Junior School Performing Arts Project - Abbotsleigh

Up Stage

Junior School Performing Arts

Project

Up Stage - JS Production Elements, was launched in June 2020 as a dramatic arts program inclusive to all budding performing arts students from Years 3 to 6.

Students were invited to submit either a monologue, a stage, costume or make-up design, a poster or the first page of a dramatic opening scene for a play. Students were invited to enter as many categories as they liked, and each category was judged by a performing arts industry professional.

To help students understand the process of these essential elements of drama, we offered after-school workshops for students to learn about backstage creative design and ideas, which are crucial to making actors shine on stage. Several opportunities were on offer, all exploring the different aspects of the performing arts through either writing, marketing or design.

Up Stage - The ConceptSome of the most enjoyable and interesting creative techniques and tricks students learnt during the workshops have been included in each category introduction.

All applications were carefully assessed by our acclaimed team of theatre professional judges. JS Production has always attracted much interest from students, and Up Stage was a wonderful way to learn about all facets of the performing arts. This exciting project expanded students’ understanding of the industry and igniting passion through a fun and enjoyable process.

Abbotsleigh Junior School is delighted to publish all entries as an e-book for students and families to enjoy.

The Categories

1 Minute MonologueA monologue is a speech presented by a single character. Most often the character expresses their thoughts, feelings, ideas, wants, needs, or story out loud or to address another character or the audience. The monologue should be limited to one page and can be any character type on any theme. Remember, a monologue is in first person narrative.

Make-up DesignTheatrical make-up is used to assist in creating the appearance of a character that the actor portrays during a theatre production. Students may choose any musical or show and design a character’s makeup. This can either be applied and photographed, drawn or painted (make-up templets are acceptable), or using digital software.

Opening Scene of a Script

The opening scene or moment in a play needs to hook the audience from the get-go by generating curiosity and/or teaser that leaves the audience wanting more.

Poster DesignPosters need to advertise a professionally produced play, show or musical. Include the play’s title and details of the event (students can choose any theatre in Australia to stage their chosen performance).

Costume DesignDesign a costume for a production or musical. Think of the time period, style, colours, and character type. You can either dress in the costume and photograph, draw or use digital software.

Stage DesignThe backdrop or set of a show helps the audience know the location or setting of the scene. Think about the forest in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, or the emerald city in Wicked. Create a brilliant set design for any production or musical of your choice.

MAKE UPDESIGN

Monologues were of great interest in the workshops. Below are some of the monologue features girls were taught.

A monologue is a form of theatrical entertainment performed by a single actor.

A monologue is dialogue presented by a single character. Often a monologue will express the characters inner thoughts and feelings aloud, to themselves, to another character or directly to the audience, providing insight into the character.

Active Monologues vs. Narrative MonologuesThere are generally two kinds of monologues that writers and playwrights can utilise.

An active monologue is one that has the character using it as a way to take action or achieve a goal — whether it’s to change someone’s mind, convince them of something/to do something, or to communicate a specific point of view that the character has.

A narrative monologue usually entails a character telling a story, often in past tense. These monologues often use such a story as an analogy to the actual conflict and situation within the script’s events, or as a way to explain how a character came to be the way they are or will be.

1 MINUTEMONOLOGUE

Meet our judge for 1 Minute Monologue

Who better to have judge our monologues, than one of Abbotsleighs favourite authors, Mr John Larkin. John writes and teaches writing full-time. He has a BA in English Literature and a MA in Creative Writing from Macquarie University. John has conducted creative writing workshops at Abbotsleigh as part of our Abbschool program and Gifted and Talented

program. He is a welcome face and regular at the Abbotsleigh Literary Festivals.

John’s The Shadow Girl won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Prize for Writing for Young Adults 2012, and The Pause won the Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award 2015. He is also the author of Spaghetti Legs and Ghost Byte.

Mr John Larkin

Abbotsleigh Junior School Performing Arts Project 1 MINUTE MONOLOGUE

Monologues are like stories within the story you’re trying to tell. They should have a general beginning, middle, and end. Monologues need to be peppered with small twists, turns, and revelations or have each and every line portray the ultimate impact of what the character is trying to accomplish.

When writing a monologue, think about who am I? Where am I? What do I want? How will I get it? Why do I have to have this conversation now? How will my story effect or change the listener?

• Knowing your goal or motivation helps keep a monologue on track.

