Theatre Sports Update

Our intermediate team represented Fort Street in the TheatreSports Schools Competition on Thursday 15th May in their division heat at Tara Anglican School for Girls. There was fierce competition: teams from all over Sydney competing for a spot in the state semi-final. Unfortunately, Fort Street missed out on making it to the next round by a single place, but they should hold their heads high.

For those of you who haven’t seen TheatreSports before, it is a form of improvisational comedy where everything is made up on the spot. That’s right: no scripts, no rehearsals. One, two and three minutes scenes are improvised. The teams don’t even know the topic or title in advance (which is given five seconds before the scene starts).

Our team started with an “I Love You” scene, before hitting their stride with an “Entrances and Exits” scene. They wowed the crowd with an open scene set in an aquarium where the judges praised them for the quality of their ideas and for “being one with the sharks”. Aliya’s emotive characters, Sam’s fast yields and Will’s physicalisation of key moments were what made them a good team, but what made them a great team was their positive and supportive attitude with each other and their interschool competitors.

A big congratulations to Aliya Chaitow, Sam Hao and Will Short

Mr Reveleigh