{"id":26940,"date":"2026-11-12T10:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=26940"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:13:36","slug":"drama-news-75","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/drama-news-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Twelfth Night<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s showtime once again in the coming week when we present our 94<sup>th<\/sup> production of a play at SCEGGS. Students from Years 7 to 11 have been rehearsing and preparing Shakespeare\u2019s Twelfth Night for production throughout Semester 2.<\/p>\n<p>They have been led by a super creative team:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director: Mr Stephen Colyer<\/li>\n<li>Musical Director: Mr Matt Moore<\/li>\n<li>Technical Director: Mr Tim Hope<\/li>\n<li>Set &amp; Costume Design: Ms Anna Gardiner<\/li>\n<li>Production Manager: Ms Poppy Lynch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bookings are now open and can be accessed via <u><a href=\"https:\/\/events.humanitix.com\/twelfth-night-rkkdwuyd\">Humanitix<\/a>.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A History of Plays at SCEGGS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>1907\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Shakespearean Evening<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1908\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Trachiuiniae<\/em><\/strong> by Sophocles<\/p>\n<p>1912\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Trachinian Maidens<\/em><\/strong> by Sophocles<\/p>\n<p>1912\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Trachiniae<\/em><\/strong> by Sophocles<\/p>\n<p>1922\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Rivals<\/em><\/strong> by Sheridan<\/p>\n<p>1925\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Greenleaf, Euripides&#8217; epic, Alcestis, The Country Cousin, Guy Fawkes, Susan&#8217;s Finish<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1932\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Dramatic Entertainment in the School Gymnasium<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1934\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Make Believe<\/em><\/strong> by A.A. Milne<\/p>\n<p>1946\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Helen<\/em><\/strong> by Euripides<\/p>\n<p>1947\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Bethlehem<\/em><\/strong> by Laurence Housman<\/p>\n<p>1948\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Tobias and the Angel<\/em><\/strong> by Bridie<\/p>\n<p>1950\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Boadicea<\/em><\/strong> by George Colman<\/p>\n<p>1951\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Enduring as the Camphor Tree<\/em><\/strong> by Russell J. Oakes<\/p>\n<p>1952\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Prince who was a Piper<\/em><\/strong> by Harold Brighouse<\/p>\n<p>1953\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Rivals<\/em><\/strong> by Sheridan<\/p>\n<p>1955\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Much Ado about Nothing<\/em><\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>1958\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Toad of Toad Hall<\/em><\/strong> by A.A. Milne<\/p>\n<p>1966\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Antigone<\/em><\/strong> by Sophocles<\/p>\n<p>1966\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Lady Windermere&#8217;s Fan<\/em><\/strong> by Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n<p>1966\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Gitanos<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1970\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>She Stoops to Conquer<\/em><\/strong> by Oliver Goldsmith<\/p>\n<p>1973\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Antigone<\/em><\/strong> by Sophocles<\/p>\n<p>1974\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Our Town<\/em><\/strong> by Thornton Wilder<\/p>\n<p>1980\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The shirt (anon.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1981\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Pygmailion<\/em><\/strong> by George Bernard Shaw<\/p>\n<p>1982\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Fludde <\/em><\/strong>by Noye<\/p>\n<p>1982\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Tempest<\/em><\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>1983\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>An Evening of Victoriana<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1983\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Imaginary Invalid<\/em><\/strong> by Moliere<\/p>\n<p>1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Snugglepot and Cuddlepie <\/em><\/strong>by May Gibbs<\/p>\n<p>1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Sunny South <\/em><\/strong>by George Darrell<\/p>\n<p>1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Black Comedy<\/em><\/strong> by Peter Shaffer<\/p>\n<p>1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Dracula<\/em><\/strong> by Hamilton Deane<\/p>\n<p>1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Pickwick versus Bardell<\/em><\/strong> (devised by Inga Scarlett) from Dicken&#8217;s Pickwick Papers.<\/p>\n<p>1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Rosalind&#8217;s Revenge<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1986\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Blood for Dracula, or the Vampire&#8217;s Revenge<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1986\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Skin of Our Teeth<\/em><\/strong> by Thornton Wilder<\/p>\n<p>1987\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Cinderella <\/em><\/strong>according to Roald Dahl<\/p>\n<p>1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Our Town<\/em><\/strong> by Thornton Wilder<\/p>\n<p>1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Peter Pan<\/em><\/strong> by J.M. Barrie<\/p>\n<p>1989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Cinderella<\/em><\/strong> by Charles Paerrault<\/p>\n<p>1990\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Antigone<\/em><\/strong> by Sophocles<\/p>\n<p>1992\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Lady Windemere&#8217;s