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Production 2015 “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe” was presented by Clonard College. Directed by Janine McKenzie, Choreography by Jess Nash and Musical Direction by Alistair Cox The strange wintry land, of Narnia, with its drifts of snow and population of strange and wondrous creatures, as well as some curious English children; was artfully presented in August at GPAC. Several St Joseph’s College students were involved in the production. Boys from Year 7 right through to Year 12 performed on stage or added musically by their presence in the pit. Congratulations to the following boys for a great contribution to a worthwhile project: Matthew Boardman - Railway Porter, Ashley Thompson - Peter Pevensie ,Henry Stephensen - Edmund Pevensie, Jack Bourke - Professor Kirk, Colten Dunn - Mr Tumnus, Ryan Tracey - Beaver, Karl Senftleben - Aslan, Jordan Fama - Giant Rumblebuffin, Darcy Barker - King Peter, Connor Gallagher - King Edmund. With Joel Lewis, Dylan Barnes, Marius Hurley –Paul and Harry Scanlon in the Ensemble. Patrick Carroll was delighted to play in the pit for a change and Patrick Considene and William Conway did a great job in there with him. The battle scene complete with clanging metal swords was an epic theatre moment never to be forgotten. Perhaps on a less epic note it could be mentioned that on the Friday evening performance some staff also took their place on stage. Mr Paul Tobias as a wise and kind Father Christmas, John Stephensen as the Older Prince Edmund was actually playing his son’s character as an older man and Janine McLean played Princess Susan. Thank you to all those involved at Clonard for inviting us all, to be part of your production this year.

ACC DRAMA DAY

This year twenty Year 8 students had the opportunity to go to Parade College for a day of Workshops with other boys from the other all boy Catholic Colleges. These workshops included: Circus skills, Commedia Dell- arte, Improvisation skills, Acting for Camera and How to prepare Characters. It was a very enjoyable day with experts in their field leading the boys through new and interesting experiences that help in building their knowledge of the performing arts.

TAKE OVER AT GPAC

Year 10 Improvisation accepted the challenge this year of working with Kelly Clifford at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre on the Take Over Program. This project invites students to create a performance and then present it in the theatre. Part of this work is learning the technical side of Osbourne production and so we had student Stage Manager Bowen Jacques, Sound Operator Alexander and Lighting operator Zachary Rushbrook. The theme for all the schools who take part in the project this year was FOMO or Fear of missing out. We created a play loosely based on Alice in Wonderland. Our Ellis played by Benjamin Semmler found himself unexpectedly down a black hole with no network coverage which really challenged his world of digital connection. The experience allowed Ellis to meet some unusual characters, like Thomas Bourke’s wise Caterpillar, Matthew Ghinn’s White Rabbit and Christopher Bogacki’s Mad Hatter, that all helped him think about the value of technology and how to best use it. We called the performance # e_llis @1D LND. It was an exciting and stimulating project for everyone involved. The same group of Boys also saw a professional group perform in the same theatre the play I Call My Brothers. This allowed them the chance to experience what a piece of modern theatre story telling looks like from an audiences point of view.

THE INAUGURAL UNICYCLE CLUB

Two lunchtimes a week Granger and Sam have been teaching other interested Year 7 students the art of unicycle riding. The progress of the boys has been fantastic under the very skilled tutelage of Granger Woolley and Samuel Ballan. Congratulations on such a solid commitment.

Janine McLean - Drama Teacher

The SJC Unicycle Club Performing at the Paul Tobias Centre Paul Tobias Centre opening

The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe

Performing at the Paul Tobias Centre opening