Last week our year 12 Drama students celebrated their final performance showcase for the year. The last time this class had been on stage was earlier this year as a collective in their VCE Drama ensemble ‘Seven Deadly Sins’. This three night season which premiered on the 18th of May was a credit to the talents of the students undertaking the study of senior drama this year.

Last Thursday these same students took to the stage to unveil their solo performances created for their upcoming performance exam. This event helped provide an important preview and rehearsal before the main this upcoming Friday.

The solo performance is one of the most active and challenging of exams. On direct show is the individual themselves. Such is the nature of performance and why nights such as this are so important to our student’s development. The task requires students to create an original performance based on prescribed characters and stimulus. This is assessed in a live performance by a panel of external examiners using set criteria. Through extensive research, improvisation, scriptwriting and rehearsal the finished product is formed.

The evening comprised of a range of characters including a shady detective, a remorseful Sweeney Todd, a female magician, and a range of characters from the film ‘The Great Race’.

As they took to the stage for the last time during this event I was reminded of how much this extraordinary group of young people have contributed to the artistic and cultural life of our College over the past six years. I will miss them greatly.

Andrew Seeary, Performing Arts Coordinator— Drama