New & Noteworthy 17

The Show Goes On - The Return of Grade 10-12 Theatre Company with Mr. Sharpe

After a hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, High School Drama is back. The Grade 10-12 drama course is a performance-based class where students work with their peers to perform a short one-act play. On the technical side, students participate in the design and creation of sets, props, costumes, hair, makeup, and all other technical elements involved in the productions, as well as thinking about the business side of theater, including budgets and marketing.

Students take part in an audition process as part of their coursework and are encouraged to step out of their comfort zone and to challenge themselves to try new and exciting things as performers. In November, the students performed "This is my Brain on Social Media", which they started, rehearsed, and performed in only six weeks! The play explores the lives of three social media addicted kids, and the lessons they learn about screentime. In the second half of the school year the group will present a dinner theater performance for parents and go on a field trip to Vancouver to take in the arts scene.