Performing Arts 

College Production - The Wizard of Oz - Tickets are now ON SALE

One term down and our production is chugging along nicely! It’s been awesome watching the production team come together and work hard on such a classic show. Our show is only a few weeks away... and the cast and crew have given up hours of their time to make this show the absolute best for our audience!  

We are on for two nights only! Thursday 29th Aug & Friday 30th Aug, 7pm. Don’t want to miss this show? Well... you can book your tickets NOW! Tickets are available via the Cardinia Cultural Center Box Office: https://CARDINIA.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/133277 

Cardinia Cultural Center manage all ticket sales, so if you have any questions about tickets, please contact their box office directly.   

Here is a short recap of some of the recent production rehearsal  highlights from our Performing Arts Captains, Kaneisha Lynn and Jaxon Learmonth: 

On the 19th and 20th of June our production cast was visited by the extremely talented Lauren Bok! Lauren held a workshop over our Wednesday and Thursday afterschool rehearsals to help us work on our groupwork skills and our own stage character development. 

On Wednesday the 19th of June, Lauren took our lead cast through many characterisation activities. These activities ranged from things like projection to improvisation. With working on improvisation Lauren got students to be interviewed by their peers however there was a twist, they had to stay in character the entire time answering questions from the group as their character. This was an excellent idea as it helps students stay in character, while being put on the spot. This was a genius activity to run, especially when it comes to show preparation.    

On Thursday the 20th of June, Lauren came in to run a workshop with a group of our featured cast. On this evening we completed a large range of puppetry skills, acting exercises as well as working on characterisation for our roles. With puppetry, the students playing the ‘Crows’ got the opportunity to learn how to use the puppets for the first time. Activities included working in front of the mirrors to match the puppets movements, dancing , speaking and even singing with the puppets. The evening gave them a chance to express these characters through the acting technique of puppetry.  

We are all extremely grateful for the fun activities that Lauren taught us along with providing us with a new exciting experience. However, this wouldn’t have happened without our fabulous teachers who are working with us to create a fantastic show! We are so grateful to our teachers for putting on afternoon rehearsals where our cast and crew are working alongside our dedicated teachers to complete the rehearsal process to showcase our show to you all. We’re so excited that tickets are going on sale. Make sure you get your tickets early before they’re sold out! See you in August!! 

Your Performing Arts Captains, 

Kaneisha Lynn and Jaxon Learmonth 

Photos from the Lauren Bok Workshop

Photos from our College Production Rehearsals

Drama Club

Pakenham Secondary College is proud to announce the official launch of Drama club!! Drama Club will run every Friday lunch in PA1, starting in term 3. This will be a club where you can attend and participate in a range of exciting drama games, acting exercises and theatre themed activities such as; creating and reading scripts, bring characters to life, improvisation skills, with so much more interesting learning opportunities! 

With Drama Club we aim to present a new way for all students to make new friends and be themselves. The performing arts is a creative space where everyone is learning and doing their best. By joining Drama Club, students will be taught about the creative process along with many life skills that the theatre can teach you. For example, you will be taught how to read situations through improvisation activities and how to work with a team towards a common goal. With this we are happy to say that the Drama Club students have an amazing new performance opportunity in the making with more details to follow!

Your Performing Arts Captains,

Kaneisha Lynn and Jaxon Learmonth