Performing Arts
Life Is A Cabaret: A Celebration of Musical Theatre
Preparation for “Life Is A Cabaret: A Celebration of Musical Theatre” continues, with less than 50 days to go! Rehearsals are fully underway, with cast members and choreographers working every lunchtime and Thursdays afterschool to get this show ready for Friday 15 August.
Tickets on sale now!
2025 Stimulus Material
Year 12 Drama
“The Edge of Humanity” delves into the benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence and explores the complexities of AI, highlighting its potential to both elevate and endanger humanity. Through the characters’ experiences the performance delves into the moral. Emotional and practical ramifications of living alongside autonomous technology.
Year 11 Drama
“The Perfect Creation” explores the ethical moral and social implications of genetic engineering in babies. It delves into the potential benefits such as eradicating genetic disease and enhancing huma capabilities while also confronting the dangers of altering huma genes for the sake of perfection, loss of diversity and unintended consequences.
Year 10 Drama
“Fashion”. The Year 10 performances explore the themes of fashion, its social/individual wellbeing (or not) impacts and environmental/ethical impacts and consumer responsibility. What is the true cost of fashion?
Year 12 Drama “Phase”
By Eloise, Lucy, Nora, Ginny, Eli & Imogen
When a blackout hits the Kronos Industries headquarters, 6 unlikely individuals are forced to survive in a world without the technology they’ve become reliant on.
Year 10 Drama “The Box”
By Issy, kavya, Audrey M, Giselle, Olive, Trev, Anna & Audrey W
“The Box” shows how the worlds resources are being used and abused and warns that one day, they will run out. But it is not too late to change.
Year 11 Drama “Perfect Children are just around the corner…”
By Giselle, Olivia, Ella, Annie and Domi
“Perfect Children are just around the corner…” explores the risks genetic modification. Told through the lens of teenage love, we see the benefits of creating the perfect child is demised by losing human traits that make life worth living.
Year 11 “Slavery”
Grace, Izzy, Georgia, Xanthe & Katja
Those banished from society are grouped together into an institution of genetic engineering, coerced into perfecting the parts of themselves that they are told need fixing. Through e story of ‘30’ and representation of other girls this piece comments on what happens to humanity when it is moulded into homogeneous society.
Year 10 “Stitched Secrets”
By Finaly Charlize, Evie, Amelie, Mia, Mimi, Evangeline & Galatea
Behind the façade of fast fashion, a young journalist discovers there is more than meets the eye.
YEAR 12 “Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger”
By Sunday, Isabelle, Macy, Minti & Ruby
“Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger” is a performance that explores how AI threatens humanity and affects the human connection, childhood and creativity.
Year 8 Music Battle of the Bands
Semester One 2025
A special shout out to 8D who were unable to perform on the day:
8D: “CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS
Featuring Milla on Piano, Jasmine, Lavinia & Maddy on Vocals, Orietta on Bass and Minnie on vocals and guitar.
Congratulations to the following students who were voted for by their class to represent them in this year’s Year 8 Battle of the Bands on Wednesday, 25th June at lunchtime.
8B: “What Never Lived” by Hannah Bahng
Featuring Kitty on Drums and vocals and Charlotte on guitar.
8C: ‘CHAMPAGNE COAST”
Featuring Lucia, Saskia and Chloe on vocals, Esther on Piano and Billie on Drums
8E:’ WILLOW”
Featuring Hazel on vocals, Evie on guitar, Allegra on piano, Milli on Vocals and bass and Waratah on guitar.
Thank you to Tony Hicks for judging and congratulations to our overall winners:
8A: “TEENAGE DIRTBAG”
Featuring Isabel and Marilyn on Vocals, Mila on Drums, Jolie on piano, Abuk on percussion Milly Bainbridge on Bass.
Anne Corry
Year 8 Music
Year 9 & 10 Music Night
Congratulations to all the performers who performed in the Year 9 and 10 Music Night on 4 June. It was a fantastic evening where music students got to display the hard work they’ve applied over the semester. A big thank you to Ms. Calder (Year 9/10 Music) and the Year 10 Event Management students for helping make the night go smoothly. Congrats again to everyone involved in the night!
Sammy Webber,
Middle School Arts Captain
Congratulations to our Year 11 Music Class of 2025
Ahanixi ADILI, Ava ATHANASOPOULOS, Audrey AXIAK, Ananya BASKIN, Jasmine BUCKLE, Maxine DU, Elsie FALKINER, Ruby FRANCIS, Archer HULLS, Maggie JIA, Mimi KIRSNER-REUTEN, Olivia LI, Hannah O'DONNELL, Giselle STRYDOM, Addy WEBBER & Allison WINATA.
A big shout out to our studentsfrom Year 10 Event Management for all their help this evening: Alessia, Ellen, Cassie, Chloe and Muniira.
We wish our Year 11’s all the best with their upcoming Semester 1 exams and look forward to seeing you all in Semester 2.
Anne Corry
Year 11 Music
Year 12 Music Evening
Last Thursday, the Year 12 music cohort explored a wide range of instrumentation and styles in the year 12 music evening. Growing up with the music classes from Year 8 onwards has embraced how we have all evolved from shyly performing in younger year levels, to taking the extra step forwards to confidence and exploring our own and contrasting genres of music. The performances this night travelled from the jazz standard, “Autumn song” played by flute, to the invigorating piano movements in “Hamilton Exit Music”, all the way to original songs sung and played with guitar concurrently. The program invited parents and friends to expand their musical repertoire and see all the ways music can be used to evoke the artist’s thoughts.
Thanks to our Year 10 Event Management students, Trev, Trinity, Elena & Jessie and to Hayden Dun and Katrina Halliday for accompanying and Ms Corry, our Year 12 Music teacher.
Chookas Class of 2025!
Audrey AHMED, Lucy CHRISTENSEN, Meera DATT, Eva GOUDIE, Wendy HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Indi LEWIS, Alannah MACDONALD, Scarlett MULHALL, Emily PILEPICH, Eli RAMPONO-KELLY, Sophie RICHMOND, Elena SALMAS & Shuzhong WU.
Audrey Ahmed
Year 12 Music Captain.
Year 10 Drama: Beetlejuice the Musical
On Wednesday the 11 June the Year 9 and 10 Music Classes, and the Year 10 Drama class were lucky enough to take a trip to the theatre and see BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL.
Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes.
With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL is “AN ABSOLUTE MARVEL!” (The Australian). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!
Lindy Mumme
Drama Teacher
Performing Arts Alumni News
Emily Higgins (Class of 2024) is playing “Grandma” and understudying “Lucas” in the Western Arts Theatre production of “The Addams Family” musical from 11-19 July.
Year 7 Performance
Congratulations to 7M1, 7M2, 7M3, 7R1, 7R2 and 7R3 on their fantastic performances about Australian Women in the Performing Arts. As a whole class project, students developed 10-minute performances and presented them to an audience of peers at lunchtime. The performances were entirely student-led as all production roles were undertaken by students including areas such as scriptwriting and lighting design. Mr Evans and Ms Judge are so proud of you all!
Siobhan Judge
Performance Teacher
My Fair Lady
On Friday, 13th June, several members of the MGC staff had the pleasure of attending Babirra Music Theatre Company’s performance of My Fair Lady at The Round in Nunawading, featuring our very own dance, drama, and social world teacher, Siobhan Judge, in the lead role of Eliza Doolittle.
My Fair Lady follows the journey of Eliza, a spirited Cockney flower girl, who is taken under the wing of Professor Henry Higgins in an ambitious attempt to transform her into a refined lady of society.
