CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS – Theatresports Competition

Being the first St Ursula’s team, for many years, to participate in the Theatresports Schools Challenge was undoubtedly nerve racking. However, our team of five pulled together and let our talents shine. Our Immediate team consisted of Lucia C, Mia F, Laura M of year 10 and Harriet C and Susannah J of Year 9.

At the heat, held at St Patrick’s College Strathfield, we competed in four rounds each with a specific game involving drama skills. There were three judges on the night who scored teams across three categories, Narrative, Entertainment and Technique. From the games our team did the following:

Round 1:

Gibberish scene: A scene is played where the performers can only speak in gibberish (a made up language). They play the actions, motions, events and reactions to create a story.

Round 2:

Human Props: The team plays a scene where one or two players are characters and the other players form every physical object in the scene as they’re named or needed. Players must interact with the human props & use them. Props players should change from one object to another throughout the scene.

Round 3:

Open scene: The team plays a scene, establishing their environment, characters and story. No handles or game structures may be used. The scene may have a style or genre (but it should be inspired by the title (not a set one practiced in advance). 

Round 4:

Soap Opera: The team performs a scene in the style of a soap opera; big reactions to every line, powerful silences, high emotional stakes, walking towards and away from each other, shock admissions etc. 

Each round of the competition was a really good opportunity to stretch our skills in drama. The first part of the evening consisted of a workshop where other groups and as well as us, practiced some of the games. We got a really good feel for what our strengths were and what we did want a part of our performances. 

We really learnt the value of energy and accepting offers in drama and that definitely helped our progress. The real performance was definitely nerve wracking but our team brought the energy with us, scoring high scores. We have progressed to the semi finals on Wednesday 3 June at St Patrick’s College and hope to make our College proud. Thank you so much Ms Walsh-Kemp for the opportunity to participate in an unique experience! If you would like to attend as a supporter, tickets can be purchased at the door at 6:45pm.

Lucia C
Year 10