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Girton Grammar School production of Alice in Wonderland Jr.
Music and Lyrics by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard, Oliver Wallace and Cy Coban, Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert, Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livington Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by David Simpatico Based on the 1951 Disney film “Alice in Wonderland” and the novels “The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia. Please note that this performance will run for approximately one hour with no interval.
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A word from the Director “But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.” - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Welcome to our 2018 Girton Junior School production of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr. Curioser and curioser. I am so lucky to be able to immerse myself nostagically in staging the favorite stories of my childhood. In 2016 we re-discovered the whimsical world of Dr Seuss. The students learned that theatre was a place where they could ‘Think and wonder, wonder and think’ and that ‘It’s fun to have fun but you have to know how’. Last year we journeyed into the African Savannah, where Mufasa reminded us that “Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.” Also, when things seem tough, there is always a handy little phrase, ‘Hakuna Matata’ to help get you by. This year our Year 6, Year 4 and Year 2 students have fallen down the rabbit hole to find a world in which nothing is impossible, appearances are deceptive and nothing is what it is expected to be. This is also the wonderful world of theatre where “those who don’t believe in magic will never find it”. Once again, our young Girton students have demonstrated an extraordinary array of talent and commitment to bring the characters and story to life on stage. It is a joy to work in a school that values the Performing Arts as an integral part of a person’s educational growth and enhancement. Founding Headmaster of Girton Grammar School, Mr. Clayton Jones, believed that all students would benefit from the kind of confidence that is required to get on stage in front of family and friends. Girton Grammar strongly believes in the intellectual quality of creative pursuits. The skills developed and
extended through The Arts, particularly the Performing Arts Drama, Music and Dance, are skills for life. As a teacher/ director, I nurture and observe many ways students grow over the production process: • Confidence in their own ability to rise to and overcome the challenge of preparing a role, as well as the confidence to present in front of an audience. • Development of strategies that manage perceived fear – fear of making a mistake, fear of looking silly, fear of peer judgement, fear of failure. • Improved team work, collaboration and focus on the success of the final product (the performance) and the client (audience). • The development of an open mind and the ability to move beyond boundaries to experiment with different ideas. • The ability to research, analyse and critically reflect to improve and progress. • The ability to cope with constructive criticism and learn from it. • More direct and considered communication skills. • Stamina and of course, the ability to work hard but have fun. I hope that this year’s Junior School Production is as memorable for the students involved as it has been for those in previous years. It is always rewarding to see students continue a passion or interest in drama and theatre as they continue on in Senior School and beyond. I am delighted and grateful to have a number of Year 8 students from 2016 keen to come back and help backstage this year, in conjunction with older students from years 9, 10 and 11 who have also assisted backstage in previous productions. I wish our Year 6 cohort well in their transition to year 7 next year and who I hope, as has happened in past two years, will feel more emboldened by knowing some Senior School students who will happily greet them from this time they have shared during the production.
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This production of Alice in Wonderland is an abridged musical (a junior version) based on the 1951 Disney movie of the same title. Since publication of Lewis Carroll’s original two stories – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1872) – there have been many, many interpretations of Alice in film and art. Yet the Walt Disney animated film has become the most recognised adaptation. The script for this production and many of the songs (with some updated) are directly from the screenplay and so will be familiar. In our production, we adhere to the Disney representation but also highlight the social and historical context of the original story as this is important to understanding Carroll’s intentions when creating the story in Victorian England, not 1950’s America. What do you take away after seeing Alice in Wonderland Jr? Perhaps you will recognise these character types around you – the person always in a rush, the bossy impatient one, the curious child, the politician who has us going around in circles; perhaps you will enjoy a break from the order and routine of everyday life with some nonsense; perhaps you will go home and re-read the story; perhaps you will know who you were this morning, but realise you ‘must have been changed several times since then’; perhaps you will ask philosophical questions such as Is our life fixed or can we steer it? Or like Alice ask, Who in the world am I? Or What is the point? When all else fails, you can always say Hakuna Matata or you can get with the vibe on the Caterpillar’s side and emulate the wise advice to ‘Don’t Worry. Be Happy.’
