MAD Night 2025

Creative and Performing Arts Presents MAD Night of 2025

On Monday of Week 9, the Creative and Performing Arts faculty hosted MAD Night, a celebration of Music, Art and Drama. Students were celebrated for their performances and artworks throughout the evening, and it was an amazing turnout.

The evening kicked off with a Visual Arts Exhibition, exhibiting artworks from Years 7-11. Year 7 had their ceramic pots and still life drawings on display. A beautiful exhibit of colour and texture! Year 8 had some witty gouache Pop Art paintings, surreal Photoshop dreamscapes, and colourful Modernist reduction lino prints. Year 9 had some beautiful panoramic lino prints and textured layered landscapes. Year 10 had striking realistic charcoal self-portraits and recycled steam punk sculptures. Year 11 produced a range of expressive and realistic still life artworks and a small Body of Work. 

There was also work on display from Year 9 and Year 10 Photographic and Digital Media students. Year 9 exhibited a range of digital photographs with a focus on lighting, shutter speed, and manual DSLR camera techniques. They also produced a portfolio of decay photography from their Cockatoo Island excursion. Year 10 produced a portfolio of portraits that were distorted and edited, creating surreal and unique imagery.

Throughout the evening there were incredible performances from senior Music and Drama students. It was an opportunity to show off the talent of our students to a large audience. A huge congratulations to the following students that performed a musical item: Cameron Guglielmino, Henry Shannon, Austin Li, ‘The Freaky Beans’ (Dhruv, Lucas, Billy, Sean), Xavier Chen, Olivia He, Tony Lam, Ethan Tsang, Nancy Zhang, Erin Ju, Matthew Yong, Edmund Huang, James Wen, Damon Lau, Recorder Ensemble, Kai Hall, Terence Kang, Tyrone He, Lucas Chen. The musical performances were so captivating and moving. 

A huge congratulations to our Drama students that were highly engaging and dramatic either on stage or on the floor: Aliya Chaitow, Elliot Steel, Persephone Lee, Nea Tarrant, Antony Walczac, Alina Zhang, Nainika Kagithala, Sacha Coward, William Short, Sophie Siackhasone and Andrew Ding, Gabriel Cutcher Skellern, Jed Dou, Mia Gray, Lucinda Man, Genevieve Meunier, Zara Papageorgiou, Pranaya Prasath, Martin Tran, Oliver Williams. 

Also a big thank you to Callum Wong for being the photographer for the evening, and to Miranda Chelsea-Vernardakis and Farley Hammond for running sound and lighting. 

From the CAPA Faculty: Ms Propsting, Mr Atkins, Ms Capel, Ms Cho, Mr Manchester, Ms Mattick, Ms Morosin and Mrs Thompson.