• Obstacles helps keep tension in a monologue.

• Character arch or change is useful too, don’t play the whole emotion from beginning to end, change emotions, take the listener on a journey.

• Know who you are talking too.

Monologues can be in any character voice; a pirate, princess, cowgirl, sports star, movie star, robot, old lady, robber, police officer, detective, clown, musician, teacher, student, animals’ perspective, knight, doctor, race car driver, etc.

Girls were asked to think … who are you talking too? A stowaway, prince, a raging bull, a town sheriff, a director, a space alien, old man, another robber, a police Sargent, an animal, the audience?

What do you want? Steal the treasure, rob the bank, solve a crime, train an animal, fly to the moon, make a friend, borrow something, say goodbye, have a party?

Most important, its not a narrative in third person, it’s a character talking. Write a monologue the way the character would speak.

Meet our judge for 1 Minute Monologue

Who better to have judge our monologues, than one of Abbotsleighs favourite authors, Mr John Larkin. John writes and teaches writing full-time. He has a BA in English Literature and a MA in Creative Writing from Macquarie University. John has conducted creative writing workshops at Abbotsleigh as part of our Abbschool program and Gifted and Talented

program. He is a welcome face and regular at the Abbotsleigh Literary Festivals.

John’s The Shadow Girl won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Prize for Writing for Young Adults 2012, and The Pause won the Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award 2015. He is also the author of Spaghetti Legs and Ghost Byte.

Mr John Larkin

Neomi Verma 5D Feathery Fluster

WINNER1 MINUTE

MONOLOGUE


Judge’s comment“I enjoyed all the monologues but Feathery Fluster stuck out because it was funny yet also a little sad. I found the chicken’s naivety as to what her fate would be if she started laying rotting eggs rather touching.

Congratulations to all.

Write on!”

Neomi Verma 5D Feathery Fluster

(Pacing) Those evil giants, why do they ruin everything! I am sick and tired of pushing out eggs day after day, after day! (snaps her head around to see the other chicken eating chicken feed out of a bowl) Honestly Lucy, can’t you stop worrying about your abnormally large stomach and stop pecking for a second. We are forced to lay eggs! It’s like you don’t even care! (pause)

What? You think that we were designed to make eggs for humans? That’s insane, what about vegans?! We’re biologically born to lay eggs. Well yes, I know that, but who says we must? It hurts you know!

Maybe I don’t want to lay around the barn all day, Lucy, producing and producing so that humans can have their eggs poached, fried, scrambled or boiled. I have dreams, you know.

What dreams? Well, I’ve never told anyone before but.... I want to be a tightrope walker. There, I’ve said it. Mum and dad never believed in me, but I’ve been practising secretly behind the barn. I pecked a hole into the wall and stuck a long bamboo stick into it. I balanced it on an old box, and I’ve been practising ever since.

You want to see? Well, I mean, I’ve never showed anyone before but ok....

(does an extravagant balancing act on stick before doing a little bow to finish)

I could join a circus with that act! I would be the first chicken tightrope walker in the southern hemisphere!

Hey, I know what we need to do, we need to take vengeance. (looks back behind her)

Okay, let’s see what we’ve got. How to lay eggs properly. Oh, bother I don’t want to do that. Never produce rotten eggs, urgh what good would that.... (gasps) I could produce rotten eggs on purpose, they’d never want me after that! (pause then sighs) Lucy, nothing you or anyone else says is going to stop me. I’ll escape once they don’t want me anymore, and then when that circus comes to town, I’ll be the first one on the list. (pause) What do you mean? of course they won’t punish me for more eggs, they would probably just let me go.

Yes, Lucy, I’m convinced that it’s the perfect plan! Circus Here I Come.


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Bonnie McInerney 6DImaginary friends aren’t cool

Inara Ahmed 4G Cinderella Monologue

Yes, Madame, I will get it done by sunset.

Oh, this marble staircase is as cold as my step mother! These statues and walls are almost like her too. So life-like, yet so dead.

Almost everything here is cold and unwelcoming; even after being cleaned!

I’d rather this mansion be warm and welcoming rather than immaculate and polished. Full of love and laughter, singing and dancing. But this is nothing more than a tomb; a prison. Oh well, at least its clean, thanks to me!

But, what I want most is to have a break from this monotony of cleaning, even for one day or even one night.