It is a joy to have students not just follow direction, but offer their own creative ideas to enhance and improve the work in collaboration with the Director or Designers. Like Alice, I encourage our students to have initiative, to ask questions, to be curious. Curiosity is the fuel that drives both the child and the creator and hopefully our future adults. I am very proud of all of the students in both their individual and collective achievements. I hope you are too.
“Have I gone mad?” asked Alice.
“I’m afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are.” - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Mandy Ellison Director / Teacher of Drama Girton Junior School
At the very least, you will take away an admiration for these young people and the energy they bring to the stage to share this story with you, the audience. My unreserved admiration and appreciation goes to the students and parents who continue to trust my Directorial vision.
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The Alice in Wonderland story Lewis Carroll was actually Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson a mathematics professor at Christ Church College in Oxford in the 1800’s. Dodgson created his imaginary ‘fairytale of Alice’s adventures underground’ for seven year old Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of the College. Alice and her two sisters would enjoy the fanciful tales during afternoon boat trips on the river. One sunny July summer afternoon, Alice requested that he write the stories down, which he did and gave to Alice Liddell as a Christmas gift. With encouragement from friends, the revised ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was published in 1865, under the pseudonym, Lewis Carroll, with illustrations by John Tennielle. The original manuscript, hand written and illustrated by Charles Dodgson, now resides in the British Library. At the time of publication, the book received mostly negative reviews. Critics found the book to be ‘sheer nonsense and ‘extravagantly absurd’. However, under the stifl ing social and educational conventions of Victorian England, it was children who could most enjoy what they were denied – the chaos and madness of dreams and imagination. In the Victorian era many upper and middle class children were given over into the care of nurses or nannies. Boys were often sent away to boarding school, while girls were usually taught at home by a governess. The emphasis for all children, but particularly girls, was on learning manners and how to fit into society. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is full of events that were part of Ninteenth Century English culture – tea parties, croquet games, study of English history, Latin and recitation of memorised moral poems, riddles and mathematical references.
ruled by nonsense and incoherence, where inhabitants appear to lose track of time and space. In a society where children were expected to be seen and not heard, Alice insists on having a voice. Children often received confl icting expectations. They were told to ‘act their age’ but could be chastised for ‘behaving like a child’. Alice questions adult logic and often shows adult behaviour, particularly of someone in power and authority, to be irrational, contradicting and unjust. The White Rabbit is paranoid about lateness because punctuality was an important characteristic in Victorian Society. Londoners used to directly approach strangers out of amusement to ask ‘Who are you?’ People were often worried about what they ate and drank, fearing possible contamination in the food marked or water supply. Lewis Carroll’s Alice gave children, and adults, permission to step into Wonderland. Alice stretched her horizon and went on a mission to expand herself. Carroll’s combination of sophisticated logic, social satire, and pure fantasy would make the book a classic for children and adults alike.
