A cast of 50 learners and almost as many learners further involved in back-stage teams, worked tirelessly for 12 weeks to produce yet another sell-out success in this years musical production, "Shrek The Musical Jr" which performed for a five night season at Ormiston Junior College in Week 3 of this term from Tuesday 10th to Saturday 14th August.

Shrek The Musical JR. follows an ogre named Shrek who has learned the hard way that “people hate the things they cannot understand.” For many years he has protected himself from the hurtful actions of those who are scared of him by living as a recluse in a cozy cesspit. One day, his peaceful swamp is disturbed by new tenants: fairytale misfits — including Pinocchio, the Ugly Duckling, the Wicked Witch, Peter Pan, the Three Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf — who have been banished there by the villainous Lord Farquaad. In order to gain back his land, Shrek makes a deal with Farquaad to rescue the feisty princess Fiona from a tower guarded by a fierce dragon. Setting off, alone, but soon meeting up with his faithful companion, Donkey, Shrek begins the journey of a lifetime filled with adventure, romance, and hilarity...

Our cast featured students across Years 7 -10 including:

Nailah Ali, Yico Gao, Zephyr Tulaga, Emily Wen, Nevaeh Ihimaera, Shalnady Vito, Jiya Nand, Jazz Jackson, Ashmeet Kaur, Shubhanjali Kumar, Angkor Loenthaisong, Alyssa Naidoo, Katreena Chetty, Danielle Saunders, Keilani Fifita-Lamb, Sally He, Dezrhae Harder, Matalena Penitito, Savvy Ghuman, Devon Tanga, Neha Kishor, Sophia Nguyen, Simar Kaur Atwal, Laurence Chon, Zayaan Mohsin, Geethika Avala, Melissa Tang, Sahaj Mangat, Paul Leota, Hannah Hun, Garima Arora, Katana Nair, Katara Yang, Simar Mangat, Mackenzie Cross, Dreianna Harder, Miguel Mitchell, AJ Winterstein, Trisan Tran, Charlotte Liang, Justyce Fa’anunu, Peti Key, Caleb Botting, Rhea Arora, Mazneen Khalid, Nishat Ali, Matthew Soti 

The cast were further supported by several students involved in backstage teams, including:

Hair & Make Up: Paris Narayan, Poojasti Anahita Vunka Jungum, Malvika Mishra, Malak Abdelhady, Hashdip Kaur, Umaiza Sheik, Samantha Abinesh, Ryna Nand, Heleyna Tutagalevao, Mannat Kaur, Yin Sing Khu & Adeeba Shah.
Stage Crew: Aditi Naidu, Ansaar Shah, Ashley Mani, Diya Malhi, Isabel Narayan, Ivanka Singh, Jaya Chand, Lorenzo Rota, Manaia Brown, Mithilesh Chand, Noah Thomas, Prayushi Singh, Samar Mohammad, Muskaan Sekhon, Komal Kaur, Joanne Jou & Vanshika Mani.
Catering Team: Shaakira Ali, Levi Fifita-Lamb, MeeMee Gao, Saumya Gupta, Krystal Helg, Min Huang, Tanishka Mani, Elena Prakash & Rohit Raju.
Sound & Lighting:  Avi Arora, Aaron Singh & Daniel Ng

We cannot thank the large number of staff involved enough for the many hours of work, particularly in the ten day lead up the show opening and the many hours given over the Term 2 holiday break to achieve such a high level of production and performance quality over all.

Front of House: Angeline Loke, Donna Hemingway, Arisha Adhar, Cilla Godinet, Kirsten Wong, Terry Singh, Matt Pulman, Tracey Fifita.
Photography: Gerrie Viljoen & Stuart Hale
Programme: Sylvie Huang & Matt Pulman
Catering Coordination: Shontelle Helg, Makia Gibson, Angeline Loke & Winnie Yeap
Sound & Lighting: Axton Ezekiela & Tim Botting (OSC)
Hair & Make Up: Vivienne Mallabar, Angeline Loke, Donna Hemingway
Costumes: Emma Bishop Alicia Tapu-Tauiliili, Jane Chi Tar, Natalie Fowler & Carolyn Davison
Set & Prop Construction: Jan Ubels, Gerrie Viljoen & Paul Barry

Finally to the 'famous five' who journeyed together through all the planing stages and every rehearsal, to bring the show to stage just 10 months after closing our last hit, 'Disney's Moana Jr', we extend our heart-felt thanks to the Creative Team of Jan Ubels (Designer), Bonnie Talamaivao & Irasa Si'ave (Choreographers), Nyla Joaquin (Musical Director) and Ryan Timoko-Benjamin (Director) for once again sharing their expertise with our learners and taking them on and adventure of a lifetime!

And they say they're only just "getting started"?!? ...What will they think of next?!