My step mother and step sisters are cruel; crude; unfair and downright unpleasant people to be around. Each day they stroll past me as if I was indistinct, watching me clean and wipe ornaments and tiles. They are not my family!

Oops, missed a spot ...

Mother, father, how I love you so; you were fair; sympathetic; and generous. You loved me, unconditionally. When you left, it was as if someone had drained all the happiness out of me, like a drain sucking water out of a sink. You were people I could trust; that I could talk to when I was sad; you meant everything to me.

Now you are my only trustworthy friends. The greatest most loyal loving mice, my dear Jaq and Gus. Here you go Gus, more cheese. I know you love me unconditionally. And I do, too.

Oh, how I wish a miracle would happen that I could take hold of; something that could change my entire life; something that will save me from having to clean, even if just for one day or even one night; something magical ...

Yes, coming Anastasia, I am coming. Gosh, when will my life change?

Key: to be acted by one person switching from left to right between Jacob and Imaginary friend

Props: soccer ball, Costume: sports uniform

You know what would be really helpful… if you would help me warm up, I’m about to go on.

Okay so stretch your legs and breath you’ll be fine,I mean, we have been training for weeks!

Okay, okay here we go, you’re right, I can do this!Look, even Brian is looking over here. I think he thinks I’m… cool.

Or he could be looking over here because you’re talking to thin air,but I mean stay on the positive, right?

(voice shaking) Okay, yeah, I’m n..n..not f freaking out.

Relax you got this, be confident.

You don’t understand! This is my chance, my final chance… to be popular, to be cool and to rule the school

Is this what you want to do, walk away from all of your friends for this one opportunity?

What friends?

I was talking about me, jeez the world doesn’t revolve around you.

You’re only here because I’m imagining you.

Oh yeah, but still, we’ve been friends for years and now you are just gonna ditch me!? I was there for you when no one else was! remember when you…

Shhhhhh nobody needs to know about! Thanks for making me look weird.

Like you need help with that.

I thought you were here to help.

I am I’m helping with my, uhhhh coaching expertise…

Well, I don’t need your help!

Yeah, your right, you don’t but you do need to go on (pushes Jacob forward)

(Jacob runs forward and then looks back to see his friend is gone) Wait, wait I do need you! (closes eyes and takes a breath)

Thank you.


Reyna Pasricha 6LThe Thing in the Sky

So, this is what happened, as I opened my eyes, sirens filled my ears, tears filled my eyes. The last thing I remember was me screaming “MUM!” and then seeing a black screen.

I woke up in a brightly lit room with a hoard of people hovering around me, cheering that I had woken up at last. Then I remembered, where was my mum? I yelled this frantically to the people hovering around me.

Everyone stood still and the cheering died down, “Sorry kiddo” said my Uncle Luke sadly. Then a black screen filled my eyes again and I heard my Aunty Taylor screaming “Nurse! NURSE!”

It was really strange, I tell you!

The next thing I knew I was back home, lying in my bed with a pile of blankets covering me. I got out of bed and walked around the house looking for my sister. I walked into her room only to see she was fast asleep. I crept down the creaky stairs to get a cup of water. Outside it was dark and gloomy. A loud “CRACK!!” came from outside and a strike of light lit up the sky.

I was a 100 percent sure I saw something in the sky.

What? No, NO! it couldn’t be!

Ryka Dave 3OWhat on Earth!

One beautiful day in the universe, a rock’s gravity pulled other smaller rocks into its gravitational pull. That huge rock attracted other rocks until there was a big planet that

had formed. That planet is Me. I am the only planet where life exists and I am your one & only chance to live. When I was growing up, I had lush green fields, crystal clear water, natural food and fresh air with least carbon dioxide in it. I was very beautiful, serene and safe place to live.

My current state is not very good. I am not having a good life and I need help to fix myself. I am now not that beautiful, and I am getting sadder and sadder about it. I have less lush green fields and my water is getting dirty. My water is getting dirty because people are littering everywhere and it is being accumulated in the seas. My air is being polluted as well. It is because people are smoking often and also because of more carbon emission.

