Drama
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Tickets are on sale today at 5pm for this year’s musical! Please use this link or click the image below to The Concourse website.
Rehearsal Reminders
- Be prompt to all rehearsals.
- Bring water and food to all rehearsals.
- Bring scripts, librettos and pencils to all rehearsals.
- Wear appropriate attire to Friday and Sunday rehearsals e.g. Redlands Drama or Dance attire or blacks.
Costume Requirements
- All Costume and Shoe requirements can be found in the letter sent out through iLearn. Please ensure you bring all items this Sunday for our photoshoot.
Photoshoot Requirements
- Please ensure you have read the iLearn announcement about what you need for this Sunday’s photoshoot. Please ensure you come ready with your hair and make-up done.
Please email any questions to kboase@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Mrs Katharine Boase
Subject Coordinator of Dance
kboase@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Performance Styles and Form
Year 11 HSC class has been working hard on developing ethical and authentic ways to perform serious and mature themes, evident in their Verbatim theatre assessment that will take place on Monday 11 March.
Why might a practitioner use verbatim theatre?
Verbatim theatre is fashioned from words actually spoken by real people in real situations, and reproduced by actors in performance. An increasingly influential form of theatre, it has a unique ability to present stories from unfamiliar sources and bring unheard voices to the stage. With this in mind students have reflected on the political, cultural and historical elements of these plays, significant to the narrative of the 21st Century art form of Theatre. We are exploring, The Laramie Project (a significant play of the 20th century), Black Diggers, Run Rabbit Run and Parramatta Girls.
Why is verbatim theatre important?
Verbatim gives actors the actual words of real people, verbatim theatre is the closest that theatre can get to objective truth – It is neither imagined nor invented; its authenticity is guaranteed because it presents the testimony of those with first-hand experience.
Some of the scenes we have read include Indigenous peoples. As the students can attest, facing the difficult truths about our shared history as First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians can be confronting. However, we stand with the idea that providing opportunities for students to genuinely reflect on their emotions, attitudes, discomforts, and assumptions is probably the most powerful way to teach for reconciliation.
The images above are of a shadow screen, as year 11 HSC have had the opportunity to explore these plays and staging possibilities with the aid of Verbatim techniques such as the addition of technology.
Kathryn Smith
Acting Subject Coordinator of Drama and Theatre
ksmith@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Drama and Theatre Extra Subjects Program
Call out for any budding young actors! We invite you to explore your creative side every Monday afternoon in the Redlands Drama Studio. The year 7 & 8 Extracurricular acting class runs from 3:20-5pm.
In this dynamic class you will explore improvisation, scene work, play building, characterisation and you’ll even put on an end of year show! There are spaces left if you would still like to enrol.
We also have a Year 9-12 senior acting class in the Adams centre every Monday afternoon.
If you are interested in these creative opportunities and would like to enrol, please email: drama@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Class Spotlight on Creative Kids
In Creative Kids this week, our youngest actors explored their imaginations and creativity through song! Creative Kids is a wonderful program that runs at Redlands House every Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:45-3:45pm. If your child would like to explore in a land where pigs can fly, train conductors sing and elephants roam the corridors of Redlands, then this is the class! This power hour of fun and pure creativity is not to be missed.
If you are interested in this creative opportunity and would like to enrol, please email: drama@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Housekeeping: We kindly ask that all parents and guardians be on time to the extra subject pick up locations after the classes finish.
You will find the various finishing times and locations for Junior school pick up on the Redlands Drama and Theatre pulse page. If you are running late your children(s) will be taken to OOSH and you will be charged accordingly.
If you have any questions, please email:
Drama@redlands.nsw.edu.au OR avirtue@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Thank you for your ongoing support of our fantastic extra subjects’ program!
Amber Virtue
Head of Extra Curricular Drama
avirtue@redlands.nsw.edu.au