Enthusiasm is CONTAGIOUS

'House Arts' is the culmination of a year’s worth of preparation for our Year 11 leaders and a week of rehearsal and development by every member of each House.

2022 marked the eighteenth annual House Arts performance evening, a tradition that showcases the many and varied talents of our students who are responsible for the performances, designs, scripts, technical achievements, and stage management responsibilities.

At the beginning of the year, the Year 11 leaders randomly selected one of four envelopes that contained a well-known music album as their stimulus from which to plan, develop and present a cohesive artistic work that includes elements of Drama, Music, Visual Art, Dance and Media. The Year 11s worked together from Term 1 to plan and develop their script, music, choreography, media, and design elements, then dedicated five full school days to the rehearsal and realisation of their vision; an exercise requiring strong communication, persistence, creativity, teamwork, and spirit.

Each House Play needed to include pathos, transformation of time, place, and object, and incorporate a ‘hula hoop’ as a meaningful part of each production. They also included a fleeting cameo appearance of one of our brave staff members within each Play.

The performances were adjudicated by an expert panel of five judges and ultimately Davis was awarded the Michael Bond House Arts Trophy, named after our much-loved Head of Drama from 1997-2015, and a central figure in the creation of House Arts.

Mr James Brown Head of Performing Arts