Drama Department Update

The 2023 Junior Theatre Showcase was highly successful with many people attending and significant skill development and theatre awareness learned amongst our young Company. Many thanks to Rohan Kanagasundaram who entertained between acts with his fabulous juggling.

Drama HOD and Director of the Junior Play, Mrs Sophie Coetzee, again took on the significant challenge of devising a play with her actors and the result was an excellent and highly relevant commentary on the role of technology in teenagers lives.

Junior Play Company: Student Assistant Directors: Jake Maskill, Joshua Harrison

Cast: Chris (Angus Taylor), Dave (Jesse Wallace), Narrator (Henry Bovey).

Ensemble: Ruan Daniels, Cairo Grout, Lenny Hansen-Wall, Matty Leary, Oscar Mudgway, Regan O’Connor, Colin Quin, James Rattray, Noah Wingfield-Smith.

For the first four performances, Rohan Kanagasundaram entertained between acts with his fabulous juggling skills. On final night he was unavailable and Saem Millward delighted us with his smooth singing and piano skills.

JMT, directed by Mrs Kirsten Clark began work in Week 3 of Term 1. She adapted a well-known show to come up with her entertaining piece, The Ogre’s Swamp. With assistance from mum Mrs Deb Mcintosh, she created fabulous costumes which really lit up our Little Theatre. Kirsten was assisted throughout the year by Old Boy, Mr Mark Kilsby, and at times by senior students Noah Purcell and Jack Billing with guest Choreographer Taryn Baxter. The final product was a very funny and engaging work, thoroughly appreciated by our audiences.

JMT Cast: Narrator - Mark Kilsby /Kirsten Clark, Ruan Daniels, Jesse Wallace, Regan O'Connor, Nikhil Baine, Edward Anderson, Campbell Mackintosh, Colin Qin, Ethan Davenport, Matty Leary, Angus Taylor, Monson Brown, Lenny Hansen-Wall, Regan O'Connor, Eric Sojan, Kian Webster.

Many thanks to the Junior Crew, lead very well by senior Stage Managers Tristan Little and Riley Best (PNGHS), with no senior or class productions in 2022, this was an important training ground for Oklahoma! 2023. Our young men did extremely well providing smooth transitions and operating technology effectively to support the onstage team. They were: Sakthi Prabhu, Ishmam Biswas, Atta Rahim, Alex Waters, Jacob Dawber, Leejun Kim and Ethan Veale