page_title: Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
section_title: QEH Theatre
hierarchical_section_title: Queen Elizabeth's Hospital / QEH Theatre
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the QEH Theatre, seen from the NCP car park. At the top right of the picture is "The Pit", a dump which was converted into the new Sixth Form centre.
context_page_description: Queen Elizabeth's Hospital is an independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England founded in 1586. In 2020 Rupert Heathcote took over as Headmaster, succeeding Stephen Holliday who had served as Headmaster since 2000. QEH is named after its original patron, Queen Elizabeth I. The present patron is Queen Elizabeth II.
  Known traditionally as "The City School", Queen Elizabeth's Hospital was founded by the will of affluent merchant John Carr in 1586, gaining its first royal charter in 1590. The school accepts boys from ages 7 to 18 and, since September 2017, girls aged 16 to 18 into the co-educational Sixth Form.
  The school began as a boarding school, accepting 'day boys' for the first time in the early 1920s. Boarders continued to wear the traditional blue coat uniform on a daily basis until the 1980s. After that, it was only worn on special occasions. Following a steady decline in numbers QEH stopped accepting new boarders in 2004, and boarding closed completely in July 2008.
  A Junior School opened in September 2007 in terraced Georgian town houses in Upper Berkeley Place, adjacent to the main school.
context_section_description: The QEH theatre seats 210, and since opening in 1990 has been host to many productions both by QEH pupils and professional companies performing plays, dance and poetry. It also hosts concerts and other musical events, such as the biennial 'Battle of the Bands' and regular acoustic-only 'Unplugged' events, which showcase the musical talent in the school. Student volunteers often assist in school productions as technical and front of house staff.
caption: The QEH Theatre
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