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VCE Drama

Year 11 and 12 Drama students have been super busy over the last few weeks.  We have visited the city twice, to see the VCAA performances of ‘This Is Eden’ at the Fortyfivedownstairs Theatre and the MTC production of ‘Good Muslim Boy’.  Both productions were outstanding and gave the students a real insight into how actors and designers can take their audiences on journeys far beyond the performance space.

We were also lucky enough to attend Top Class Drama this Monday as part of the VCE Season of Excellence. This is a fantastic opportunity for students to see examples of outstanding work from the top scoring students in 2017.

Ensemble work begins next week so it’s heads down in the Drama Dept.

Pencil in Thursday May 31st, to see the culmination of a lot of hard work at this years VCE Drama Ensemble Performance Evening.

Jacki Goode

Masquerade

Unit 1 & 3 Theatre Studies students are putting on a show! As part of their assessment, the VCE Theatre Studies students will be adapting their given playscript to the stage as a class to be performed in front of LHS staff, students, family of students, and the general public!

Each student is required to study two areas of stagecraft, these areas being any two of the following: acting, directing, stage management, production management, sound, lighting, set design, props, costume design, hair & makeup, and theatre technology.

The show is called 'Masquerade', book and lyrics by Kate Mulvany and based on the book by Kit Williams. The play includes music by Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen and Pip Branson, by arrangement with David Spicer Productions.

Masquerade is a magical tale of The Moon falling in love with The Sun. To show her love, she creates an amulet and entrusts it to her servant Jack Hare, along with a riddle to deliver to The Sun.

Our story sees Jack take up this celestial quest, meeting many strange and wonderful characters along the way.  A world away, a tired but loving mother named Tessa reads the story of Masquerade to her ten year old son Joe, a determined young boy battling cancer in a children’s oncology ward. At times sad and emotional, but more often ridiculous and fun-loving. 

This truly is a performance for 9 to 90 year olds!

Bookings can be made online from the school website homepage or from trybooking below;

10% of all profits will go to the Make a Wish Foundation! Grab your tickets before they sell out!

Meet the wonderful cast and crew of Masquerade, 2018!

Jonathan Bleakley

Year 8 Classroom Music

Students are learning about the aural and visual characteristics of 80’s pop and rock music.

This week students in Ms Cumming’s class were engaged in activities surrounding 80’s Glam artists including KISS, David Bowie, Motley Crüe and Van Halen.

Year 7 Classroom Music

Students are learning about the instruments of the 'Orchestra'. Each week students learn about the characteristics surrounding each family section of the orchestra.

This week, Year 7’s in Ms Cumming’s Music class were able to have a practical go at playing brass instruments.  Students learnt how to buzz their lips and create sounds on the Trumpet, French Horn and Trombone. Brass elephant roars and sounds all round! 

Amy Cumming