The stories of Alice’s adventures were full of references to the shared social and imaginative world Carroll and his friends inhabited in and around Oxford during this period (many of these references were removed in the Walt Disney 1951 adaptation as they were not understood by an American audience). The Alice in Wonderland story is perceived by some to be merely a trip to a fantasy world created by Alice’s imagination, an absurd dream. Carroll challenges social conventions of the time. Wonderland is a place
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Libretto 1. Dodgsonland (Alice in Wonderland/A world of My Own) Alice, Year 6 main ensemble and Park Citizens 2. I’m Late The White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Alice , Year 4 London Bankers 3. Very Good Advice Alice, Mad Hatter, Rose, White Rabbit, Dodo Bird, Caterpillar, Year 6 Park Citizens 4. Ocean of Tears Dodo Bird, Year 4 Lobsters 5. The Caucus Race Dodo Bird, Year 4 Lobsters, Year 6 Sea Creatures, Year 2 Sea Creatures , Small Alice 6. I’m Late (Reprise) White Rabbit, Dodo Bird, Year 4 Lobsters, Year 6 Sea Creatures, Year 2 Sea Creatures , Small Alice, Cheshire Cat 7. How D’Ye Do and Shake Hands Alice, Tweedledum, Tweedledee, Year 6 Gentlemen 8. The Golden Afternoon The Flowers, Small Alice, Year 6 Garden Ensemble 9. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Caterpillar, Small Alice, Year 6 Garden Ensemble, Year 4 Garden Ensemble, Year 2 Garden Ensemble 10. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (play off ) Caterpillar 11. The Unbirthday Song Mad Hatter, March Hare, Tea Mouse, Alice, Year 6 and Year 4 Wonderland Unbirthday partiers 12. I’m Late (Reprise) White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Unbirthday partiers, Alice, Cheshire Cat 13. Painting the Roses Red Alice, Year 6 Royal Cardsmen, Year 6 Royal Guests and Courtiers 14. Painting The Roses Red (Reprise) Queen of Hearts, King of Hearts, Alice, Year 6 Royal Cardsmen 15. Simon Says Queen of Hearts, Year 6 Royal Cardsmen, Alice 16. The Unbirthday Song (Reprise) Mad Hatter, March Hare, Queen of Hearts, King of Hearts, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Flowers, White Rabbit, Year 6 Royal Ensemble 17. Whooooo Are Youuuuu? Alice, Small Alice, Tall Alice, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Flowers, Mad Hatter, March hare, Tea Mouse, Queen of Hearts, King of Hearts, Royal Cardsmen 18. Alice in Wonderland Full Cast 19. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Full Cast
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Synopsis Victorian England 1865. Alice and her elder sister Mathilda, go to a park, where they find other local citizens enjoying the fine, summer’s afternoon. Mathilda lectures Alice whilst reading from a History book, but Alice is more interested in the people around her and uses her imagination to dream of a world of her own. Mathilda chastises Alice, who then wonders aloud when she will find her purpose. Alice becomes drowsy and as she falls asleep, the Cheshire Cat appears and reveals to the audience the wonders Alice will experience on her journey. Alice wakes and finds a White Rabbit, in the midst of a chorus of busy London Bankers, lamenting about how late he is. Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole where strange creatures offer her advice. Finally, at the end of her fall,
Alice encounters a talking doorknob which tells her that a place called "Wonderland" is on the other side. The Doorknob suggests that Alice eat and drink magical items to change her size. Alice becomes more and more perplexed as she grows and shrinks. She cries an ocean of tears and as she shrinks again, is able to swim through the keyhole into Wonderland. A boat carrying a Dodo Bird, his Lobster crew and a bunch of Sea Creatures rows past. Once they all wash ashore, the Dodo Bird initiates a caucus race so that everyone can dry off. The Dodo Bird gives Alice a prize – a cookie that allows her to grow back to her normal size. The White Rabbit runs by again and Alice tries to follow him, but runs into Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The Tweedles and a chorus of Victorian Gentlemen explain how to properly greet someone and teach Alice some manners. She escapes the Tweedles and the chorus of well-mannered gentlemen and finds the White Rabbit near his house looking for some special white gloves. Alice offers to search the house for his gloves and takes a bite of another cookie she finds. She grows to the size of the White Rabbit’s house until she wears it like a dress. As the Dodo Bird suggests to burn the house down to solve this dilemma, a concerned Alice eats a carrot which makes her shrink to the size of three inches. She runs and hides among a patch of rude flowers. Rose, Lily, Petunia, Daisy, Violet, Marigold, Daphne, Iris and Forget-Me-Not, the Flowers of the exclusive Golden Afternoon, are in the midst of their daily martial arts routine when Alice disturbs their focus. Alice admires their beauty and longs to join their club, but the mean girl Flowers cruelly turn her away. A wise Caterpillar encourages Alice to get in touch with her own inner fabulosity.
