With exactly one week to their performances, our 6th class students, like the rest of the primary classes, are in a bit of a panic. Nothing serious, mind, just the madness of getting just the right seventies shirt or lace up boots, and then getting them to fit comfortably so everyone can focus on their lines and cues.  6th class are doing Twelfth Night, set in the 1970s.  Katherine, a student in the class, has been in charge of choreographing the rest of her class to ‘In the Navy”, with plenty of marching inspired moves. All the hard work and weeks and weeks of drama coaching has paid off, and all the Primary classes are ready to impress parents …

Their performances aren t until the end of October, but our senior students are well underway with rehearsals for their Shakespeare Festival.6th class students have been learning their lines since just before the holidays.  They re now rehearsing script free, four to five hours a week during class time.  This year, they are doing a 90 minute version of Twelfth Night, with each student having around 60 lines each.  This, their final Festival, will showcase all the skills they ‘ve developed over seven years of Shakespeare productions.  By this stage, the students are making a lot of the decisions themselves: who plays what part, what the theme should be, what music to use, what props and costumes.   Two girls …