4W

Last Monday, 4W hopped on the bus for the long journey to the Ian Potter Centre to see Housewarming, a live performance exploring the idea of home. Students enjoyed the experience of seeing a performance in a professional arts venue and had plenty to think about on the journey back to school. Afterwards, they put their thoughts into words by writing reviews of the performance, sharing their opinions and reflecting on what they had seen. It was a great opportunity to experience live performance and develop their skills in responding to the arts.

POP quiz - Can you spot our vocab word from Tuesday?

Kenzie - On our excursion yesterday I was transfixed when the creepy goblin type things came around and stole someone's umbrella. And because on that I would rate it a 9 out of 10.

Lachy - At the Ian Potter Theatre “Housewarming” there were cool stunts, dancing and acting the whole way through. It would’ve taken ages to perform over and over again and again, but in the end they made it work out. 

Lilly - I was transfixed by the act of acrobatics performed by Circus Oz. In the show there were lots of different acts but the main reason they did it was to show off all the new features of the theater: like the new curtain, speakers, lights and more.  

Lincoln - When I went to the performance with my school I was transfixed with all lights and the performance itself. My favourite part was the Shakespeare story even though it was not exactly kid friendly.

Lulu - Yesterday the year three to sixes went to the “Housewarming” show at Ian Potter Theatre Melbourne. The story was based on a lyre bird called Golden. There were heaps of different acts going on. There were mimes, acrobats and singers all performing. Some of my favourites were the acrobats, the African drumming and Bell Shakespeare singing Mackenzie’s World. I would recommend this for all audiences from schools to adults. My rating would be 4.5 stars. 

Maci - Mckenzies world was great. It was a great Pink pop song and the lyrebird was the main part of the play, he had great big feathers that spread out. The ballet dance was incredible and the way they turned around and made the audience transfixed into it. I loved how they all joined together at the end and sang a song. Two honourable mentions to Jude Perl and Roya the Destroyer.

Tyson - The theater made upgrades of the lights and I reckon the whole class got transfixed to the laser beam lights or got completely blinded. The mimes even started performing before we got in the theater. I recommend going to the theater again. It was a great experience and I was completely awestruck for the whole performance.

Tilly.R - I felt transfixed through all the shows, it was hard to look away. Many other schools were there, not just Lancefield. I was impressed because at the end there were kids our age on the stage. All throughout the concert, I could barely blink nor look away, as I said before, I was transfixed.

Skye - There was one part that I was so transfixed in and that was when there were people that were doing very dangerous stunts on the trapeze. It was really cool, but I liked the mimes as well.   

Grace - At the end scene, Trapez artists tumbled down from trapezes as the golden Lyre bird found his wings and rose to the sky. Overall I would rate the performance “Housewarming” 

5 stars.

Did you guess?  Transfixed was our vocab word.