{"id":45978,"date":"2026-06-19T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=45978"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:29:36","slug":"speech-and-drama-students-excel-at-the-inner-west-eisteddfod-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/speech-and-drama-students-excel-at-the-inner-west-eisteddfod-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech and Drama students excel at the Inner West Eisteddfod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Inner West Eisteddfod and Sydney Eisteddfod <\/strong>brought us another weekend of outstanding performances by our MLC School students with 13-14 years duologue\/scene in costume and improvisation categories and 15-16 years verse speaking, character recital in costume, verse speaking, prepared speech, duologue\/scene in costume.<\/p>\n<p>Our students overcame nerves and performed brilliantly in front of a large audience. They performed with confidence, energy, beautiful vocal and facial expression and focus. We could not be prouder and congratulate them for being wonderful representatives of MLC School.<\/p>\n<p>A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the following students for their outstanding performances at the Inner West and Sydney eisteddfods:<\/p>\n<p><strong>INNER WEST EISTEDDFOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DUOLOGUE \/ SCENE IN COSTUME 13 &#8211; 14 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charlotte Sweeney<\/strong> and <strong>Cailise Campbell<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>Highly Commended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Madeleine Davison<\/strong> and <strong>Emma Cardwell<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matilda Hardy<\/strong> and <strong>Aleeya Sharma<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>T\u00e9a Costin<\/strong> and <strong>Amara Sivagurunathan<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lucinda Yu-Ching Ho<\/strong> and <strong>Phoebe Tang<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dorothy Trimble<\/strong> and <strong>Ashwini Kanesalingam<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Poortvliet<\/strong> and <strong>Chelsea Keomanivong<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Savannah Robinson<\/strong> and <strong>Harriet Krelle<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ellie Moran<\/strong> and <strong>Sophia Ronan<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elina Yu<\/strong> and <strong>Jasmine Luo<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chloe Nunn<\/strong> and <strong>Charlotte Hing<\/strong> (Year 8) &#8211; <strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah Lin<\/strong> and <strong>Charlotte Lim<\/strong> (Year 6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Improvisation 13-14 Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chloe Nunn<\/strong> and <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> <strong>Hing<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dorothy Trimble<\/strong> and <strong>Ashwini Kanesalingam<\/strong> (Year 8) &#8211; <strong>Highly Commended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Erin Banyer<\/strong> and <strong>Ciara Patterson<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Madeleine Davison<\/strong> and <strong>Emma Cardwell<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olive<\/strong> <strong>Simmons<\/strong>, <strong>T\u00e9a Costin<\/strong> and <strong>Amara<\/strong> <strong>Sivagurunathan<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Francesca Masters<\/strong> and <strong>Ariahna Giann<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lucinda Yu-Ching Ho<\/strong> and <strong>Phoebe Tang<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>Highly Commended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aurora Sharma<\/strong> and <strong>Eloise Wong<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>Highly Commended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Selina Shan<\/strong> and <strong>Olivia Wang<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Poortvliet<\/strong> and <strong>Chelsea Keomanivong<\/strong> (Year 9) &#8211; <strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Freda Xie<\/strong> and <strong>Lavinia Xu<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Claudia Rowe<\/strong> (Year 9) and <strong>Caitlin Ward<\/strong> (Year 9) and <strong>Zara De Mello<\/strong> (Year 8) &#8211; <strong>Highly Commended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>April Cookson<\/strong> and <strong>Evie Briers<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Savannah Robinson<\/strong> and <strong>Harriet Krelle<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elina Yu<\/strong> and <strong>Jasmine Luo<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah Lin<\/strong> and <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> Lim (Year 6) &#8211; <strong>Highly Commended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Verse Speaking 15-16 Years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Orianna Ellis<\/strong> (Year 11) <strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prepared Speech 15-16 Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Erin Banyer<\/strong> and <strong>Ciara Patterson<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hemani Ramesh<\/strong> (Year 10)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sophia Ivannikova<\/strong> (Year 11) <strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Madeleine<\/strong> <strong>Girgis<\/strong> (Year 10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Duologue \/ Scene in Costume 15-16 Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pip McGuire<\/strong> and <strong>Emily Highett-Smith<\/strong> (Year 10)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erin Banyer<\/strong> and <strong>Ciara Patterson<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Speech and Drama Studio has been a proud supporter of the Inner West Eisteddfod for the past 29 years.\u00a0 We have 200 Speech and Drama Studio students representing MLC School in Prepared Speech, Character Recital, Duologue, Set Prepared Reading, Verse Speaking, Prose, Shakespeare and Improvisation categories. Speech and Drama students are also representing MLC School at the Parramatta, Ryde and Sydney Eisteddfods.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to our Championships and Shakespeare on <strong>Sunday 21 June.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Click on gallery to view full images<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-45978 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/IMG_1523.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/IMG_1523-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/IMG_1527.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/IMG_1527-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/IMG_1526.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/IMG_1526-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/Eisteddfod-8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/Eisteddfod-8-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/Untitled-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/06\/Untitled-2-453x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"><strong style=\"font-style: italic\">&#8211; <a href=\"mailto:mbrian@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\">Monica Brian<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Speech and Drama Studio Director<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inner West Eisteddfod and Sydney Eisteddfod brought us another weekend of outstanding performances by our MLC School students with 13-14 years duologue\/scene in costume and improvisation categories and 15-16 years verse speaking, character recital in costume, verse speaking, prepared speech, duologue\/scene in costume. 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