the Cardsmen's trick and in a temper, calls for them to have their heads cut off. When the Queen of Hearts notices Alice, she challenges her to a game of Simon Says. Alice, much to everyone's surprise (and fear), beats the Queen at her own game. Furious, the Queen bellows “Off with her head”. The King of Hearts proposes a trial for Alice as an alternative to an immediate beheading. As witnesses take the stand, under the threatening glare of the Knave of Hearts, The King becomes a seasoned Prosecutor, twisting the questions and witness answers against poor Alice. The Mad Hatter and March Hare make sure to wish the Queen a happy unbirthday, which seems to create a happy diversion, until the Queen becomes Judge and demands Alice is found guilty, calling for her immediate execution. At the last minute, the Caterpillar, now transformed into a butterfly, appears to remind Alice of her inner fabulosity and asks her to dig deep and answer: "Whooo are youuu?" Alice considers what she had learned throughout her journey and ultimately concludes that she is Alice, which is quite enough, and perfectly acceptable. Suddenly, she finds herself back in the park with Mathilda and finds the White Rabbit’s broken watch in her pocket.
Alice encounters the mysterious Cheshire Cat who leads Alice to the Mad Hatter. The Mad Hatter and his friends, The March Hare and The Tea Mouse are celebrating his Unbirthday with an unusual game of musical chairs. The White Rabbit runs by, still late, and the Mad Hatter tries to fix his watch, with disastrous results. Alice follows the White Rabbit into the Royal Rose Garden where the Royal Cards are painting the white roses red. The Queen of Hearts discovers
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Cast Alice
Small Alice Tall Alice Mathilda
White Rabbit
Doorknob/Jack of Hearts Dodo Bird
Lucy Hall (Frew)
Kiara Primmer (Millward)
Emma Hines (Frew)
Katelyn Tuohy (Frew)
Estella Breen (Millward)
Nathan Brain (Millward) Darcy Thomas ( Jones)
Cheshire Cat 1
Olivia Karamaloudis (Riley)
Cheshire Cat 3
Charlotte Cooney ( Jenkin)
Cheshire Cat 2 Tweedledum Tweedledee
The Flowers: Rose
Petunia Lily
Violet Daisy Iris
Daphne
Marigold
Forget Me Not
Rubi Conti (Millward) Sarah Radford (Riley)
Sienna Hooke (Riley)
Caterpillar
Amelie Woodward ( Jones)
Caterpillar Body
Isabella Monichino (Frew)
Caterpillar Body
Lu Lu Wah ( Jones)
Caterpillar Body
Maya Dignan (Riley)
Mad Hatter
Hunter Boswell ( Jenkin)
March Hare
Xavier Worme (Aherne)
Tea Mouse
Ryan Moat ( Jones)
Queen of Hearts
Mackenzie Anderson (Aherne)
King of Hearts
Olive Ritchie ( Jenkin)
Year 6 Featured Dancers
Jeb Collins ( Jones)
Chloe Davey (Millward)