I am not treated the way I should be treated. I have been treating you very well since a very long time and it is now time for you to take care of me. Neglecting my health will make the atmosphere you live in hotter and hotter. The change in my atmosphere will lead to change in climate. Climate change will have adverse effect on you and me as well. Once the climate starts getting hotter than usual, winter will feel like spring. Autumn will feel like summer and summer will just be so, so, so hot. The carbondioxide in the air will cover me like a blanket and there will be no other place for you to live, as I will slowly start dying. Water pollution is currently affecting sea animals because of turtles think that plastic bags are jellyfish and eat them. Dolphins think bottles are fish and they eat the plastic bottles.

I am pretty sure you have guessed I am EARTH, as I have told a lot about myself and how I used to be. However, I have hopes that you all will help me and understand how important it is to keep me healthy and safe. You should now know not to keep lights or any electronic devices on when not in use. By shutting down electronic devices, you will help emit less CO2 in the air and help me regain my health. Other simple thing you should do is, when a destination is close by, you should walk, ride a bike or scooter, or run to the destination. This will help to use less vehicles and keep me cool. By doing all this, you can make me get back to my earlier health and make me a safe planet to live for you and more generations to come. MY HEALTH IS YOUR PRIORITY.

Thank you for taking time to listen to me.


Saskia McDonald 3L The Queen and the Crown

Genre: Comedy

Gender: Female

Description: A ruling Queen has a moment of panic after waking from a dream, during which her crown has been stolen.

The Queen awakes from a deep slumber.

“GUARDS! GUARDS! GUUUUAAARRRDDDDSSS!”

“My beloved crown has been stolen! Oh, how am I going to get it back? It’s my most prized possession. Even more than my spoilt little princess (looks around to see if her daughter is close by). Check the security cameras immediately! The thief must rise from their sour world of shame. Oh, I love that crown. I have had it all my glorious life. I am never without it, so much so that my crown feels like it is sitting on my head right now. GUARDS!!! Why are you exchanging those mysterious looks while I writhe in agony? Show your fabulous queen some respect!”

Slight pause.

“ W..w..wait. My head feels as though it is being weighed down. I feel something pointy, it reminds me of my beloved diamond crown.”

5 seconds later, the queen slowly reaches up to her head.

“It is my crown!! Unbelievable! It is a miracle! My crown has returned to me. Call off the search.”

The Queen sheepishly looks at the guards.

“No need to mention this little incident to anyone. After all, I am your glorious queen”.

Sian Kim 6O Hansel and Gretel

The Witch’s Daughter

Dr Mentalis, I’ve come to you in a time in need. Let you tell you my story. You cannot understand my surprise, my shock and my shudder when I found out my mother was indeed very gory.

It was the middle of spring and the birds sang to the beat of my fingers tapping against the sticky sweet walls of my house. The whole home was filled with the sweet aroma of caramelized cherries and the sugar that fell from windowsill. Buttercream oozed through the cracks of the gingerbread wall.

Hold on Doc! I haven’t even gotten to the bad bit yet.

I heard the crunching of leaves as two children that were my age. It was at that moment I made the biggest mistake I made in my life. I called out to my mother, yes Dr Mentalis, the gory one! Anyway, I called out, “Mother, there are two skinny children outside chewing the doorknob!” I looked downstairs and saw my mother, dressed very prettily starting to plop down mountains of food. She then opened the door, showing two very surprised children stumbling in. I remembered my mother’s exact words. “Come in my dears, I do hope you are hungry! I was too shy to greet the children, so I hid behind the jelly sofa.

What do mean jelly sofa? Of course, we have one! Don’t ask petty things like that Doctor!

After these children gobble up the food, my mother ushered them out of sight. I then, being a good girl, started cleaning up the dishes. It was when I finished cleaning when I heard the most high-pitched scream.

No Dr Mentalis, it was a petrified scream, not a funny one.

I ran to the sound from the owner, when I saw the two children, locked up in a licorice cage! And now doc, you can NOT eat through them. Why? There magic. Duh! Anyway, I started screaming for my mother. “Mother, Help! Help!” The children suddenly cried out, “No! Don’t call for her! SHE IS A WITCH!” I staggered in surprise and shock. Immediately, my mother ran into the room. When she saw the children, she squealed in delight. “All fattened up now! All in the oven!” She unlocked the cage and dragged the children to the oven in the kitchen. She tried to squish the children into the blazing fire. “No!” I had screamed. I pushed her into her own oven.

And yes doctor, she fit inside. She was a skinny hag. She only ever ate children, and none came since a decade.

