Drama Society

Performing Arts

About

BL Drama is perfect for anyone who loves to act, sing, write, choreograph, direct, tech or make a fool of yourself on stage with your friends. We pride ourselves on being a warm and welcoming society!

BL Drama Society is perfect for anyone who's interested in acting, singing, writing, choreographing, directing, teching or making a fool of yourself on stage with your friends. We pride ourselves on being a warm and welcoming society, whether you want to be in the spotlight, behind the scenes or just have some fun.

We put on a number of different shows throughout the year including a play, a pantomime and a musical, as well as workshops, sketch comedy shows and lots more. There are so many ways that you can get involved with us - whether it’s onstage, backstage, in tech or behind the bar, we welcome anyone.

We perform and rehearse at our very own Laird Hall theatre behind Floyer House!

The Zebraphiles

The Zebraphiles are Barts' resident comedy sketch group performing at our in-house show in December, at showcases throughout the year and at our UH comedy revue competition in March. Winners 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025!
Join us at our open meetings throughout the year and keep an eye out for other Zebra related opportunities…..

Awards

BL Drama won the association cup - the BLSA's highest award last year and has been awarded “Best Society of the Year” multiple times over the last few years! Our 2025 Pantomime won "Non-Academic Event of the Year" and members have almost every personal award going. These awards are nominated by the Barts community and voted for by the BL Board so thank you to all our members and fans!! We were also honoured to be nominated by the university for a National Society’s Award in the past.

Upcoming Performances

We normally put on five shows a year. We welcome people with loads or no drama experience to get involved by auditioning, directing or teching our shows!

Here are our provisional show dates (subject to change):

Arts and the London - 18th September

Senior play - 7th - 9th October 2026

Freshers Play - 26th - 28th November 2026

Bart's Show (Zebraphiles) - 2nd & 4th December 2026

Panto - 3th - 5th February 2027

Musical - 14th - 16th April 2027

Scratch showcase - Early May

How do I get involved?

We are always thrilled to welcome new members so we’d love to get you involved! Come and meet us at Fresher’s Fair, watch us at Arts and the London and follow our social media to keep up to date with auditions, workshops, calls for backstage and front of house and other events.

Members page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BartsDrama/

Socialising Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/619532668152408/

Please feel free to email us or DM us on socials about getting involved!

Socials

Outside of rehearsals and shows we love spending far too much time together! We will be organising plenty of events throughout the year, starting with the traditional Brick Lane curry and ending with our spectacular tour (at a secret location…).

Even if your role within the society is dedicated audience member you’re more than welcome at our socials, you’ll have a great time at all of them!