Congratulations to all students involved in our Semester 1 Showcase; it was a wonderful evening performed to a full house of supportive family and friends. Our talented Year 11s performed their scripted monologues and 2 person scenes from 'Ruby Moon' by Matt Cameron. As part of their assessment for monologues, students found and edited their own sound effects and chose their desired lighting effects. 

A big thankyou to our wonderful backstage support crew; Year 12 Alex Tickner for operating the lights and adjusting on the fly to ensure everyone was appropriately lit; and a record number of volunteers from our Year 10 Drama class ensured the evening ran like clockwork:

• Dezley Stevens as our unflappable and highly organised Stage Manager
• Jayde Angus, Ben Colley, Caleb Lyons and Seth Trainer got their ‘steps up’ as Stagehands moving furniture on and off the set between scene transitions
• Cheyanne-May Bain operated sound effects for the evening with aplomb
• David Price filmed the performances with great care and attention to detail.

Backstage Crew

Back row: Jayde Angus, Caleb Lyons, Alex Tickner, Seth Trainor
Front Row: Cheyann-May Bain, Ben Colley, Dezley Stevens (David Price not pictured)

Bump out of set: Ariel Armenti, Monique Beesley, Griffin Brincat, Ryan Farrar, Libby Guy, Jo-Lee Holtum, Rheidsyn Lowry, Odin Roche, Elyce Rutherford, Felicity Smith, Georgia Stidwell, Sean Thompson, Kai Venter.

Finally, thankyou to Tracy Sutton for providing a ‘Ruby Doll’ when the mannequin ordered failed to arrive in time from Melbourne! 

Working with students who are dedicated and conduct themselves in such a professional manner is an absolute delight for me as a teacher, and I am very much looking forward to our Semester 2 Showcase. Our Year 11 students will be working on a whole class play of Hamlet in 15 minutes, as well as devising their own play.  Here’s to more wonderful Drama!

Aundraea Stevens
Drama Teacher