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DRAMA TAKES THE STAGE AT GALA!

Three Drama pieces were featured as part of this year's Gala at the Seymour Centre in Week 8. Pictured left is Ms Hoddinott's Year 7 Company presenting their piece The Happy Prince. These stunning photos were taken by Year 10 student Mitchell Rudman.

Ada Martin, Alice Lonsdale, Chloe Harnisch-Rojas, Jasmine Dula, Lilly Crowe and Piper Hill from Year 8 (pictured) performed their stunning original Greek theatre piece Persephone at Gala.

Photos: Mitchell Rudman.

Year 10 Extension presented their original work Mass Hysteria at Gala. This piece, inspired by the "dancing plague" of 1518, was directed by Ms Hardingham in collaboration with the students. Photos: Mitchell Rudman.

semESTER 2 drama showcase

The Semester 2 Drama Showcase featured a fantastic range of original performances devised by teachers and professional artists in collaboration with student companies over the semester. Pictured left is Hardingham Senior Drama Company with their rollicking verbatim retelling of "The Sound of Music" directed by Ms Hardingham.

Yr 7 GONDA coMPANY

Centathalon
What does it take to persist for 100 days of competition?

Yr 7 hoddinott coMPANY

The Happy Prince
A classic tale about compassion, generosity and kindness.

Yr 9 Van Munster CoMPANY

The Lost Letter Office
Ever pondered the fate of undeliverable mail?

yr 7 hartley coMPANY

My First Day Of Year 7 I Felt Like An Outer Space Alien
Being new can be intimidating.

Yr 8 ord coMPANY

Chop Me
A re-imagining of the reign and death of Marie-Antoinette.

YR 8 HARTLEY COMPANY

Sweet Dreams
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear"

DRAMA IN NSW SYLLABUS VIDEO!

NHSPA Drama was thrilled to participate in the new NSW Drama Syllabus Introduction video. Students in Year 7 and Year 11 enjoyed the experience of working with a professional film crew as they documented their class activities. Thank you to the Drama Curriculum team for inviting us to be involved! Click the link above then scroll to the final video to see our students and teachers in action.

NHSPA HSC '23 DRAMA SUCCESS

NHSPA HSC Drama students have received 19 nominations for OnStage for their work in the Drama HSC Practical exams. This year out of our 24 students, 9 were nominated for their Group Projects and 10 for their Individual Projects. Congratulations Year 12! We look forward to seeing what you achieve next.

a wrap for BATHORY BEgins

The NHSPA/Australian Theatre for Young People co-production “Bathory Begins” was a triumph, and the season wrapped with a sell-out show early in Term 4. Playwrights Emme Hoy and Gretel Vella surprised the cast after the show and stayed to get a photo with our cast and director Warwick Doddrell. Congratulations to the outstanding cast and crew. Check out the production stills below.

Image: Clare Hawley (atyp)

NSW STATE DRAMA FESTIVAL

The 2023 NSW State Drama Festival held in Week 3 of Term 4 was absolutely outstanding, featuring a plethora of NHSPA students in the various State Drama Ensembles and supported by the NHSPA VET Entertainment students (pictured) who did a very professional job backstage under the leadership of Ms Van Munster. Congratulations to all involved!

PERSEPHONE - SHARING STORIES

Ada Martin, Alice Lonsdale, Chloe Harnisch-Rojas, Jasmine Dula, Lilly Crowe and Piper Hill from Year 8 (pictured) performed their stunning original Greek theatre piece "Persephone" at our Sharing Stories, Cultures and Histories Gala Night in Week 4 of Term 4. They first developed this piece in class in our Term 1 unit "Origins of Theatre" and performed it again at Gala (see above).

HOOKED - YEAR 10 EXTension

10 Drama Extension performed their original play “Hooked” for Years 7 and 8 in Week 4 and Year 9 in Week 7. Thank you to our school's Wellbeing Team and guests from Co-Assist and Headspace for joining our Q&A panel after the performance, providing professional advice and information on vaping and mobile phone dependence, and where to get support.

WORK EXPERIENCE @ nida

Addison Bourke from Year 10 recently completed work experience at the NIDA Design Workshop, gaining first hand experience in set and costume design and construction. Addison got hands on experience behind the scenes in the workshop as the team created set and costume for an opera production.

