BigTime Middle School Musical 2022

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DIRECTOR BigTime came into being in Term 4 of 2021, when a dedicated group of students from Years 6 to 8 collaborated in a series of workshops to brainstorm ideas for a brand-new juke-box musical. Their brief: To work out what would happen if a computer game revolved entirely around popular music and musical theatre.

After familiarising themselves with the central themes, tropes, clichés and motifs of all sorts of retro computer games - and deciding which musical theatre shows were most appropriate to our needs - the group quickly focussed on creating a logical story arc that incorporated as many of the hundreds of brainstormed ideas as possible.

We hope that BigTime will be enjoyed on two levels; firstly, as a show packed full of catchy tunes, energetic choreography and visual ‘eye candy’ that will leave you with a smile on your face and a few ‘ear worms’ to take home; secondly, as a thought-provoking foray into existentialism, whereby you empathise with the main characters as they ponder the age-old question, “what’s it all about?”

Please enjoy the infectious energy and undeniable talents of our huge cast of Middle School students!

Mr Todd Harm Director

THANK YOU, STUDENT DEVISERS:

Hugh Arthur, Sophie Brown, Marley Campbell, Beverly Chen, Ivy Cole, Kai Doherty, Ayden Fell, Alyssa Fitzgibbon, Jack Flanagan, Isabella Gaddes, Sarah Hartnett, Deeva Hero, Rebecca Hodgson, Anna Hodgson, Lylah Hore, Erin Kim, Charlotte Le Duc, Charlotte Lindsay, Jack Lindsay, Zali Madrers, Jake McMahon, Ella Mullineux, James Mullineux, Emily Norton-Knight, Ava O’Connor, Lily Pearson, Toby Pearson, Emmerton Perchard, Ruby Petty, Ashley Plane, Ella Purvis, Lara Purvis, Emily Sheerin, Ellen Sleep, Dani Svoboda, Harper Tancred, Nicholas Taylor, Emily Woolnough, Annabella Zhang, Sophia Zhang.

GLOSSARY

The Complex: The huge construction of different levels that makes up the game NPC: ’Non Player Character’ - the orphans in Act II are the children of deceased NPCs Re-enactment Level: A level whereby the players need to recite, as accurately as possible, the dialogue or action of a popular movie to score points Refresh: When a player-character dies, the game restarts The Script: The rules and code that controls The Complex

ACT ONE Six familiar computer game avatars named Tee, Bruce, Shiloh, Max, Lizzie and Jordan manifest to start ‘Level 1’ of a brand new game. The rules of play are familiar, and each level requires our six heroes to overcome different retro gaming challenges... but this time around all of the action takes on a distinctly musical flavour.

After successfully re-enacting a scene from The Sound of Music (ABC), they ‘Just Dance’ for their lives (Evolution of Dance), negotiate an Andrew Lloyd-Weber-themed Mario Kart race (Drive It Like You Stole It), avoid being ‘ghosted’ by four teenage Alpha Females hell-bent on eating them alive (Maneater) and take on six of the most dastardly villains in all of Disneydom in a riffoff - all before finally battling the Wicked Witch of the West and an army of Flying Monkeys and Winkies in an explosive castle maze to finish the first half of our story (I Ran).

Prologue

Bigtime (Peter Gabriel)

1

The Waiting Room

Waving Through A Window (Dear Evan Hansen)

2

Beginner Level 1 Let’s Start at the Very Beginning

ABC (The Jackson 5)

3

Beginner Level 2 Dance Hall Daze

Evolution of Dance

4

Beginner Level 3 A.L.W.AYS Super Kart

Drive It Like You Stole It (Sing Street)

5

Intermediate Level 1 You Are What You Eat

Maneater (Hall & Oates)

6

One Stop Shop

Material Girl (Madonna)

7

Intermediate Level 2 Warble War 2

Riff-off

8

Intermediate Level 3 Witch Way Did You Go?

I Ran (Flock of Seagulls)

Having been blasted to the Back of Beyond by the huge water bomb, H2-WHOA, our six heroes wake up completely disorientated and searching for answers (Man in the Mirror). Soon after, they trigger the first of three random challenge levels: the first takes them right into the middle of a climate change debate at the United Nations (Cabinet Battle #1), the second introduces them to a tribe of NPC orphans (Hard Knock Life, Revolting Children, Seize the Day), and the final one is a ‘winner takes all’ music puzzle (Seasons of Love).

