Senior Theatre Sports
‘Theatre’ and ‘sports’ are two words that aren’t often placed side by side and it’s certainly not your usual sport by any means. Our training isn’t done in the gym or on the field but in the depths of the drama studio at lunchtimes. Our games don’t go for hours, they go for minutes and our team isn’t filled with the fastest or strongest boys… excluding the big Ben Henchman. I’m talking about improvisation here.
This year representing Shore at the 2019 Theatresports Schools challenge was the team of Ben Henchman (Boarder), Max King (Boarder), Wyatt Bellotti (Boarder), Olivier Daish-Gorge and Tom Warburton coached by Ms Eliza Bell. The competition is comprised of absolutely no prepared material, everything is made up on the spot allowing for some ridiculous scenes. There are 4 rounds with numerous improvisation games paired with one open scene. During the heats we faced off against 8 schools from across the North Sydney Region placing 2nd which allowed us to progress into the next round. The semi-finals were held at Monte Saint Angelo in a close competition that resulted in a tie breaker between Shore and Turramurra to make it into the Grand Final. The judges had to go back to the scores in the heats to determine the who will make it through, and by 2 points it was Shore.
The 15th Grand Final at the Enmore Theatre is looming over the team as we prepare for the big night where it’s all decided. Thank you for all of those who have given up the time to watch the competition, your support is greatly appreciated by the team.
Max King, Year 12
