House Drama 2022

Congratulations to Christian House who for the second year in a row were triumphant in gaining first place for House Drama 2022. The event took place last Thursday and it was wonderful to commune as an audience once again for student performance.

Christian entertained the audience with an engaging take on Dr Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who. Their adaptation assigned the piece an intelligent contemporary resonance and comment on de-forestation.

Langley House was awarded second place with their interpretation of another Dr Seuss narrative, creating How The Grinch Stole Summer. It was inspiring to see the imagination, originality and theatricality the students invested in developing the works for competition.

Barton came in third with their play titled A Koala Named Paddington.

Our guest adjudicators for the day were actor/writers Tony Taylor, Tony Sheldon and Old Girl Milla McInnes (Class of 2021) completed the trio of judges. The panel commented on the excellent work of the students and offered wise words pertaining to the creation of vivid stage pictures when communicating narrative.

Tony Taylor was an original member of the legendary Pram Factory in Melbourne, and the New Wave Australian theatre. He has worked with the major theatre companies including the Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare and Nimrod. He is also a playwright and has penned the play we are staging for the Junior Production – LEND US YOUR EARS.

Tony Sheldon has toured the world in Priscilla; Queen of the Desert – The Musical, receiving a Tony nomination on Broadway. This of course is in addition to his stellar career in Australia in works including Private Lives, Torch Song Trilogy, The Producers, I Hate Hamlet and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Milla McInnes was our Drama high achiever from the HSC course.

Drama Captain, Allegra Sintras, was MC for the day and was assisted by Eliza Newton and Amelia Moran in maintaining the energy of the crowd.

A huge thanks and appreciation to Ms Eddi Goodfellow and her SCEGGSTV team for their technical support on the day. They certainly make a vibrant contribution that lifts the magic of the day.

Congratulations to all of the Houses and their leaders for embracing the creative journey and ensuring that House Drama 2022 was one of the most successful days of competition and collegiality. Bravo!

Peter Eyers
Head of Drama