Now safe, the children, whose name were Hansel and Gretel, thanked me and left with me, hand in hand, and left the pink cotton candy that puffed out the chimney. They are outside right now if you wish to meet them.

Doctor, what should I do if my mother is a witch? I really need YOUR help! So please, help me!

OPENING SCENE OF A

SCRIPT

The idea of writing a nail bitting or exciting opening scene to a play is a big task. Students in the workshops quickly realised it was easier to start an opening scene when they had an idea of what type of play they wanted to write.

The opening scene or moment in a play needs to hook the audience from the get-go by generating curiosity and/or teaser that leaves the audience wanting more. Open at, or as close to as possible, the inciting incident. Drop the reader directly into the scene so they’re immediately in the action.

Tips• Start with conflict and tension – something

going wrong

• Start with the story you’re telling, not the back story

• Introduce the protagonist – focus on the individual, not just a type: what is different about this person?

• Briefly set the scene, but be specific versus generic – what’s unique about this place?

• Set the tone of the story – is it sarcastic, dark, whimsical, suspenseful?

• Ask “what will the protagonist be doing when we first meet him?”

Abbotsleigh Junior School Performing Arts Project OPENING SCENE OF A SCRIPT

Meet our judge for Opening Scene of a Script

Wayne knows the power of an opening scene. As an award-winning playwright, he has an eye for an attention-grabbing opening moment on stage and this is why we are delighted to have him Judge the ’Opening Page’ section of our competition. Wayne is one of the leading lights in the independent theatre world. He is an actor, director, producer and award-winning writer.

His work has been seen all over the world, his most successful plays include, The Subtle Art of Flirting, We’ll Always Have Wagga, Silvertop Ash, The Girlie Show, Everything I Know I Learnt From Madonna, Flame Trees and The Bridesmaid Must Die!.

As an actor, he has appeared in Underbelly and The Doctor Blake Mysteries, feature films, Fragmentary, Apparitions, The Casting Game and his own web series, After Nightfall. Wayne has been a storyliner on TV’s Neighbours, the Festival Director for Short+Sweet Sydney 2017, and his debut feature film as writer and director, According to Otto, is currently in post-production.

Mr Wayne Tunks

Primary (absolutely necessary):1. The inciting incident – event that creates the surface problem, setting the stage

for the story-worthy problem

2. The story-worthy problem – thing the character must solve by the end of the story

3. The setup – a snapshot that will help the reader understand the next scene

Secondary (may not be necessary):4. Back story – include only what is absolutely necessary

5. A stellar opening sentence – spend more time on this line than any other

6. Language – use your best prose in the beginning

7. Character – reveal a telling detail about your protagonist using action, not exposition

8. Setting – ground your readers but don’t go overboard

9. Foreshadowing – hint at action or obstacles to come

GenreAdventure Cartoon Children’s Television

Documentary Film Noir Game Show

Horror Melodrama Musical Theatre

Pantomime Romance Si-Fi

Sitcom Slapstick Soap Opera

Shakespeare War Western

Romantic Comedy Slapstick Comedy Absurdist

Court Room Drama BBC Drama Thriller

Bollywood SBS Drama Documentary

Historical

Chanel Kang 6LTurn On – A Comedy Play

WINNEROPENING

SCENE OF A SCRIPT

Judge’s commentWhat a fantastic concept for a script. A fun little black comedy that made me laugh out loud. I hope you write more of this as I think you are on to a big winner.

Chanel Kang 6L Turn On – A Comedy Play

Lights Rise: We open on a Teenage Boy’s bedroom. We see a sock and two shoes centre stage beside the bed, lit by a single spotlight. We hear the sound of police sirens in the distance. The bedroom door kicks open and in runs a police officer.

The POLICEMAN sees the sock and shoes centre stage and stops. He lifts up the sock and smells it. The POLICEMAN faints.

A SARGENT runs on stage and sees the “dead” Policeman and pulls a bag from his pocket. He bags the sock and radios in the crime.

SARGENT: I’ve got a code 472, requesting backup, that’s right, a dead policeman and an even deader sock!

Six POLICEMEN run in to the room through the kicked in door, the first one crashes into the SARGENT, knocking the SARGENT down, and sending the bag and sock flying, the other POLICE all crash into each other like dominos, and fall to the ground.

A SINGLE GREEN SPOTLIGHT shines on the sock in the bag.

