We are the Drama Society of the LSE Students’ Union. or coming along to one of our West End theatre trips!
Putting on 4-5 productions a year, the LSESU Drama Society provides opportunities for students to get involved in theatre on and off stage, be it directing, producing, acting, stage managing etc. Everyone in LSE is welcome to audition for our plays or to get involved in our improv group!
22/04/2026
CALLING ALL PROSPECTIVE DIRECTORS 📣 Feel like taking on a large scale creative project during yours studies at LSE?
Applications to direct next year’s flagship productions are now open! You have until Saturday 16th May to register your interest and pitch a production to your new committee.
See the link in our bio to sign up! 🎭
16/04/2026
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2026 Drama Society Bernard Shaw awards 🎭🌟
BEST PRODUCTION
🏆 Rent (directed by Joe Johnson)
BEST PLAY
🏆 Enron (directed by Amanda Suliawan)
BEST SHOW (ORIGINAL WRITING FESTIVAL)
🏆 Speed Skating Sloth (written/directed by Taylor and Hayley Emerson)
BEST DIRECTOR
🏆 Joe Johnson (Rent)
BEST LEAD ACTOR (IN A MUSICAL)
🏆 Toby Owers (Mark | Rent)
BEST LEAD ACTOR (IN A PLAY)
🏆 Sophia Hartwig (Hamlet | Hamlet)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS (IN A MUSICAL)
🏆 Miya Lim (Maureen | Rent)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS (IN A PLAY)
🏆 Issy Parry (Claudia | Enron)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (IN A MUSICAL)
🏆 Jordan Zhou (Benny | Rent)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (IN A PLAY)
🏆 Joshua Gupta (Laertes)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (IN A MUSICAL)
🏆 Taylor Emerson (Mark’s Mom/Ensemble | Rent)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (IN A PLAY)
🏆 Ella Atsmon (Shirley)
AND MORE!!!!!
01/04/2026
Stills from RENT, our best selling show ever! ❤️🩹🦠🌝🏙️📹 Inspired by Pucchini’s La Boheme, Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning rock musical, RENT, by Jonathan Larson follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished artists struggling with love, addiction and HIV/AIDS in NYC’s East Village in the early 90s. Proceeds of the show went to supporting National AIDS Trust, a leading UK charity dedicated to stopping HIV from standing in the way of health, dignity and equality. In 525,600 minutes, how do you measure a year in the life? How about love?”
28/03/2026
It’s that time of year again 🏆 The annual Bernard Shaw Awards for 2026 is happening NEXT WEDNESDAY!
Join us from 5pm in the Old Theatre for our Leavers’ Showcase, followed by the awards in La Familia Soho with drinks from 8pm 💃
See y’all there 💋