We’re excited to announce the line-up for the Festival events taking place at St Mary’s University.
All campus events – unless specified as free – are covered by a £5 one-time purchase wristband, which you can buy in advance from:
- The Faculty Administrative Hub (F120)
- The Drama Production Office (C107)
- The Students’ Union
- on the ticket desk of each event.
Throughout the Festival, there will be music in the Dolce Vita Café performed by student musicians, and attendees will be able to take part in an interactive tour around campus curated by Liberal Arts students.
For external visitors, you can purchase a wristband at the first event you attend. Alternatively, if you’d like to buy one in advance, please email tracey.french@stmarys.ac.uk.
Event schedule
School of Liberal & Creative Arts Experience Day
Academics and technicians from the School will run a series of workshops and masterclasses demonstrating the range of exciting possibilities offered by our Creative and Liberal Arts degrees.
This event doesn’t require a wristband, but please register.
Opening Launch Night, 6pm onwards
Starting at 6pm in the Waldegrave Drawing Room, this will be a cordial evening of music and poetry curated by students from the School. There will be special guest appearances!
Wristband entry.
Festival of Research: School of Liberal & Creative Arts, 10am-1pm
This will be the first of six morning sessions showcasing the research profile of postgraduate students from across the School. Further details to follow.
Wristband entry.
The Dolce Music Sets: Amy Curran, 1pm
From 1-1.20pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the SCALA Festival, a St Mary’s student will perform an acoustic music set in the Dolce Vita Cafe on campus.
Proof, by David Auburn (performance), 7.30pm
Auburn’s moral thriller on truth and certainty is given fresh life by St Mary’s final year BA Acting students in this exciting revival.
Following the death of her brilliant mathematician father, Catherine struggles to come to terms with his legacy. Inheriting some of both his brilliance and his instability, she is faced with two choices. Which path is right for her to follow? And where, when each hypothesis is weighed, might the proof be found?
This performance will begin at 7.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Three Sisters, by Benedict Andrews (performance), 7.30pm
St Mary’s University final year BA Acting students perform Benedict Andrews’ modern reimagining of Chekhov’s masterpiece.
Somewhere, in the distance, war is raging but, in their Dacha, protected from the bombs and tanks, three sisters fuelled by boredom, Nirvana, and David Bowie sidestep the present to dream of their own escape. Unapologetically turbocharged, this version propels the action of Chekhov’s play into the present day.
This performance will begin at 7:30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Festival of Research: School of Theology, 10am-1pm
From 10am-1pm, we will hold the second of six morning sessions showcasing the research profile of postgraduate students from across the School of Theology. Further details to follow.
Wristband entry.
The Dolce Music Sets: Raphael Sparanero, 1pm
From 1-1.20pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the SCALA Festival, a St Mary’s student will perform an acoustic music set in the Dolce Vita Cafe on campus.
Festival of Research: School of Liberal and Creative Arts, 10am-1pm
This will be the third of six morning sessions showcasing the research profile of postgraduate students from across the School. Further details to follow.
Wristband entry.
The Dolce Music Sets: Grace Parker, 1pm
From 1-1.20pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the SCALA Festival, a St Mary’s student will perform an acoustic music set in the Dolce Vita Cafe on campus.
Three Sisters, by Benedict Andrews (performance), 3.30pm
This second performance of Three Sisters will begin at 3.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Proof, by David Auburn (performance), 7.30pm
This second performance of Proof will begin at 7.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Youth Theatre Opening Morning, 11am-1pm
A chance for young theatre makers 13-16 to come and sample the work of the School’s Saturday morning club Youth Theatre run in collaboration with St Mary’s Widening Participation department.
Please contact nancy.bentley@stmarys.ac.uk if interested in attending.
Proof, by David Auburn (performance), 3.30pm
This third performance of Proof will begin at 3.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Three Sisters, by Benedict Andrews (performance), 7.30pm
This third performance of Three Sisters will begin at 7.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
The Dolce Music Sets: Amy Curran, 1pm
From 1-1.20pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the SCALA Festival, a St Mary’s student will perform an acoustic music set in the Dolce Vita Cafe on campus.
The Strawberry Hill Poetry Prize, 7.30pm
An evening of original spoken word poetry co-produced by the Creative Writing Society and SCALA celebrating new voices from across the University and culminating in the exciting announcement of this year’s student poet of the year.
Taking place at 7.30pm at St Mary’s in the Senior Common Room.
Wristband entry.
Animal farm, after George Orwell (performance), 7.30pm
Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism is brought vividly to life in Ricky Dukes’ sparkling new adaptation performed by St Mary’s final year BA Acting students.
This performance will take place in the St Mary’s theatre at 7.30pm.
Wristband entry.
The Dolce Music Sets: Raphaell Sparanero, 1pm
From 1-1.20pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the SCALA Festival, a St Mary’s student will perform an acoustic music set in the Dolce Vita Cafe on campus.
Three Sisters, by Benedict Andrews (performance), 3.30pm
This fourth performance of Three Sisters will begin at 3.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Proof, by David Auburn (performance), 7.30pm
This third performance of Proof will begin at 7.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Chaos, by Laura Lomas (performance), 7.30pm
St Mary’s University final year BA Acting students perform this revival of Laura Lomas’ post-modern symphony on the subject of dislocation.
A girl is locked in a room. A boy brings another boy flowers. A girl has tied herself to a railing. A boy doesn't know who he is. A girl worries about impending catastrophe. A woman jumps in front of a train. A boy's heart falls out his chest. A butterfly has a broken wing.
A series of characters search for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Bouncing through physics, the cosmos, love, and violence, can they find order in the disorder of each other.
Wristband entry.
Festival of Research: Faculty of Business and Law and the Bakhita Centre, 10am-1pm
From 10am-1pm, this will be the final of six morning sessions showcasing the research profile of postgraduate students from across the Faculty of Business and Law including the Bakhita Centre. Further details to follow.
Wristband entry.
The Dolce Music Sets: Lance Ngujo, 1pm
From 1-1.20pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the SCALA Festival, a St Mary’s student will perform an acoustic music set in the Dolce Vita Cafe on campus.
Student magazine launch, 1pm
Join us for a glass to toast the launch of the second issue of the student magazine and learn more from the editorial team about how to contribute to future editions. This will take place in the Dolche Vita at St Mary’s.
Chaos, by Laura Lomas (performance), 3.30pm
This second on campus performance of Chaos will begin at 3.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
Animal farm, after George Orwell (performance), 7.30pm
This second on campus performance will take place in the St Mary’s theatre at 7.30pm.
Wristband entry.
Animal farm, after George Orwell (performance), 3.30pm
This third on campus performance will take place in the St Mary’s theatre at 3.30pm.
Wristband entry.
Chaos, by Laura Lomas (performance), 7.30pm
This third on campus performance of Chaos will begin at 7.30pm in the St Mary’s theatre.
Wristband entry.
The Dolce Music Sets: Grace Parker, 1pm
From 1-1.20pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays during the SCALA Festival, a St Mary’s student will perform an acoustic music set in the Dolce Vita Cafe on campus.