In the pile of POLICEMEN, we see the SARGENT’s arm rise in the air holding his police radio, and then flops dead to the ground.

A TEENAGE BOY walks into his room and sees the pile of police and the green illuminating sock.

TEENAGE BOY: Jeepers! What is this mess? I just cleaned my room. My mother is going to kill me! How am I going to hide this crime? I can’t go to gaol for killing six police officers and one Sargent! I’m way too young. They will send me to Juvenile and they’ll beat me up, and I’ll have to eat watery mashed potato … but at least I’ll get six abbs (tapping his stomach).

The boy pulls the bedsheet off his bed, and covers the police, just as his mother walks into the bedroom.

MOTHER: I thought I told you to clean up this room!

The mother stalks over to the boy, grabs him by the ear, and twists it.

TEENAGE BOY: Yow! Jeez Mum!

MOTHER: Now clean your room …


Scene 1

It’s a stormy night, the sound of rain and rumbling thunder can be heard. The only light is from yellow street lamps and the white moon.There is open window with curtains blowing in the breeze.There is a bed behind it in the room. A girl wakes up, sweat dripping off her face. She hearsfoot steps and creaking floorboard. She looks around with fear, her nightmare coming to life!

She gets up out of bed and walks over to the window. She leans out over the stormy city.We see a large shadow of a hand rise over the girl and fingers wearing an single ring appear on her shoulder. She spins around and screams! Lighting strikes! Suddenly we are engulfed in the darkness of a power outage.

But only for a moment.

When the light comes up, the window is gone, we are inside the girl’s apartment room, blood covers the floor. A police investigator stands stroking his moustache, he’s holding a pen and notepad in the other hand. Another inverstigator is knelt down on the floor inspecting with a

magnifying glass the only evidence left… he holds up to the light a silver ring…

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Alisha Gunalingam 6O & Olivia Klockmann 6LThe Ring – A murder mystery play

Inara Ahmed 4G Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie: “Good afternoon everyone!” (Blurt with a contented smile on face.)

Charlie: “mum, I have two baguettes for everyone to eat instead of cabbage and onion soup.”

Mrs Bucket: “Thank you, Charlie! -b-u-t”

Narrator: Before Mrs Bucket could say another word, Grandpa George butted in and asked

Grandpa George: “How did you get that young man?” (Point towards Charlie sleepily.)

Charlie: “I knew you would ask that,” “I found $20 in the drain which I took to buy these.” (Say Proudly)

Grandpa Joe: “you sure know how to hook out money, Charlie!” (Say conceitedly.)

Grandma Josephine: “Very Smart ... chchchccccooo-shhhhhh (snore)” ( Say words and point to the sky, then fall back to sleep, put finger down and snore.)

Mr Bucket and Mrs Bucket: “I agree.”

Grandma Georgina: “You never did that Joe.” (Raise eyebrows)

Grandpa Joe: “Yes, I did--!” (Mumble words shyly.)

Grandma Georgina: “No, you didn’t” (Say poshly)

Mr Bucket: “Alright, that’s enough fighting.”

Narrator: The room went silent as Mrs Bucket served the Baguettes.

Let silence fill the air.

Narrator: Breaking the silence, Mr Bucket asked ...

Charlie: “Does anyone have something interesting to tell?”

Everyone except Mr Bucket: “No.”

Mr Bucket: “well, I do.”

Narrator: Everyone looked up at Mr Bucket even Grandma Josephine awoke from her beauty sleep.

Mr Bucket: “Well, in the newspaper today, I read that someone had stolen chocolate bars from a chocolate store.”

Charlie: “Well that’s not important at all.”

Mr Bucket: “But, I also read why, which is exciting ... “

Let silence fill the air.

Mr Bucket: “Well .... “


Ryka Dave 3OGALLOPIY

Carriy: Oh hi, Moggiy ! How ya doin’ Hilliy? Long time no see. It’s so good to see you

Moggiy: Yeah, we’re good. How about you?

Carriy: Oh, I’m fine. Been havin’ some party with my neighbours!

Hilliy: Sounds like fun!

Carriy: Wanna come in? I’ve made some grass cakes for afternoon tea.

Moggiy: Oh sure, and while we are doing that, can I introduce you to a friend of mine and Hilliy?

Hilliy: Oh, these grass cakes are yumm! Ba-

Carriy: Be queit, Hilliy. I hear something.