WORK EXPERIENCE @ ATYP

Yofy Dolef, Ayla Hunt and Wylie Best from Year 10 participated in Atyp's Work Experience Program, where they learnt about all aspects of running a theatre company and got to know other passionate drama students from all parts of Australia.

YeaR 8 PAGE to STAGE festival

All three Year 8 Drama classes spent term 4 working on short scripted plays written by young playwrights from the "Page to Stage" series. In week 9 the three classes combined to present their own Page to Stage Festival in St George's Hall. Huge congratulations to all the performers who worked so hard to memorise lines and rehearse their pieces. Extra special thanks to those performers who picked up a script and filled in for absent cast members on the day making sure the show could go on!

LOST BOYS THEATRE EXCURSION

Year 10 Drama Extension saw Little Eggs Collective's Lost Boys at the Seymour Centre in Week 7. The students were surprised and inspired by this immersive, original devised performance featuring music, song, dance, movement, spoken word and performance art inspired by the classic Peter Pan story.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN FILM STUDIES

What an exceptional year it's been in FILM STUDIES! We've crafted numerous films, achieving notable success at student film festivals, both on a local and international scale. Remarkably, one of our films emerged victorious in the Open Category, clinching the prestigious Australian Mini Smart Phone Film Of The Year Award (SF3). It's a testament to the creativity and distinctive perspectives that NHSPA students have showcased in their films throughout 2023.

INNER WEST YOUNG CREATIVES

For the Inner West Young Creatives Awards we had 6 films as FINALISTS from NHSPA (a total of 21 films chosen as Finalists from 421 entries). BEST FILM - (Yr 9/10 Category): "Heart to Heart" by Isaac Brown, Kieran Cashin & Joon Denholm, (starring Dylan and Alex) (Yr 9); RUNNER UP - (Yr 9/10 Category) "Shielding" by Kyla Vanderkley and Jessica Laffan (Yr 9); Inner West Librarians Award (All Categories) "KIN" by Elodie Kliendienst.

Congratulations to the winners and our finalists!

SF3 SMARTFONE FLICKFEST

For the SF3 (International SmartFone FlickFest) we had 23 films as Finalists in the STUDENT section (SF3KIDS): "Happy Birthday" by Annabelle Szewcow, Trixie Raud and Evie LeMay; "Blood Will Have Blood" by Toby Makeham and Stella O'Brien; "Watching" by Indianna Thompson (Yr 9) who also won the SF3 Kids Best Director Award.

We had 4 films as finalists in the SF3MINI section (films under 3mins format): "Mocha Madness" By Greta O'Donoghue and Francesca Nagle, "Nightmare Amusement" by Asia Dunstone, "Look Up" by Indianna Thompson and "Perfect" by Matilda Cavanough & Edie Krone.

Francesca & Greta (Yr 9) won the SF3 Mini Best Australian Film for "Mocha Madness".

DET STUDENT FILM FESTIVALS

For the annual DET "Film By" Student Film Festival and the DET "CApture Film Festival", two festivals celebrating student films across NSW in a showcase evening at FOX STUDIO's we had 2 films chosen to represent NHSPA in both. These were: "Mocha Madness" By Greta O'Donoghue and Francesca Nagle and "Look Up" by Indianna Thompson.

V-FESTIVAL STUDENT FILM FEST

For the annual V-Festival Student Film Festival (run by Rose Bay Secondary College) we have 2 films in the finals from 22 chosen and over 60 entries from High Schools across NSW. These were (Jnr Section): "Look Up" by Indianna Thompson & (Senior Section): "Term & Conditions" by Jasper Reucassel, Marianne Hanna and Alyssa Henry.

This Festival played at Chauvel Paddington on Monday 4 December.

BLOODFEST HORROR FILM FEST

For the annual BLOODFEST Student Horror Film Festival we have 10 finalists for the Festival, and 6 of those being from NHSPA! Finalists films are: "Hymn" by Cori Stanton, Claudette King, Miller Sargeant, "Tzompantli" by Cassidy Schreiber, Rohan Olssen and Dylan Kamaralli-Wilson, "Happy Birthday" by Phoebe Sampson, "The Confrontation" by Nayan Cooper, Christian Graoroski and Jack Clegg, "Valley Of Unrest" by Toby Makeham and Stella O'Brien and "Why So Faceless" by Jim Hopkins.

BLOODFEST screened on 7 December at AFTRS with Croi, Claudette and Miller's film "Hymn" winning the competition for 2023.

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