Maya Dignan (Riley)
Greta Burns (Aherne)
Keisha Handley-Kurzke (Riley)
Jacaila Dettman (Riley)
Isabella Monichino (Frew)
Remy Tanner ( Jones)
Zuzu Voke (Frew)
Chloe Peter ( Jenkin)
Gabriella Pitt ( Jenkin)
Jenna Ackland ( Jones)
Olive Ritchie ( Jenkin)
Charlize Langley ( Jones) Alexis Muir (Millward) Lu Lu Wah ( Jones)
Lily Jones (Aherne)
Siennah Kean (Riley)
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Production Team Director/Production Manager Assistant Director Music Director
Mrs Jenny Geyer
Mrs Laura Dusseljee
Choreography
Mrs Georgiana Rice
Vocal Coach
Mrs Kristie Woodward
Stage Manager Crew
Ms Mandy Ellison
Supervising Technicians
Mr Paul Kavanaugh Mr James Mansfield
Photography
Mr Mark Beever
Graphic Design
Publicity and Promotion
Ms Joanne Grech
Lily Townsend (11 Jones)
Edwina Wallace-Smith (11 Millward) Jock Faulks (11 Jones)
Set Construction
Henry Keogh (11 Frew)
Ashleigh Laker (11 Jenkin)
Tom Miller (11 Jones)
Gretchen Rittberger (11 Frew) Costumes
Lachlan Sutherland (11 Jones)
Audio Systems Technicians
Mr Ian Scott
Mr Mickey Levis
Mr John McMillan Ms Yvette Shanley
Mr James Spencer
Oliver Davison (8 Riley)
Austin Haywood (9 Aherne)
Samuel Martin (10 Frew)
Lochie Read (10 Jones)
Jack Garnett (10 Riley)
Mr Glenn Bourke for Bourke’s Kitchens Mr Ken Wells, Mr Vern Wall, Mr Colin Brown and Mr Keva Lloyd for Bendigo Theatre Company Ms Samantha Lempio Franklin
Scenic Painting Assistants
Mrs Anita Scott for Scott’s Mascots and Costume Hire
Lighting Design and Multi-Media Programming: Audio Technicians
Scenic Painting
Mrs Kristen Beever
Mrs Kristen Beever Mr Mark Beever Mrs Kristi Mitchell Mrs Alex Fisher
Props
Mrs Viv Bath, Mrs Cate Burns, Mr John Gibbs, Mrs Kerry Gibbs, Mrs Catherine Hines, Mrs Prue Milner, Mrs Helen McRory, Mrs Tabatha Peter, Greta Burns (6 Aherne), Emma Hines (6 Frew), Chloe Peter (6 Jenkin), Jarra Sardone (8 Aherne)
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Ensembles Victorian London Park Citizens Billy Black (6 Jenkin) Gus Edwards (6 Jenkin) Julian Snell (6 Aherne) Edward Wilkinson (6 Millward) Penn Hosking (6 Millward) Oshadha Kodippiliarachchi (6 Jones) Pepper Lynch (6 Jones) Sam Mellor (6 Jones) Oscar Polidano (6 Frew) Joel Anderson (6 Frew) Lenny Chapman (6 Riley) Mark Henry (6 Frew) Lincoln McKern (6 Riley) Zain Nazeer (6 Frew) Nick Rowley (6 Millward) Angus Williams (6 Jenkin) Paperboy: James Forbes (6 Aherne) Eva Ingram-Sandercock (6 Jones) Aya Giller (6 Aherne) Cricket Players Edward Cunningham (6 Jenkin) Sampson Tully (6 Riley)
