatre in July. Here’s a brief taste of the show…https://vimeo.com/128049941… Read more »

What a wonderful day we had at the Royal & Derngate Theatre. Read the blog… http://besttheatrearts.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/our-day-out.html

Those are the kinds of words you want to see in an assessment from the National Theatre– and we’ve got them! We received a glowing assessment from our recent production of The Boy Preference – here are a few of the more headline grabbing comments… ‘Brilliant decision to have a chorus of girls which has… Read more »

All those who saw TheBYTE’s production of The Boy Preference agreed they had seen something very special. A huge well done to the cast and crew – here’s looking forward to taking the show to the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton! [slideshow_deploy id=’1657′]

Next Easter’s show at The SandPit Theatre will be Timonfeya – a new play adapted from a previous trilogy by David. It’s the story of a rescue journey from the cloud capped mountains to the depths of the fiery Underworld and features Rocks, Fireflies, evil fluffy animals and an Ice Queen amongst a plethora of… Read more »

Best’s youth theatre group, TheBYTE, is to perform Elinor Cook’s brand new play, ‘The Boy Preference’ in February/March as part of the National Theatre Connections programme . It’s a disturbing tale of a country where girls are disdained and often aborted before birth. What would happen if the girls who never were suddenly are? It’s… Read more »

The DVD of’The Night at the Oscars’ raised a massive £763 for The Children’s Society. A huge well done and thank you!

Congratulations to Sammy Small, who came to Best 2008-2011. He’s been working loads and we were thrilled to see him in ‘Game of Thrones’ – and with a line! Many more to come, Sammy, we’re sure!

In the autumn term 2014, Best and First Class will be using ‘Frozen!’ as a theme, with songs, dances and drama based on the latest Disney classic. We won’t let it go!

Well done both casts for a simply brilliant run of shows. You sounded and looked fabulous and we hope you’ll enjoy seeing your performance on the DVD. Have a lovely Easter – but if you are looking for something to do, there are still places on our spring academy 7-11 April – The Nightmare before… Read more »