Drama News
Twelfth Night
It’s showtime once again in the coming week when we present our 94th production of a play at SCEGGS. Students from Years 7 to 11 have been rehearsing and preparing Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for production throughout Semester 2.
They have been led by a super creative team:
- Director: Mr Stephen Colyer
- Musical Director: Mr Matt Moore
- Technical Director: Mr Tim Hope
- Set & Costume Design: Ms Anna Gardiner
- Production Manager: Ms Poppy Lynch
Bookings are now open and can be accessed via Humanitix.
A History of Plays at SCEGGS
Thanks to our wonderful SCEGGS archivist, Ms Prue Heath, we have been able to identify the 93 productions that have gone before. How many can you recall? Either on stage, backstage or in the audience?
1907 Shakespearean Evening
1908 Trachiuiniae by Sophocles
1912 The Trachinian Maidens by Sophocles
1912 Trachiniae by Sophocles
1922 The Rivals by Sheridan
1925 Greenleaf, Euripides’ epic, Alcestis, The Country Cousin, Guy Fawkes, Susan’s Finish
1932 Dramatic Entertainment in the School Gymnasium
1934 Make Believe by A.A. Milne
1946 Helen by Euripides
1947 Bethlehem by Laurence Housman
1948 Tobias and the Angel by Bridie
1950 Boadicea by George Colman
1951 Enduring as the Camphor Tree by Russell J. Oakes
1952 The Prince who was a Piper by Harold Brighouse
1953 The Rivals by Sheridan
1955 Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
1958 Toad of Toad Hall by A.A. Milne
1966 Antigone by Sophocles
1966 Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
1966 The Gitanos
1970 She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
1973 Antigone by Sophocles
1974 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
1980 The shirt (anon.)
1981 Pygmailion by George Bernard Shaw
1982 Fludde by Noye
1982 The Tempest by William Shakespeare
1983 An Evening of Victoriana
1983 The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere
1984 Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs
1984 The Sunny South by George Darrell
1985 Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
1985 Dracula by Hamilton Deane
1985 Pickwick versus Bardell (devised by Inga Scarlett) from Dicken’s Pickwick Papers.
1985 Rosalind’s Revenge
1986 Blood for Dracula, or the Vampire’s Revenge
1986 The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
1987 Cinderella according to Roald Dahl
1988 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
1988 Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
1989 Cinderella by Charles Paerrault
1990 Antigone by Sophocles
1992 Lady Windemere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
1994 The Crucible by Arthur Miller
1996 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
1996 The Sunny South by George Darrell
1997 Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
1997 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend
1998 Toad of Toad Hall by A.A. Milne
2000 Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo
2000 So Much to Tell You by John Marsden
2000 The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
2000 What’s the Matter with Mary Jane by Wendy Harmer
2001 Secret Bridesmaids Business by Elizabeth Coleman
2002 Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo
2002 The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere
2004 As You Like It by William Shakespeare
2004 Cahoot’s Macbeth by Tom Stoppard
2004 Dogg’s Hamlet by Tom Stoppard
2004 Our Day Out by Willy Russell
2004 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
2006 The Crucible by Arthur Miller
2007 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
2008 Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
2009 House on Fire by Deborah Oswald
2010 Playhouse Creatures by April De Angelis
2010 The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman
2011 Cloudstreet by Nick Enright & Justin Mojo
2011 Toad of Toad Hall by A.A. Milne
2012 A Chicken in Paris by Leigh Hobbs
2012 Ivy Shambitt and the Sound Machine by Daniel Evans
2012 Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad
2012 The Invalid Rehearsal by Moliere
2013 Beyond the Blue by Omnibus Theare
2013 Totally Over You by Mark Ravenhill
2014 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
2015 Not That Dream Again by Richard Baines
2015 Saving SCEGGS by Linden Wilkinson
2016 The Crucible by Arthur Miller
2016 The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
2017 Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
2017 The Light Burns Blue by Silva Semerciyan
2018 Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman
2018 Time and the Conways by J.B. Priestly
2019 Saving SCEGGS by Linden Wilkinson
2021 Framed! by Carla Moore
2022 Lend Us Your Ears by Tony Taylor
2023 The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race by Melanie Tait
2023 pretty.strange. by Liv Satchell
2024 Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale
2024 The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse, Adapted by Anthony Clark
2025 Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Adapted by Nigel Williams
2026 Girl Asleep by Mathew Whittett
Peter Eyers
Head of Drama
