Supporting the performing arts
QE has been investing heavily to support the performing arts and oracy. Two major facilities have opened within a two-year timespan – the result of a total investment of some £5 million.
First came the all-new complex for Music housing the Friends’ Recital Hall and Music Rooms, providing a state-of-the-art performance and rehearsal space for our many ensembles, as well as ample rooms for practice and for instrumental lessons delivered by peripatetic teachers.
Then, in the summer of 2024 we opened The Robert Dudley Studio – a versatile space equipped especially for drama, lectures and public-speaking events. The studio was created from two rooms towards the rear of the Main Building, with its own entrance and lobby area.