Whether this triggers the ‘beginning of the end’ or the ‘end of the beginning’ is a question only the mysterious Gate Guardians can answer (Larger Than Life).

ACT TWO

Having been blasted to the Back of Beyond by the huge water bomb, H2-WHOA, our six heroes wake up completely disorientated and searching for answers (Man in the Mirror). Soon after, they trigger the first of three random challenge levels. The first takes them right into the middle of a climate change debate at the United Nations (Cabinet Battle #1), the second introduces them to a tribe of NPC orphans (Hard Knock Life, Revolting Children, Seize the Day), and the final one is a winner-takes-all music puzzle (Seasons of Love). Whether this triggers the ‘beginning of the end’ or the ‘end of the beginning’ is a question only the mysterious Gate Guardians can answer (Larger Than Life).

Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson)

1

Challenge 1 The Great Debate

2

Challenge 2 Too Many… And Orphans

It’s a Hard Knock Life (Annie) Revolting Children (Matilda) Seize the Day (Newsies)

3

Challenge 3 Your Heart’s Desire

Seasons of Love (Rent)

4

Final Level Knock, Knock, Knockin’...

Larger than Life (Backstreet Boys)

Cabinet Battle #1 (Hamilton)

LEAD CAST CAST BOWSER (Matinee and Friday Night)

CHARACTERS (In order of appearance)

(Thursday and Saturday Night)

Zali Engel-Bowe

Tee

Lyla Edwards

Crystal Chen

Shiloh

Alyssa Fitzgibbon

Elanor Hall

Lizzie

Erin Kim

Jack Flanagan

Micah Hendrickson

Bruce Max

CAST MARIO Hugh Arthur

Zecki Remman

Zachariah Terry

Jordan

Jake McMahon

Aliyah Scott

Brigitta

Charlotte Anderson

Brad

Keegan Loch

Emily Sheerin

Maria

Nicholas Taylor

Narrator

Harper Tancred

Janet

Henry Collier Jake Stubbs

Emmerton Perchard

Riff Raff

James Mullineux

The Phantom

Jack Lindsay

Bombalurina

Jordan Lee*

The Heathers Ursula

Croft Phillips*

Captain Hook

Lara Duggan*

Evil Queen

Chloe Flanagan* Georgia Ogge*

Daniel McLaren-Kennedy*

Jake Stubbs

Beetlejuice

Ivy Cole

Isabella Gaddes Emily Sheerin Milla Andriano Ruby Petty

Zali Madrers

Archie Mourad

Wednesday Addams

James Mullineux

Nicholas Taylor

Sweeney Todd

Milla Andriano Jack Lindsay

Arliya Smith

Ava O’Connor Ivy Cole

Isabella Gaddes Emily Sheerin Milla Andriano Sarah Hartnett Jordan Lee*

Croft Phillips*

Maleficent

Chloe Flanagan*

Cruella

Georgia Ogge*

Lara Duggan*

Jaffar

Daniel McLaren-Kennedy*

Sarah Hartnett

Wicked Witch

Ruby Petty

Lara Purvis

Tinman

Charlotte Lindsay Lylah Hore

Cassandra Dean Nicholas Taylor Louis Holliday Antonio Fadle

Carlos Trindade Sophia Whittle Ella Purvis Sienna Eddie Sahara Blanchard Ms Karen Couch

*Senior School Student

Dorothy

Scarecrow

Ella Mullineux Lylah Hore

Lara Purvis

Lion

Cassandra Dean

Secretary General (OPEC)

Laith Scott

Secretary General (UN) Big Business Orphans Gate Guardian Alpha

Saxon Miller Kai Doherty

Carlos Trindade Rebecca Hodgson Mia Prati Daniel Valavi Mikayla Ong Ms Karen Couch

PRODUCTION TEAM STUDENTS

Stage Manager: Ariana Sinner QLab Operation: Arden Booker Floor Audio: Tara Moghbelpour, Lily Moorhead, Georgia Terry, Annabella Zhang Follow Spot Operation: Marley Campbell, Maree Tilgner, Georgia Tranter, Emily Woolnough Floor Crew/Mechanists: Allison Au, Hugo Choi, Pearson Fang, George Ghusn, Oliver Gisler, Zane Harrison, Bank Hill, Anna Hodgson, Zayden Jaffar, Tavian King, Rainbow Lau, Yi Ru Lee, Ryan Lush, Matilda Mitchell, Leily Moghbelpour, Felipe Pacheco de Medeiros, Zoey Paull, William Pitts, Talia Sharpe, Dani Svoboda, Tess Uhlmann, Jonah Veitch, Baxter Williams, Ariana Won Pit Singers (Senior School): Isabelle Arthur, Lara Duggan, Chloe Flanagan, Lucas Harm, Jordan Lee, Daniel McLaren-Kennedy, Georgia Ogge, Gabriella Pegler, Croft Phillips.

