Drama 2017 Report

Head of Arts

ELISE ZIJAI

Head of Arts

The study of Drama engaged our students in the Middle and Senior Schools in some wonderful opportunities and workshops this year.

The Year 9 Drama class participated in the Drama Victoria Theatre Festival presented by Drama Victoria and Monash University, where they went through an artistic process with industry professionals to build an ensemble performance based on an image. They attended a stimulus day at Monash University where they worked with students from other schools and brought ideas from a picture alive in performance. Their final piece was shown at Xavier College alongside performances from other schools. They received some excellent feedback from the panel.  

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The VCE Drama class worked with Drama students from other schools at the VCE Ensemble Exchange. These Students had the rare opportunity to share their creative work and discuss playmaking processes in a professional theatre environment at the Malthouse Theatre.

This class also attended several professional pieces of theatre throughout the year, using these experiences as inspiration as they moved deeper through the processes of constructing and developing their own ensemble work. Their final pieces were performed at the event ‘A Night at the Theatre’, in its second year running at Oakleigh Grammar. The passion and effort these students put into rehearsal for their pieces did not go unnoticed.

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‘A Night at the Theatre’ provided opportunities to students of the performing arts to showcase their work to friends and family. This popular event in the School’s calendar saw students of Drama, Media and Music perform and exhibit their work to an audience. Congratulations to all students who were involved in the event.

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