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pretty.strange.

The Senior play, pretty.strange., is entering final rehearsals with a cast of 17 enthusiastic young actors and is being presented in Week 5.

pretty.strange. has been written by SCEGGS alumnus, Olivia Satchell after a commission by Ms Inga Scarlett for SCEGGS Drama. The play tells the story of a group of friends and the impact when one of them goes missing. The narrative is informed by the Greek myth of Persephone.

The cast are being guided through this production experience by a talented team of theatre-makers:

Director:
 Ms Romy Bartz
Designer:
 Ms Anna Gardiner
Technical Director:
 Ms Eddi Goodfellow
Production Assistant:
 Ms Poppy Lynch
Cast:
 Ava Nunley
Eleanor Lawson
Maddie Tudehope
Billie Palmer
Zara Ibrahim
Allegra Sintras
Sophie Gallagher-Horne
Astrid Hooper
Bianca Rozsa
Susannah Sheumack
Sienna Taylor
Chiara Weaver
Alexandra West
Josephine Robson
Camille McCarthy
Julia Piazza
Gemma Ashton

pretty.strange. will be presented in St Peter’s Playhouse – 9 to 12 November.

Bookings open on Monday 17 October.

The School of Rock

We wish all of the SCEGGS girls in Cranbrook’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The School of Rock all the best for a triumphant Opening and season of the musical. The show plays:

  • Thursday 13 October 7pm
  • Friday 14 October 7pm
  • Saturday 15 October 7pm
  • Sunday 16 October 2pm & 6pm
  • Tuesday 18 October 7pm
  • Wednesday 19 October 7pm

Bookings can be made through The Cranbrook School.

Chookas Eliza Newton, Georgia McCormack, Alexa Argy and Lulu Thomsen!

The Mousetrap

Congratulations and bravo to old girl Charlotte Friels, who is making her professional stage debut in Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. The play is being celebrated in this 70th anniversary production at the Theatre Royal prior to a National tour.

Charlotte is a recent NIDA graduate, who has since gone on to work in theatre, film and television. Her theatre credits include playing Drury in Goldilocks, Lady Anne in Richard III and Dunyasha in The Cherry Orchard for NIDA, and her film credits include The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse, Nitram by Justin Kurzel and Respect The Kink. Most recently she was seen in After The Verdict on the Nine Network.

 “I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture”. ~Laurence Olivier

Peter Eyers
Head of Drama