I personally thought the fireworks were outstanding and would love to know who did them as I'd definitely go to one of their shows! I agree it was a bit late for a Sunday night, but as explained in that extract from the head, Sunday seemed to be the only time that all the thesbs were free for their opening. It seems that if anyone was disturbed by the fireworks, the school is more than willing to apologise if you contact them. I personally don't see the fireworks as a major issue as I can't ever remember the school doing anything of this nature in the past. Given the fact that for 364 days of the year Alleyn's seems to have peacefully co-existed with the local community I'm willing to let them off for a 20min 'blip' on Sunday. As for those disturbed by the packing away until 1am, can the school take all of the blame for that? Perhaps in true British style, a strongly worded letter to the firework company is in order? I live locally and was not informed there were going to be any fireworks, and can see how that has annoyed people. However, how would you warn the entire local community? Leaflet everyone for a 2 mile radius? It is inevitable that an event like this is always going to upset some people. I can also see that in the middle of a recession, a fancy firework show was pehaps not the most tactile move by the school. However in this time of 'doom and gloom' as the media put it, did the firework show not spread a bit of cheer to anyone else's Sunday night? I would have thought a good fire and some music would have been right up your street Nero :)!