Jett Upton (6 Jenkin) Elliott Boucher (6 Millward) Thomas Conlan (6 Jones) Samuel Kay (6 Millward) William Bowles (6 Riley) Tomlin Dean (6 Frew) Henry Rathjen (6 Riley) Women Sophie McClure (6 Frew) Claudia Stone (6 Riley) Grumpy Old Man Blake Spiteri (6 Riley) London Bankers Harry Wicking (6 Aherne) Jeremy Clemens (6 Millward) Solomon Cook (6 Frew) Statues Ben Rohan (6 Jenkin) Piers Marks Watkins (6 Aherne) Sea Creature Ensemble James Forbes (6 Aherne) Sam Fraser (6 Aherne) Hamish Hindson (6 Frew) Penn Hosking (6 Millward) Samuel Kay (6 Millward) Oshadha Kodippiliarachchi (6 Jones)
Lewis Kuchel (6 Aherne) Pepper Lynch (6 Jones) Sam Mellor (6 Jones) Henry Morrison (6 Millward) Zain Muhammad (6 Jenkin) Sebastian O’Sullivan (6 Jones) Oscar Polidano (6 Frew) Mahin Shams (6 Jones) Sampson Tully (6 Riley) Jett Upton (6 Jenkin) Harry Wicking (6 Aherne) Gentlemen Billy Black (6 Jenkin) Elliott Boucher (6 Millward) Archer Bowles (6 Riley) Thomas Conlan (6 Jones) Patrick Diss (6 Frew) Gus Edwards (6 Jenkin) Nathan McKern (6 Riley) Tadhg Ralph (6 Frew) Ben Rohan (6 Jenkin) Cayden Shannon (6 Aherne) Julian Snell (6 Aherne) Piers Marks Watkins (6 Aherne) Edward Wilkinson (6 Millward)
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Wonderland Creatures Ensemble Oliver Bresland (6 Aherne) Edward Cunningham (6 Jenkin) Bailey Dolan (6 Aherne) Jessica Foote (6 Riley) James Forbes (6 Aherne) Aya Giller (6 Aherne) Logan Hammet (6 Jenkin) Mark Henry (6 Frew) Hamish Hindson (6 Frew) Eva Ingram-Sandercock (6 Jones) Sophie McClure (6 Frew) Henry Morrison (6 Millward) Zain Muhammad (6 Jenkin) Zain Nazeer (6 Frew) Sebastian O'Sullivan (6 Jones) Zara Sampson (6 Jones) Mahin Shams (6 Jones) Claudia Stone (6 Riley) Sampson Tully (6 Riley) Jett Upton (6 Jenkin) Royal Courtiers / Guests Ensemble Billy Black (6 Jenkin) Elliott Boucher (6 Millward) Archer Bowles (6 Riley) Thomas Conlan (6 Jones) Patrick Diss (6 Frew) Gus Edwards (6 Jenkin)
Sam Fraser (6 Aherne) Penn Hosking (6 Millward) Samuel Kay (6 Millward) Lewis Kuchel (6 Aherne) Pepper Lynch (6 Jones) Piers Marks Watkins (6 Aherne) Nathan McKern (6 Riley) Sam Mellor (6 Jones) Oscar Polidano (6 Frew) Tadhg Ralph (6 Frew) Ben Rohan (6 Jenkin) Cayden Shannon (6 Aherne) Julian Snell (6 Aherne) Harry Wicking (6 Aherne) Royal Heralds Jeremy Clemens (6 Millward) Solomon Cook (6 Frew) Royal Cardsmen Edward Cunningham (6 Jenkin) Logan Hammet (6 Jenkin) Sampson Tully (6 Riley) Joel Anderson (6 Frew)
William Bowles (6 Riley) Lenny Chapman (6 Riley) Tomlin Dean (6 Frew) Mark Henry (6 Frew) Lincoln McKern (6 Riley) Zain Nazeer (6 Frew) Henry Rathjen (6 Riley) Nick Rowley (6 Millward) Blake Spiteri (6 Riley) Angus Williams (6 Jenkin) Royal Guards Edward Wilkinson (6 Millward) Oliver Bresland (6 Aherne) James Forbes (6 Aherne) Hamish Hindson (6 Frew) Henry Morrison (6 Millward) Zain Muhammad (6 Jenkin) Sebastian O'Sullivan (6 Jones) Mahin Shams (6 Jones) Jett Upton (6 Jenkin)
