Drama News
In the Spotlight this week:
SCEGGS students Katerina Giannikouris (Year 11) and Olive O’Keefe (Year 10) join Sydney Grammar School in their production of the musical Catch Me if you Can. The musical is based on the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.
The production plays at Sydney Grammar from April 21 to April 24.
Bookings: Sydney Grammar School
SCEGGS Old Girl Octavia Barron-Martin (Class of 1997) is a member of the cast in the production of CLUEDO set to play the Theatre Royal from April 11 to May 10.
Based on the famous board game, and film, of the same name; the evening promises to be a terrific laugh.
Bookings: Theatre Royal
Head of Drama Peter Eyers is about to take to the stage again in Beth Steel’s Till The Stars Come Down.
A family gathers in a former East Midlands mining town for the wedding of Sylvia and Marek. Hilarity and tragedy loom at the nuptials.
The production plays at KXT on Broadway (Ultimo) from March 27 to April 11.
Bookings here.
A common superstition amongst actors is that ghosts frequent their theatres and performances – and some theatre owners agree. The Palace Theatre in London long kept two seats permanently empty to make room for their resident ghosts. One was believed to be Ivor Novello, the Welsh actor after whom the Novello Theatre is named. The other was said to be an unknown ballerina. However, once Harry Potter and the Cursed Child became such a resounding success, they began selling the tickets for those seats once again.
Whether the Ghost Light is a superstition depends on who you ask. A single bare bulb is left lit on the stage in many London theatres, so it is never completely dark. Some believe that this allows ghosts to perform at night, meaning they will spare the actors and not curse the production. Others say it is a health and safety measure to ensure no one falls into the orchestra pit after the company has left.
During COVID, theatres around the world left a ‘ghost light’ burning on their stages, signalling that live performance would return after the pandemic.
Peter Eyers
Head of Drama
