Drama News
In the spotlight this week:
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Scots College present a new adaptation of the iconic tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ will play at The Scots College Drama Studio on the following dates:
- Thursday 5 November, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
- Friday 6 November, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
We are delighted that the production also features the talents of SCEGGS girls Mimi Hildage, Lucy Balderstone and Nova Lenard.
Bookings via the QR code.
Twelfth Night
Rehearsals have reached the ‘pointy end’ with production looming in two weeks. Our student cast have relished the opportunity to play in the land of Illyria in Shakespeare’s classic comedy – Twelfth Night.
Our director, Mr Colyer, has set the play on an imagined Caribbean Island; a perfect setting for sun, frivolity and music … lots of music.
Under a decidedly Latin influence, Illyria becomes a world of sugar-plantation grandees and merchant fortunes, where Orsino’s lovesickness and Olivia’s mourning play out against a backdrop of extraordinary privilege extracted under Spanish colonial rule.
In this play, love is its own kind of madness, upending order and formality; sudden, irrational and self-deceiving. To reinforce the Caribbean backdrop, the Emma Pask Band, with superb arrangements by Matt Moore, joins us to perform Latin pop hits (Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin and more) that replace Feste’s original musical commentaries with songs of passionate fervour and romantic excess, Living La Vida Loca!
Twelfth Night Cast:
Curio – Nina Fitzgerald
Valentine – Tia Mavritsakis
Viola/Cesario – Zara Anderson
Captain – Sarah Bird
Sebastian – Olive O’Keefe
Antonio – Seth Bogardus
Olivia – Josie Grayden
Sir Toby Belch – Aiden Plumbe
Maria – Olivia Phillips
Sir Andrew Aguecheek – Charlotte Self
Malvolio – Sophie Downes
Fabian – Grace Katekar
Feste – Camille Asher
Priest – Matilda Li
Officer – Adelaide Gilpin
Servant/Officer – Perdita Taylor
Ladies of Illyria
- Sienna Morris
- Eva Giurtalis
- Miwa Gentile
- Annabelle Coonan
- Frankie Hayes
- Annika Bennett
- Perdita Taylor
- Adelaide Gilpin
- Ally Millin
- Matilda Li
Emma Pask Jazz Band
- Olivia Bolot (Trombone)
- Stella Brenton (Percussion)
- Klemintine Chylek (Drums/Percussion)
- Harriet Cunningham (Alto Sax)
- Ashanti Gillies (Trumpet)
- Elodie Harvey (Alto Sax)
- Charlotte Lowe (Trumpet)
- Zoe Narev (Lead Trumpet)
- Georgiana Porter (Tenor Sax)
- Charlotte Randall (Bass)
- Vivian Shi (Piano)
- Lianna Taylor (Piano)
- Ruby Tyrrell (Clarinet)
- Giselle Wharton (Flute)
- Sarah Bird (Guitar)
- Grace Katekar (Clarinet)
You’ll be devo if you miss this one – bookings open Monday 9 November.
Did you know?
In Shakespearean English, the first-person pronoun (I, me, my, and mine) is essentially the same as it is now. The second-person pronoun is slightly different. Modern English only uses four pronouns for addressing a person or persons (you, your, yourself, and yours). The Early Modern English used by Shakespeare adds another six words to this list:
- Thou = You
- Thee = You
- Ye = You
- Thy = Your
- Thyself = Yourself
- Thine = Yours
Peter Eyers
Head of Drama
