This year’s annual performing arts production is Clue on stage, which is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery, on 20-23 July in the Valda Ward Auditorium.

Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. It is the classic Who did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!

Tickets are available at: https://www.trybooking.com/BZHFR

And now, we wish to introduce our community to these six mysterious guests…the fourth of these being Mrs Peacock, played by Year 12 student Mikayla Montgomery.

“I got involved in the production as it is my final year at Damascus, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get involved in Clue! It’s such a ridiculous, exhilarating, fast-paced play, and I wanted something to really push me as a performer- so there couldn’t be a more perfect play!

It was such a wonderful time every rehearsal, whether it was afterschool Monday and Thursday or on Sundays, we were all able to come in and bring our very best to each rehearsal. Our team managed to work effectively while still having a laugh!

I play Mrs. Peacock and she is an interesting character- She’s an old woman prone to… emotional outburst- so she takes a lot of energy to portray. Contrastingly, she can also be rather sly and conniving, so it is interesting to play the duality of the character! I love her to pieces and am so grateful I got to play this wild woman for my last hurrah!

I loved how the way the cast all came together as a big family, it was amazing, as we were all from so many different years and theatre experience! It’s such a lovely environment to be in when everyone is lifting each other’s performances and pushing each other to be their best.

Performing Arts at Damascus will always be a special place to me. I have developed so much self-confidence, made so many friends, and been able to flourish as an individual by the incredible support system within the department.”