Fan<\/em><\/strong> by Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n<p>1994\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Crucible <\/em><\/strong>by Arthur Miller<\/p>\n<p>1996\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em><\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>1996\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Sunny South<\/em><\/strong> by George Darrell<\/p>\n<p>1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Black Comedy<\/em><\/strong> by Peter Shaffer<\/p>\n<p>1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 \u00be<\/em><\/strong> by Sue Townsend<\/p>\n<p>1998\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Toad of Toad Hall<\/em><\/strong> by A.A. Milne<\/p>\n<p>2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Mistero Buffo<\/em><\/strong> by Dario Fo<\/p>\n<p>2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>So Much to Tell You<\/em><\/strong> by John Marsden<\/p>\n<p>2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Caucasian Chalk Circle<\/em><\/strong> by Bertolt Brecht<\/p>\n<p>2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>What&#8217;s the Matter with Mary Jane<\/em><\/strong> by Wendy Harmer<\/p>\n<p>2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Secret Bridesmaids Business<\/em><\/strong> by Elizabeth Coleman<\/p>\n<p>2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Mistero Buffo<\/em><\/strong> by Dario Fo<\/p>\n<p>2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Imaginary Invalid<\/em><\/strong> by Moliere<\/p>\n<p>2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>As You Like It<\/em><\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Cahoot&#8217;s Macbeth<\/em><\/strong> by Tom Stoppard<\/p>\n<p>2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Dogg&#8217;s Hamlet<\/em><\/strong> by Tom Stoppard<\/p>\n<p>2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Our Day Out<\/em><\/strong> by Willy Russell<\/p>\n<p>2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em><\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Crucible<\/em><\/strong> by Arthur Miller<\/p>\n<p>2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em><\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Black Comedy <\/em><\/strong>by Peter Shaffer<\/p>\n<p>2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>House on Fire <\/em><\/strong>by Deborah Oswald<\/p>\n<p>2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Playhouse Creatures<\/em><\/strong> by April De Angelis<\/p>\n<p>2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Arabian Nights<\/em><\/strong> by Mary Zimmerman<\/p>\n<p>2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Cloudstreet <\/em><\/strong>by Nick Enright &amp; Justin Mojo<\/p>\n<p>2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Toad of Toad Hall<\/em><\/strong> by A.A. Milne<\/p>\n<p>2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>A Chicken in Paris<\/em><\/strong> by Leigh Hobbs<\/p>\n<p>2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Ivy Shambitt and the Sound Machine<\/em><\/strong> by Daniel Evans<\/p>\n<p>2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Scorched<\/em><\/strong> by Wajdi Mouawad<\/p>\n<p>2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Invalid Rehearsal<\/em><\/strong> by Moliere<\/p>\n<p>2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Beyond the Blue<\/em><\/strong> by Omnibus Theare<\/p>\n<p>2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Totally Over You<\/em><\/strong> by Mark Ravenhill<\/p>\n<p>2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Twelfth Night<\/em><\/strong> by William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Not That Dream Again<\/em><\/strong> by Richard Baines<\/p>\n<p>2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Saving SCEGGS <\/em><\/strong>by Linden Wilkinson<\/p>\n<p>2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Crucible<\/em><\/strong> by Arthur Miller<\/p>\n<p>2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Importance of Being Ernest<\/em><\/strong> by Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n<p>2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Steel Magnolias<\/em><\/strong> by Robert Harling<\/p>\n<p>2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Light Burns Blue<\/em><\/strong> by Silva Semerciyan<\/p>\n<p>2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Metamorphoses <\/em><\/strong>by Mary Zimmerman<\/p>\n<p>2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Time and the Conways<\/em><\/strong> by J.B. Priestly<\/p>\n<p>2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Saving SCEGGS<\/em><\/strong> by Linden Wilkinson<\/p>\n<p>2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Framed! <\/em><\/strong>by Carla Moore<\/p>\n<p>2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Lend Us Your Ears<\/em><\/strong> by Tony Taylor<\/p>\n<p>2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>The Appleton Ladies\u2019 Potato Race <\/em><\/strong>by Melanie Tait<\/p>\n<p>2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>\u00a0pretty.strange. <\/em><\/strong>by Liv Satchell<\/p>\n<p>2024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Nell Gwynn<\/em><\/strong> by Jessica Swale<\/p>\n<p>2024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>\u00a0The Red Balloon<\/em><\/strong> by Albert Lamorisse, Adapted by Anthony Clark<\/p>\n<p>2025\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Lord of the Flies<\/em><\/strong> by William Golding, Adapted by Nigel Williams<\/p>\n<p>2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Girl Asleep<\/em><\/strong> by Mathew Whittett<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Eyers<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Head of Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelfth Night It\u2019s 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\u2019s Twelfth Night for production throughout Semester 2. They have been led by a super creative team: Director: Mr Stephen Colyer Musical Director: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[27],"class_list":["post-26940","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-drama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/26940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=26940"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=26940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}