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2D ensemble Khloe Ava Allan Barich (2 Frew) (2 Riley) Ruby Barling Hannah Ching(2(2 Frew) Jenkin) Emerson Boswell Sebastian Ciancio (2 (2Jenkin) Aherne) Campbell Steve Gayed Bowen (2 Frew) (2 Jenkin) Charlotte Sean Hughan Cason (2 Jones) (2 Frew) Lucas Chen William Jackson (2 Jenkin) (2 Frew) Sophia Kelly Aldrich Joe (2(2Riley) Aherne) Aditi Kumar Amélie Kooloos (2 Jones) (2 Millward) Siara Madina Emma Lichnovsky (2 Jenkin) (2 Aherne) Finn McCormick Sophie Mahony (2(2 Frew) Aherne) Brydie Primmer Georgia Mekel (2(2Frew) Millward) Arshia Randhawa Charlotte Metaxas(2 (2Millward) Jones) Nadia Sampson Marana Murray (2 Jones) Jenkin) Darshpreet Siún O’Malley Sandhu (2 Jones) (2 Aherne) SpencerPanayi Trojan Snell (2 Riley) Maya Peacock Liam Tully (2 (2 Riley) Jones) HarrietRizwan Eshaal Williams (2 (2 Jenkin) Jenkin) Oscar Ella Thomas Worme(2(2Millward) Aherne) Octavia Yuen Charlotte Thomson (2 Frew) (2 Aherne) Happy Yu (2 Riley) Hazel Ziffer (2 Jones)
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4V ensemble London Bankers Isabella Bowles (4 Riley) Saffy Chapman (4 Riley) Mitchell Clark (4 Aherne) Ashton Cunning (4 Jones) Ashan Dhanapala (4 Riley) Rex Lourie (4 Frew) Frederick McKenzie (4 Millward) Jasmine Mann (4 Jones) Lulu Paterson (4 Riley) Avni Rao (4 Jones) Param Singh Chatha (4 Riley) Emma Smith (4 Jenkin) Darcy Steel (4 Millward) Tanaka Tamangani (4 Aherne)
Swirlers Hayden Foster (4 Aherne) Arabella Fowler (4 Millward) Jack Jemmett (4 Jones) Stuart Morrison (4 Millward) Jacob Murray (4 Jenkin) Harriet Noble (4 Frew) Joseph Stretch (4 Millward) Lobsters Ashton Cunning (4 Jones) Ashan Dhanapala (4 Riley) Arabella Fowler (4 Millward) Harriet Noble (4 Frew) Param Singh Chatha (4 Riley)
Emma Smith (4 Jenkin) Darcy Steel (4 Millward) Tanaka Tamangani (4 Aherne) Tea Party Ensemble Mitchell Clark (4 Aherne) Hayden Foster (4 Aherne) Rex Lourie (4 Frew) Frederick McKenzie (4 Millward) Param Singh Chatha (4 Riley) Joseph Stretch (4 Millward) Tanaka Tamangani (4 Aherne) Jacob Murray (4 Jenkin) Darcy Steel (4 Millward) Jack Jemmett (4 Jones) Stuart Morrison (4 Millward) Ashton Cunning (4 Jones) Ashan Dhanapala (4 Riley)
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Acknowledgements professionally presented and I know the photographs of the production will be stunning keepsakes for the students, parents, myself and the school to revel in the memories of the production experience.
