Congratulations to our talented VCE Drama students who recently completed their Solo Performance Examination. The students were very pleased with their performances, and now have time to reflect on and take pride in the incredible commitment they have shown over the past three months in developing their original and highly creative solo pieces.
We also hosted our Senior Drama Performance Evening in the Susan Alberti Auditorium on Monday, 7 October where our Year 11 and 12 Drama students performed their solos for the Siena community. Arki K and Grace M were exceptional hosts, and we thank them for sharing their learning journey in Drama and connecting with our audience.
VCE Drama students have worked diligently throughout Term 3, focusing on the playmaking process and the development of their solo performance work. A wide range of interesting and engaging characters were presented and explored, some inspired by historical events and places, while others were drawn from fictional literature and film. Students also delved into an eclectic array of performance styles and associated conventions including Physical Theatre, Epic Theatre, Film Noir, Silent Films, Musical Theatre and Comedy.
Thank you to our VCE Drama students for their great commitment, care, passion and creativity throughout the playmaking process; there is much to celebrate and be proud of. We also appreciate the ongoing support, encouragement and kindness they have shown each other throughout this journey.
"As part of the ASPIRE Program's Write a Book in a Term project coordinated by Ms Summer, Head of the Albertus Magnus Learning Centre, our Year 9 Centrestage Drama class had the exciting opportunity to listen to student writers pitch their picture book story ideas. These imaginative stories were developed collaboratively with students from Hartwell Primary School. Working in groups, we carefully selected a story to perform for the primary school, choosing those we believed would captivate and delight the younger students.
As Drama students, our task was to bring the chosen storybook to life through a dramatic performance. We performed two adapted stories for an audience of approximately one hundred Grade 3 students.
At first, our group felt confident about performing in front of the students but throughout the day, we began to feel nervous. When we started to perform, we found it surprisingly easier than we had anticipated. We fully immersed ourselves in our characters, and tried our best to stop worrying about what the students would think of us and our performance. This mindset helped us act better than we expected. The Year 3 students seemed very intrigued by our performance and laughed at certain parts.
Performing at Hartwell Primary School was enjoyable because we developed leadership skills and learned how to organise various aspects such as costumes, learning lines and character development. Overall, this was a fun experience and we all had a great time."
Year 9 students, Chelsea M and Elina O
