Showcase
Showcase is one of the special traditions at EHPS and is an annual event for our whole school community. The concert is a wonderful celebration of our music program. All EHPS students prepare to perform at Showcase, and are expected to attend and participate, performing in their year level choir, marimba ensembles (Years 5 & 6), and instrumental ensembles. Showcase is held in Term 4 each year, usually on a Friday in late October, at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton Campus, an outstanding performing arts venue in our area.
SHOWCASE 2025
Date: Friday 24 October.
Venue: Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus
Arrival time: all students to arrive between 5.00pm - 5.30pm
Concert start time: 6pm
Duration: approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including an interval. Interval scheduled at 7.15pm. Concert is expected to conclude by 8.30pm.
As all EHPS students prepare and are expected to attend and participate in the concert in the evening, learning commences at school at 11.30am in acknowledgement of the concert in the evening. School finishes as usual at 3.30pm.
A sleep-in late arrival option is offered on Showcase day; arrive by 8.50am for supervision until 11.15am or arrive from 11.15am to commence learning at 11.30am.
Prep students are signed out into the care of their parent/carer at interval (approx. 7.15pm) to go home or sit on their parent's lap for the second half after interval.
Venue
Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus, 49 Scenic Boulevard, Clayton.
Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University Clayton Campus is approximately 8km from school in Mount Waverley; allow at least 30 minutes for travel to location, parking and arriving at venue to sign your child in with EHPS staff.
The auditorium has seating for 850 attendees (stalls and balcony).
All EHPS students performing at Showcase have an allocated seat, so families do not purchase a ticket for their EHPS child/children.
All attendees must have a ticket (Standard and Concession available) and be seated. No standing permitted.
Children under two years old may sit on their parent's lap.
Discuss any access or special requirements with the MPAC Box Office by phone on 9905 1111.
Tickets
All EHPS students performing at Showcase have an allocated seat, so families do not purchase a ticket for their EHPS child/children. Prep students have an allocated seat and are supervised for the first half until interval only.
All attendees must have a ticket (Standard and Concession available). No standing permitted.
Children under two years old may sit on their parent's lap and therefore do not require a ticket.
Purchase tickets online from Monash Performing Arts Centres Box Office – CLICK HERE.
- Adult – $27
- Concession (full time student, Seniors, Pensioners, Healthcare Card Holders & Children 16 & under; valid ID required) – $20
Direct any questions to the MPAC Box Office on 9905 1111.
There are 850 seats available in the venue for attendees; EHPS has about 540 families, so we request that initial purchase of tickets be limited to two per family to ensure that all families have an opportunity to attend.
Tickets sell out very quickly due to demand and the seating available at the venue. If the ticket allocation is sold out, and you want a ticket, please contact the School Office with your requirements, and you will be put on the ticket waitlist.
Families who have a ticket/s that are no longer required are requested to notify the School Office as soon as the ticket becomes available; you will be put in contact with a family on the ticket waitlist to on sell the ticket. It is expected that tickets will be sold at the price purchased (i.e. set value of standard or concession ticket).
Sleep-in Late Arrival
Children/families can have a sleep in late arrival at the start of the school day on Showcase Day, Friday 24 October.
Students can arrive from 11.15am in preparation to commence learning at 11.30am, or are to arrive at school at the usual start time of 8.50am for supervision in the School Hall until 11.15am. Yard duty supervision by staff will commence from 11.15am. Students not opting in to the sleep-in late arrival must be at school by 8.50am and go to the School Hall to be signed in and supervised by staff from 9am to 11.15am. Students arriving at 11.30am or later are to first go the Office to be signed in to school.
An event notice has been published on Compass for parents/carers to notify if their child will be at school at 8.50am (not sleeping-in and requiring supervision) or will be at school by 11.30am arriving no earlier than 11.15am (sleep-in option). Parents/carers ACCEPT the event if their child will be at school at 11.30am or DECLINE if they are booked in to OSHC Before School Care or will arrive at the usual start time of 8.50am. Response is required by Monday 20 October.
EHPS Students
- Have something to eat at home prior to arrival; no food permitted in the venue.
- Wear full school uniform. Black shoes are preferred.
- Bring a clearly named, filled water bottle.
Instrumental Students
Bring your instrument/s, sticks and music from home.
We strongly recommend bringing two water bottles (one for your class tub and the other to stay with your instrument backstage).
Find a guide in an orange vest at the venue who will direct you to the location to store your instrument.
On arrival at the venue
Arrive at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus between 5.00pm and 5.30pm (approximately 8km from school in Mount Waverley; allow at least 30 minutes for travel to location, parking and arriving at venue to sign in).
Students must be signed in by 5.30pm outside the lower foyer into the care of their teacher or an EHPS staff member. Parents/carers then move to the upper foyer to wait for the auditorium doors to open; have your ticket/s ready for the venue staff to check.
Students will be directed to their seat by an EHPS staff member/guide in a yellow vest.
Departure
Prep students will be accompanied by staff to their class table in the venue foyer at the interval at the end of the first half of the concert (approx. 7.15pm), and will be signed out by their teacher into the care of their parent/carer to leave and go home or to sit on their parent's lap for the second half after interval; there is no allocated seat or staff supervision for Prep students after interval.
If a parent/carer needs a student during the concert, please go to the venue foyer and speak to a staff member for help.
Instructions will be given by the Principal/MC at the conclusion of the concert regarding how and where to meet and sign out your child in Years 1 to 6, and the orderly exit from the auditorium.
Students are to be signed out at their class table in the venue foyer with an EHPS staff member into the care of the parent/carer before departure. One parent only is requested to go to the class table to meet and sign out their child.
Please Note:
- There is no basketball after school program on Showcase day.
- A free program will be provided at the venue. One program per family is printed. If programs remain at the conclusion of the concert, these will be available from the School Office.
- If a parent/carer needs a student during the concert, please go to the venue foyer and speak to a staff member for help.
- Parents/carers are NOT permitted backstage.
- Showcase will be professionally recorded by Qantem Multimedia. A USB or downloadable MP4 file will be available to order online after the event.
- Enjoy the concert!
Showcase 2025 Coordinators: Grace Cordell & Alyssa Kennedy