Drama News Report

Senior Play

The Senior play, pretty.strange., has commenced rehearsals with a cast of 19 enthusiastic young actors. They have completed a text analysis with their director and last Sunday, completed an intensive ‘Viewpoints Method’ workshop with a practitioner from Chopt Logic Theatre Company.

As a method of actor training, Viewpoints encourages actors to focus less on their characters’ psychology and more on observation and movement.

Physical Viewpoints

Spatial Relationship: The distance between things (objects, bodies, etc.) onstage.
Kinesthetic Response: How performers respond to movement from other people, objects, or design elements.
Shape: The outline of a body in space.
Gesture: A behavioral or expressive shape that has a beginning, middle, and end.
Repetition: When performers recreate something they have done or seen.
Architecture: A performer’s physical environment.
Tempo: How fast or slow something happens onstage.
Duration: How long a movement lasts.
Topography: The onstage pattern or design a movement creates.

Vocal Viewpoints

Pitch: The highness or lowness of a sound.
Dynamic: The loudness or softness of a sound.
Acceleration/Deceleration: Speeding up or slowing down a sound.
Silence: The absence of sound.
Timbre: The texture or quality of a sound, distinct from its volume or pitch.

This pre-production preparation has allowed the cast to embrace a solid understanding of the text and physicality of the characters before beginning the blocking process.

pretty.strange. has been written by SCEGGS Old Girl, 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 of pretty.strange:

Shaun: Ava Nunley

Max: Eleanor Lawson

Kate: Madeleine Tudehope

Pip: Billie Palmer

Sophie: Zara Ibrahim

Sarah: Allegra Sintras

Grandmother/Chorus: Sophie Gallagher-Horne

Greek Chorus (the school community):

Astrid Hooper
Bianca Rozsa
Susannah Sheumack
Sienna Taylor
Chiara Weaver
Alexandra West
Josephine Robson
Camille McCarthy
Julia Piazza
Gemma Ashton
Rose Davidson
Willow Garside

pretty.strange. will be presented in St Peter’s Playhouse during Term 4 – November 9 to 12. Bookings will be available from the beginning of Term 4.

Bravo!

Congratulations to old girl and the playwright of our school production, Liv Satchell. She was recently awarded the Victorian Green Room Award for her play ‘let bleeding girls lie’ produced by The Voice In My Hands in association with La Mama.

Peter Eyers
Head of Drama