Co-curricular Drama

After a great start to the year, with a record number of enthusiastic Drama students enrolled in classes, COVID-19 then impacted our classes for several weeks in Semester 1. However, we were delighted to be able to get everything back up and running face-to-face in Semester 2 with renewed vigour and enthusiasm and the goal of a potential live audience for the annual showcase, Centrestage, in Term 4.

Centrestage enables every Co-curricular Drama student to perform for an audience. Performance experience is of the utmost importance for every Drama student’s learning journey, and it is through experience in a live performance setting that we grow, develop in confidence and extend our performance skills as theatre makers. The students collaborated and worked together to create their characters, physicality, vocal choices and stage their performances, expressing their ideas to an audience.

Happily we managed to achieve this and all the students from Kindergarten to Year 12 were able to showcase their dramatic skills and creativity in two very entertaining and varied performances for their parents, socially distanced, of course!

Due to the limitations of audience and the COVID-19 restrictions in place, the On Camera Film Festival Showcase went online. There was a wide range of films showcased, including animation, documentary and narrative films. On Camera celebrated our more experienced filmmakers as well as our students who are new to the art. Throughout their filmmaking activities, our students worked in focused teams to write, direct, capture and edit a range of stories.

Ruby Stewart, Year 12

While most of the Theatresports competitions were cancelled due to COVID-19, the students were able to focus on honing their improvisation and dramatic skills. We were fortunate that in Term 4 our Year 8 team was able to participate in two competitions held via Zoom. Through achieving great success in all their heats they were the overall Year 8 Regional winners of the Theatresports Challenge.

Detention (Drama Festival Year 7) The Pigeon Play (Kindergarten)

Heaven (Drama Festival Years 5 and 6)

Congratulations to Amy Shi (director), Anastatsia Vitalis, Ashley Dhanu, Jasmine Li, Angela Liu, Tisya Sharma, Lily Chen, Angel Lai (film team) and Estelle Vander and Alyssa Vardy (actors) for the film, Bluebird's Daydream, a finalist in the third annual Indy Shorts International Film Festival presented by Heartland Film. Bluebird's Daydream explores a young girl pursuing her dream to become a published author as she writes her first novel. At the same time, she struggles in her relationship with her sister and father and seeks to come to an understanding with them.

This success was an incredible honour as films from talented high school students were submitted from around the world, but only 12 were selected to compete for the $2,000 Summer White Lynch Memorial Grand Prize. Ms Tamara Sweetman, Head of Drama Captain of Drama Ruby Stewart

Amy Shi

Tisya Sharma

Charlotte Allen, Olivia Blayney, Amelia Brown, Claire Browning, Freya Carmody, Romina Cooke, Sophie Coughlan, Isabella Florica, Charlotte Ford, Isla Harris, Maya Hodgeman, Monique Hore, Giaan Jackson, Caitlyn Kim, Alexandra Luxton, Hannah Maher, Kattrina Pearson, Aashna Rana, Isabel Ryan, Sophie Smith, Estelle Vander, Alyssa Vardy, Iris Wang

Isabella Florica, Maya Hodgeman, Hannah Maher, Kattrina Pearson, Annabelle Richens, Isabel Ryan, Tisya Sharma, Faith Sherwood, Amy Shi, Ruby Stewart, Phoenix Surridge, Stephanie Volos, Lili Wymond

Chloe Kim, Kathie Ong