Beware the Ides of March as Julius Caesar Marches into Springfield

William Shakespeare’s epic tale of glory and treachery in the Roman Republic comes to Springfield Convent School’s Centenary Hall when Julius Caesar premieres on the infamous Ides of March.

A thrilling story of political idealism, betrayal and justice plays out in Julius Caesar, with the noble Marcus Brutus and the cunning Caius Cassius leading a doomed rebellion against the titular Roman military general and statesman. As loyalties waver and blood spills, Rome erupts into a warzone as one treacherous assassination catches fire and the rise of the Roman Empire begins.

The cast of Julius Caesar includes Emily Wohelnberg in the title role, with Mikaela Hughes taking on the mammoth task of playing Marcus Brutus. Gabriella Knight and Sarah Wickham play Caius Cassius and Mark Anthony respectively. The rest of the cast comprises Alexandra Bouch, Alexandra Lukic, Christina Edwards, Emma Sonn, Gabriella Knight, Georgia Mann, Imaan Deshmukh, Imogen Kingston, Juliet Snaith, Lia-Mae Jansen, Megan Hetherington, Mia English, Mikaela Hughes, Mikayla Yeo, Nokutenda Gwesu, Robyn-Leigh Phillips, Ruby Taylor, Sarah Wickham, Sherazaun Radloff, Tamsyn Cullis and Yusra Abrahams.

Julius Caesar plays the Centenary Hall in 15 March at 16:00 and 16 March at 19:00. Tickets costing R70 each will be on sale at school in the week leading up to the production, with tickets also available at the door.

The Autumn Quarterly Concert

The Autumn Quarterly concert took place on a very hot summer's evening. It was the first quarterly Concert of the year. The standard of musicianship was extremely high, given the amount of time that the girls have had working on their pieces.

Nonetheless, the concert was highly enjoyable and there was a wide variety of music - from Caldara to Adele.

The school orchestra played their music challenging piece to date - Dvorak's Slavonic Dance no 7.

Link to the Choir's performance of Adele's When we were Young

Debating:

On Monday, 2nd March, Springfield's Junior team (Robyn Phillips, Sua Sung and Sophie Shackleton) and Senior team (Cara Ronan, Mikaela Hughes and Kate Thomas) won closely contested debates against Wynberg Girls' High School. Cara Ronan and Sua Sung won best speaker awards. The Senior motion was "This House believes that all university students should complete a post graduate year of community service" and the Junior motion was "This House believes that no school subject should be compulsory." Well done, girls!