Drama News

Drama Captain

The School is delighted to announce the appointment of the Drama Captain for 2026. Congratulations to Frances O’Donnell. And thank you to all the applicants who excelled in their interviews.

Pippin

Congratulations to the cast, crew and creatives who completed a triumphant season of the musical Pippin last week. If you caught the show during its 4-performance season you will have appreciated the excellence on show across the entire production, from performances to design, direction, technical achievements (operated by SCEGGS TV crew), and music.

This is achieved through two terms of dedicated work seeing students rehearse on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, and Sundays during Semester 2. It certainly ‘takes a village’ and the school community band together to provide magical memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you to the staff who oversaw ticketing, program, theatre set up, rehearsals, construction, front-of-house, theatre bar/shop, security and supervision. A great show all round!

It was great to have boys from Newington, Grammar and Cranbrook join us for the production and we thank them and their schools for such a terrific addition to the cast.

Productions are a huge team effort and the commitment of everyone – creatives, cast and crew is paramount. If you are ever part of a production, we encourage students and families to attend to the rehearsal schedule communicated at the commencement of the rehearsal period. Please consider this before auditioning as ‘the show won’t go on’ unless we all pull together.

Production 2026

During the Pippin season we also announced the productions for SCEGGS Drama in 2026 – Girl Asleep by Mathew Whittet, to be directed by Ms Poppy Lynch, and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, to be directed by Mr Stephen Colyer. Both productions will be open to girls from Year 7 to 12 to audition.

Theatre Trivia

Off Broadway’ isn’t geographical – it’s strictly based on seat numbers

Many assume the term ‘off-Broadway’ means it is not on the famed Broadway street of New York, but this is not the case. Officially ‘Broadway’ theatres have at least 500 seats. Off-Broadway theatres have between 100 and 499 seats. Off-off-Broadway theatres have fewer than 100 seats.

Peter Eyers
Head of Drama