From the Co-curricular Performing Arts Team

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I would like to pay tribute to the cast and crew of A Chorus Line.

This production celebrated the superb talents of students from Pymble and also Riverview, Knox, Shore and St Ives High as actors, dancers and singers in an ensemble context which also paid tribute to the miracle of theatre itself.

There were moments of biting parody, poignant suffering and celebratory joy in the production which portrays performers who audition for a theatrical production and were compelled to expose their vulnerabilities, their passions and their courage with no sets, only minimal costumes and props; an empty theatre stage with only the performers telling their stories.

Well done to all the cast and crew and especially those Year 12 students who have come to the end of outstanding journeys as performers on the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts stage. I also wanted to acknowledge gratefully the stalwart support of Music staff who supervised backstage at this production as led by Mrs Sarah Turner, Head of Co-curricular Music.

This week I have the opportunity to attend three Language Arts events; The Rostrum: Voice of Youth event on Wednesday night and the FED (Friday Evening Debating) and ISDA debating competitions on Friday. All the best for these competitions to the fabulous Pymble Language Arts girls and coaches who are so ably led by the Head of Language Arts, Mrs Bronwyn Hubbard.

I had the privilege of attending a lunchtime Music concert today and to experience not only the superb talents of several Year 12 Music students but also the extraordinarily committed support of the Music staff there in support. 

I’m looking forward to experiencing more of the Music students’ fabulous performance work at the Senior School Concert on Gloucester Lawn on 30 March.

Michael Griffiths

Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts