Drama and Theatre

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We are halfway through the term and already, we have seen some amazing performances and creations from all Drama and Theatre students. Last week I stopped into Year 3 Music Theatre, where they excitedly learnt repertoire from The Lion King. I can already see the makings of passionate Music Theatre performers in the program. 

Musical Update 

All musical families have been added to the Shrek iLearn page. All important updates, information and requirements will be sent out via the Announcements. Please keep a particular eye out over the upcoming weeks as we distribute information leading into Production Week. 

Tickets 

Tickets will go on sale in March via the Concourse Website. Showtimes and dates are below. 

Show 1: Thursday 24 March, 6.30 pm 

Show 2: Friday 25 March, 6.30 pm

Show 3: Saturday 26 March 2.00 pm 

Extra Subject Drama and Theatre 

Classes are going well. If you want to enrol your child please contact drama@redlands.nsw.edu.au. Some classes are at capacity and have a waitlist. 

Reminder: A friendly reminder to communicate with your child about their extra-curricular classes in the morning. Please ensure any absences are sent to drama@redlands.nsw.edu or your child’s class tutor prior to the lesson. 

Highlight of the Week: Redlands House 

Note: The Wednesday class is full but spots are available on Tuesday. 

Creative Kids: Today we learnt how to mirror a mime. We explored emotion and our physicality by walking through different mediums and moving as animals or characters. We worked in pairs and used our bodies to make objects such as a bridge, a tree and a bicycle! And as a class, we created two wonderful stories, The Princess and the Unicorn and The Sad Dragon. What fun!

Highlight of the Week: Preparatory School 

Year 1 Acting: In Today’s Year 1 Acting lesson students explored the use of movement to make a freeze-frame. Students worked together to experiment with the use of freeze-frames to create a frozen picture that conveyed a story. 

Highlight of the Week: Junior School

Year 5 Acting: This week, the ‘Stakey Nuggs’ (the name for our team as decided by the students) worked on enhancing our listening and quick thinking skills. Each student took turns at doing a ‘rant’  about something they either really liked or really disliked and then swapped. This was followed by the ‘wedding speech’ exercise, where one student makes a speech, and two others prompt them with random words which they have to integrate into the speech. We finished the lesson with ‘one nice thing’ where the students reflected on one thing in the lesson they enjoyed doing/were proud of, and one thing that they enjoyed that another student did. 

Highlight of the Week: Secondary School 

We learnt the song The Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton, demonstrating some serious girl power. (Miss Tripp double-checked for and edited out any inappropriate bits!) We then improvised some scenes around the theme of ‘sisters’.

Key Dates 

Ms Alyssha Clarke 
Head of Drama and Theatre 
aclarke@redlands.nsw.edu.au 
drama@redlands.nsw.edu.au 
02 9968 9857