Every year an amazing group of people contribute to the successful staging of our Junior School Production and I am indebted to every person who in any way helped get us to Production Week. Firstly I would like to acknowledge and share my gratitude to the Headmaster, Mr Matthew Maruff, the Board and the Head of Junior School, Mr Don Thompson, for their ongoing support, for giving me the opportunity to develop the Drama curriculum at Junior School and to have the creative freedom to stage these amazing productions for our Girton community. Thank you to my Production Team colleagues for the extra time they have added to their day to work with students as well as their support, guidance and invaluable contribution along the journey, in particular, Musical Director Mrs Laura Dusseljee, Assistant Director Mrs Jenny Geyer, Choreographer Mrs Georgiana Rice, Vocal and Audio Coach Mrs Kristie Woodward and Organisational Gurus: Mrs Viv Bath, Mrs Erin Moss and Mrs Kim Henery. I am also grateful for the patient organisational and administrative support from our Head of Drama in Senior School, Mr Nicholas Pease, Performing Arts Administrator Ms Shari Williams, Mrs Jacinta Jackson and Finance Manager Mrs Anita Briggs. Very special thanks to Mrs Kristen Beever and Mr Mark Beever for your amazing photography, graphic design and marketing. You are always so gracious and accommodating, able to work around tight schedules and incredibly creative with your visual communication. The publicity has been beautifully and
Thank you to the Senior School students for being so willing to volunteer your time to be part of our backstage and makeup teams. I know how much the Junior School students appreciate your effort, dedication and humour. Thanks to the irrepressible Ms Joanne Grech for your encouragement and support of Senior School students to participate as valued backstage team members, as well as your expert organisation coordinating the Stage Management of the show. I am thankful to parents who support the enthusiasm of their children to attend rehearsals or long photo shoot days by being willing to transport their children after hours, assist with costume, make up or set construction, or to be a valuable emotional support at any time their child is feeling challenged and in need of ‘good advice’. Thank you for the gift of your lovely students to teach. I would especially like to thank the Bendigo Theatre Company, for allowing us to use their workshop shed to build the set for this production, whilst in the middle of two of their own productions. To the absolute legends who came together to create the amazing set – Artist Ms Samantha Lempio-Franklin, for her ability to pluck the artistic vision out of my head and turn it into the amazing proscenium to frame the world of the story. To dear friends Vern Wall, Colin Brown and Ken Wells for their building and engineering knowledge and Jedi-like skills on the power tools in the construction of our ‘Alice’ set. Huge appreciation to Jordan French and Georgia Campbell from Bendigo Theatre Company for heading up the makeup team with their creative design and theatrical makeup magic for both the photoshoot and during production week. A big shout out to Glenn Bourke and Ash from Bourke’s Kitchens who once again were able to bring some of our set design pieces to life. I sincerely thank Bourke’s Kitchens for fitting us in amongst the busy schedule and for Glenn’s patience and kindness in turning my scribbled drawings into functioning pieces. Also a big thanks to Mrs Janelle Rotherham from Nexus Bendigo Youth Theatre for
your help with the hire of set pieces and for Nexus’ ongoing support of community youth theatre in Bendigo. Thank you to the students and their parents for adding their creative skills, making props and painting sets during the holidays: Mrs Catherine Hines and Emma, along with Mrs Cate Burns and Greta, Mrs Tabatha Peter and Chloe, Mrs Helen McRory and Jarra Sardone. Thank you to Mrs Bronwyn Brown for your macaron painting and to Mrs Lynne Davey for your quick and expert stitching of the banners that transform the vuvuzelas into fanfare trumpets! Thanks to the incredibly gifted Mr Ian Scott for amazing lighting design and the Girton Theatre Technicians, headed up by Mr John McMillan. Without you these children would not only be unseen and unheard, but would not experience the quality of all of stagecraft that enhance their roles and the flow of the story. Mrs Anita Scott has once again provided a visual feast in the extraordinary array of costumes she has assembled, and made especially for some unusual requests. Anita is so patient and accommodating of all the children and nothing is ever too difficult. Thank you so much for your creative energy and stunning costumes and thank you also to your husband Tim for transporting costumes around the countryside!
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I thank my family for once again allowing our living room floor to be a creative arts studio for the months leading up to the production and the endless bits of glue, glitter, foam and paint we will continue to clean up until Christmas! To my husband Greg, who is tireless in his ability to draw up my ideas and construct them into something that may work on stage, and to daughter Georgia, who let me interrupt her Year 12 studies to field my never-ending ‘how to’ questions on the computer, her eye for quirky design and her ability to always provide a new perspective when needed.
A very big thank you and round of hearty applause to the students in this year’s production. It never ceases to amaze me how talented and motivated these young people can be when they feel empowered and successful and how ready they are to then raise the bar to the next level of achievement. I am most grateful to have the opportunity as a Drama teacher to revel in their boundless energy and unlimited potential at being the best they can be.
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