ADULTS

Artistic Director and Producer: Mr Todd Harm Choreographer: Ryley Shaw Assistant Choreographer: Hayley Walkley Head Theatre Technician: Mr Matt Dean Assistant Theatre Technician: Mr Darren Curtis Lighting Design / Operations: Mr Tom Simpson Sound Desk Operations: Elliott Laird Costume Supervisor: Mrs Julianne Mutton Pit Singing Coordinator: Mr Tim Brown Show Recording: Mr Steve Lewis Ticketing and Box Office: Mrs Michelle Trainor Rehearsal Supervisors: Ms Helen Bennet, Mrs Lisa Chalmers, Mr Stephen Chipps, Mrs Jan Curran, Mr Philip Deem, Mrs Sue Dover, Mrs Marayka Gulin, Mrs Jess Kindt, Mrs Louise Lynch, Mr Adam Power, Ms Jo Ridgers, Ms Meredith Siegmann, Mrs Marnie Wainwright, Mr Andrew Watkins, Ms Pam Watkins, Mrs Libbette Winter Parent Helpers (sets, costumes, makeup): Sheridan Arthur, Andrea Benham, Nicole Brown, Crystal Callender, Nikki Collins, Pam Douglas, Angela Engel, Marie Engel, Sarah Harm, Teresa Hoi, Alex Holliday, Penny Jorgensen, Diem Le Duc, Katie Loch, Lisa Luchetti, Meg Miller, Lauren Mitchell, Jill Moon, Jen Moorhead, Donna Nicoll, Jessica Parente, Kirrilee Scott, Sam Sinner, Shannon Smith, Cecelia Tan, Rebecca Terry, Mariska Trindade, Heather Weekes Gate Guardians: Mrs Peta Aucoin, Mrs Bernadette Callaghan, Mr Stephen Chipps, Ms Jen Ley, Mrs Louise Lynch, Mrs Michelle Trainor, Mrs Kathleen Stephenson, Mr Michael Walkley Program and Photography: Ms Paris Faint

SPECIALIST DANCERS

Addison Barrett, Lara Benham, Lili Benneworth, Sophie Brown, Beverly Chen, Teya Duncan, Coco Farmer, Sarah Fleming, Daisie Godson, Anica Guo, Nina Jackson, Rosie Jorgensen, Lucy Keag, Poppy Kemm, Lauren Kirstein, Vienna Kucko, Sofia Lin, Olivia Lush, Madi Matthews, Gemma Nicoll, Amelia Parente, Yerimy Park, Chavelle Perchard, Olwen Powell, Eva Quennell, Stephanie Rowe, Jessica Saunders, Jemima Slack-Smith, Pin-Sin Su, Jessica Sutcliffe, Georgia Tomkinson, Madeline Tucker, Sage Wagner, Jessie Wallace, Johannah Weekes, Jordan Westwick, Bella Whitlock, Bethany Won

CHORUS

Asher Briggs, Camryn Bruhn, Rylee Buchanan, Eva Callender, Zoe Callender, Sienna Collins, Alley Cooney, Gemma Dalton, Edward Dan, Eve de Soysa-Dale, Yasmin Dempsey, Chloe Douglas, Savannah Elek, Deeva Hero, Charlotte Le Duc, Isabella McSweeney, Amelia Moores, Jemima Moorhead, Isabella Ngo, Heidi Owen-Evans, Keanu Paunde-Schaffer, Lily Pearson, Toby Pearson, Sienna Radvanyi, Eloise Schuetze, Lola Skroblin, Ellen Sleep, Yu-Heng Su, Charlotte Sulzberger, Charlotte Werder, Crystal Yang, Sophia Zhang

THANK YOU

All Saints Friends of Music for running the Goodwill Café.

All Saints Administration team, particularly Adrienne Bennett, Lara Sumich and Karen Newton.

David Egan and International House Kitchen staff for catering.

All the parents of cast and crew for being taxi drivers, caterers, vocal coaches, assistant choreographers, motivational speakers, managers, costumiers and make-up artistes. Your support is crucial, and very much appreciated!