ARTS

'Leading Ladies' 

Unit 3, Theatre Studies students have been hard at work, preparing for their performance of ‘Leading Ladies’ by Ken Ludwig.

Students have the daunting task of putting on a show from start to finish. Not only are these students responsible for acting, but also directing and designing. Each student has two ‘production roles’ chosen from; acting, directing, sound design, lighting design, costume design, make up design, set design or prop design.

Putting on a show is a huge undertaking; our own School Production rehearses from February to August.  Unit 3, students have just 12 weeks to produce the entire performance!

About the Performance

Leading Ladies is a ridiculous farce, so you’ll be in for a night of great laughs. It tells the tale of Leo and Jack, two struggling British Shakespearean actors, touring the USA.  After yet another performance in a backwater pub in Pennsylvania goes terribly, they decide to pack up and return to England. That is until… they find in the local paper that an elderly woman on her deathbed is trying to get in contact with her estranged sister’s two children so she can leave them her enormous inheritance. With their (self-proclaimed) wonderful acting skills, what else are Jack and Leo to do but turn up to Florence’s house, impersonate her nephews and swindle the cash. It sounds like a great plan until they discover these nephews are actually nieces.

As you can probably guess, things don’t go according to plan!

We would love to see you come and support our Theatre Studies students and have a great night of laughs in the process.

Performances

• Thursday 2 May and Friday 3 May
• 7 pm
• Performing Arts Theatre

Tickets  

Students $10 , Adults $12

Tickets can be purchased from the link below or from the school website.

The show does contain some adult humour, so while everyone is welcome, we do recommend parental guidance for those under 15.

CAST

Benson Rowntree as Leo

Jonah Phillips as Jack

Emma Cooper as Meg

Jessica Clark as Audrey

Nick Rowe as Reverend Duncan

Alex Mayne as Doc

Marley Keymer as Butch

Kirsten Hughes as Florence

CREW

Directors – Marley Keymer and CJ Potter

Costume – Jess Clark, Hailey Karl, Nick Rowe, Alex Mayne

Make Up – Emma Cooper, Kirsetn Hughes, Hailey Karl

Set – Declan Jackson, Scott Ryan, Jack Anthony, Benson Rowntree, CJ Potter

Props – Scott Ryan, Jack Anthony

Sound – Chris Werner, Kylie Yeung, Jonah Phillips

Lighting – Chris Werner, Kylie Yeung, Declan Jackson

Jonathan Bleakley

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Congratulations to our Artists of the Month for March;

• Morgan Thomas 7L
• Miacoda Warner 7J
• Angel Allen 7J

Well done! Your work will be on display in the Arts Wing during the next few weeks. 

Sarah Hardy 

Head of Arts

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Thank you Ms Young and 8D for inviting me to share their class.

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