{"id":43126,"date":"2025-11-14T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=43126"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:33:11","slug":"junior-team-success-at-australias-theatresports-schools-challenge","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/junior-team-success-at-australias-theatresports-schools-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior team Success at Australia\u2019s Theatresports Schools Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MLC School Junior Theatresports team awarded 2<sup>ND<\/sup> place at the Semi-Finals of Impro Australia\u2019s Theatresports Schools Challenge. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A watermelon competition in slow motion where the contestants end up losing more than they bargained for, a scene in a cemetery where a ghost realises the daughter he&#8217;s asking to avenge him may in fact not be his daughter and a soap opera set on a ranch were just some of the wonderful story lines explored by the MLC SCHOOL JUNIOR team at Wednesdays night&#8217;s Theatresports Schools Challenge <strong>Semi-finals.<\/strong>\u00a0Hosted by Impro Australia and attended by schools from around the Inner West the MLC players once again showcased strong teamwork, characterisation and imagination while creating stories on the spot. <strong>Claudia Rowe<\/strong> (Year 8), <strong>April Cookson<\/strong> (Year 7) and <strong>Evie Briers<\/strong> (Year 7) represented their school proudly and took out <strong>second place<\/strong>\u00a0in the entertaining competition. The audience were very impressed by the students\u2019 skills with many coming up to congratulate them afterwards and laughter filled the auditorium throughout the night. The Speech and Drama Studio would like to congratulate the MLC School Junior Theatresports team for their incredible performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt&#8217;s a great experience!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 &#8211; <strong>Evie Briers<\/strong> (Year 7)<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I really enjoyed working with other schools and being able to watch their techniques.&#8221; &#8211; <\/em><strong>Caitlin Ward<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/p>\n<p><em>Join Theatresports, it\u2019s really fun!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 <strong>&#8211; Claudia Rowe<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8211; Taylor Buoro-Long<\/em> <br \/>\n<\/strong>Theatresports Co-ordinator<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8211; Chelsea Taylor<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>Theatresports Tutor<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"mailto:mbrian@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\">\u2013 Monica Brian<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>Speech and Drama Studio Director<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43128\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43128 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/11\/IMG_2565-2-640x584.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/11\/IMG_2565-2-640x584.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/11\/IMG_2565-2-1024x935.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/11\/IMG_2565-2-768x701.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/11\/IMG_2565-2-1536x1402.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/11\/IMG_2565-2-164x150.jpeg 164w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/11\/IMG_2565-2.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Cookson (Year 7), Evie Briers (Year 7) and Claudia Rowe (Year 8)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLC School Junior Theatresports team awarded 2ND place at the Semi-Finals of Impro Australia\u2019s Theatresports Schools Challenge. 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