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 fifth of these being Mrs White, played by Year 10 student Jessica Dechene.

“I got involved in this year’s production because it’s a great opportunity. I wanted to be a part of something for the school and have memories of contribution and joy in the future.

There is a lot of hilarious movements and difficulty keeping straight faces in rehearsals…Megan’s Colonel Mustard is always one for laughs.

The character I play, Mrs White is a very melodramatic and deadpan character and deep down jealous. Murder and death are one of her strong suits. After all she supposedly murdered her previous five husbands....

I personally find it difficult to measure the amount of melodrama and emotion to give her.

The challenge of doing this play is to have the ability to be able to maintain character but speak at fast rates over each-other. By keeping the pace it keeps intensity.

I value this experience because I don’t have much experience when it comes to performing at all, but I want to. In rehearsals you gain inspiration and see others grow along with their character…. it’s a magical sight to see. I also struggle socially, but by doing rehearsals you get to interact with all types of different people across year levels which is really cool!

Performing Arts at Damascus is very high quality but also a very chilled environment. You learn and produce a range of dramatic aspects; the teachers are very talented and you get to work with others on the way. Everyone is in the same boat; everyone is putting themselves out there and everyone supports one and other. Overall, It’s an amazing environment and provides great memories.”

Jessica Dechene, Year 10 student