Drama News

As Term 1 comes to an end, I thank the Drama staff and students for their creative and focused work this term. In addition to academic study, we have completed another successful House Drama Festival and commenced rehearsals for GIRL ASLEEP.

Here are some highlights from this week:

• • HSC Drama
  • Term 2 Excursions
  • Girl Asleep Technical Crew
  • Here’s The Thing

HSC Drama

The 2026 Year 12 Drama class recently completed their second Drama assessment.

They are studying the topic – THE VOICE OF WOMEN IN THEATRE and their assessment consisted of a performance from Caryl Churchill’s ‘Top Girls’ followed by a viva voce presentation. The girls presented excellent work, crafting terrific characterisations and content from this seminal play.

Term 2 Excursions

During Term 2, Drama students from Years 9 to 12 will have opportunities to join theatre parties to attend performances of Disney’s THE LION KING, Suzie Miller’s PRIMA FACIE and ENGLISH by Sanaz Toossi.

Permission letters will be provided in the fortnight preceding the excursion.

Girl Asleep

Here’s The Thing

Shakespeare’s plays will go down in history as some of the most masterful works ever written. Still, many don’t know that he created many of the words himself. A mixture of portmanteaus and switching nouns to verbs or vice versa gave us many words we still use today. These include bubble, assassin, advertising, exposure, and hobnob.

Phrases invented by Shakespeare that we use today include:

• be all and end all
• catch a cold
• clothes make the man
• disgraceful conduct
• give the devil his due
• it’s Greek to me
• method in his madness
• neither a borrower nor a lender be
• the course of true love never did run smooth
• the milk of human kindness
• too much of a good thing
• wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve

See you in Term 2!

Peter Eyers
Head of Drama