DRAMA

Drama Victoria Theatre Festival

On the 4th of June, twenty one Year Nine Drama students took part in the annual ‘Drama Victoria Theatre Festival’ at Xavier College. The festival, which is in its fourth year, is open to year Nine and Ten students across the state, and is designed as a forum to discuss and engage in drama and performance in a professional setting.

The students begun their journey by working with a number of other schools at Monash University at the beginning of the term.  The students then worked diligently for seven weeks to devise and create an original theatre piece inspired by Candy Chang’s global art installations titled ‘Before I die…’ (http://candychang.com/work/before-i-die-in-nola/)

Up against some tough competition, (we were the only state school involved in this part of Melbourne!) the students piece, entitled ‘Fulfilment’ focused on satire and humour, provoking the audience to question how dreams are achieved and how our society inhibits and undermines our ability to fulfil our goals.

The students final piece was ultimately the most positive and genuinely funny of the cluster. As the largest group competing, we managed to balance the inclusion of a spectrum of ideas as well as providing a clear message firmly centred on the stimulus. An excellent outcome for a talented and vibrant group of students!

Stuart Crawford

Drama Teacher