Gallopiy: Baa-

Carriy: Did you hear that? What was that?

Moggiy: Oh, that was our friend we need to introduce you.

Carriy: Baaaaaaaa ! I am so excited! Is your friend a goat like us?

Hilliy, Moggiy: Yes, of course! Don’t be silly.

Carriy: What’s his name? What’s his name?

Moggiy, Hilliy: Gallopiy. She was named because when she was born, she galloped around so much that her parents named her, Gallopiy!

Carriy: Such a cuti name. Thank you for introducing me to him.

Hilliy: Gallopiy is not a boy, she’s a girl! That’s why we are so happy. There is now one

more female goat in the HerdLand.

Sophie Cheung 6GThe MakerBot Replicator

In the darkness we hear a LOUD THUD. The LIGHTS RISE on stage and we see a big cardboard box sitting in the centre of the stage, with a sticker on it saying, “DO NOT OPEN”

and we HEAR DANGER MUSIC.

A MASKED PERSON creeps onto the stage and goes to the box. They pull the tape off the box and open it. They look inside and rub their hands together in glee, then they take the box away.

TWO SISTERS skip on stage and realise the box is missing.

SISTER #1: Oh no! The box is missing. Dad will hate us.

SISTER #2: I told you not to take it from Dad’s study!

SISTER #1: But we needed it for our science project. I wanted to replicate ‘joy!’

SISTER #2: Joy is not an object, it’s a feeling. You can’t replicate a feeling!

SISTER #1: Well, the missing box has made us both replicate the feeling of fear.

SISTER #2: How about we search the house? It couldn’t have just disappeared!

SISTER #1: I’ll look upstairs, and you can search downstairs.

SISTER #2: Okay but be quick. We need to find it before Dad comes home.

TWO SISTERS exit stage. THE MASKED PERSON returns on stage with a smaller box saying, “PLEASE OPEN”. THE MASKED PERSON slinks of stage and we hear danger music again.


Renee Ng 6OThe Missing Emerald

SCENE 1

IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE

In the DARK we HEAR the sounds of the AMAZON JUNGLE. The LIGHTS RISE in a GREEN shade and reveals hanging vines and tall trees. In the background is a VILLAGE, huts and straw structures.

It is NIGHT and the MOON is full. The SMOKE MACHINE gives a misty, creepy effect on stage. We HEAR the faint sound of TRIBLE DRUMS.

A YOUNG GIRL with a PET LION (Played by an actor in a LION COSTUME) enters. She has a TRIBAL PRINT CLOTH over her head (disguising her vibrant red hair). She crouches down hiding behind a fern as TWO TRIBAL MEMBERS enter.

TRIBLE MEMBER #1: Who do you think has the missing emerald, Vice Chief?

VICE CHIEF: I don’t know, but if I find the person, I am going to put them in a pot of boiling water, and set the biggest bonfire underneath them, and feed the soup to all the villagers.

TRIBLE MEMBER #1: What if it was not a human, but a beast that took the emerald.

VICE CHIEF: Good, more meat on the bone!

THEY EXIT

YOUNG GIRL: I have to find a way to protect this emerald or they will come for us.

LION: Let me warn you, your red hair is a danger, and the villagers will think you are a demon, and will cut off your red hair and use your bones for soup, and me for steak!

YOUNG GIRL: We are not in my father’s million-dollar mansion now, this is the jungle, and those villagers are our enemies. If only I could go back to when all this started and change my path and my destiny.

LION: And change the colour of your hair!

YOUNG GIRL: A lot has happened in the last five days, but it feels like thirty minutes!!I’m surprised my hair hasn’t turned grey.

LIGHTS FADE

SCENE 2

AT THE FAMILY MANSION… 5 Days Earlier

Students top six tips for creating a successful poster design. Lines: lines can emote action. Straight lines mean strength. Swirly lines mean peaceful. Lines can give a sense of movement or kinetic energy. Lines can be used to segregate content and make it clearer. Look at how information is positioned.

Shape: How does the object sit on the page. Using a positive shape on a muted background makes the image pop out. Ask how does the image sit on the page. Shape can help create space. Look at the size of shape.

Colour: Colour can take you on an emotional journey. Be aware of that. Use it sparingly. Too much colour can detract. Subtle uses of colour can work equally in your favour.

POSTER DESIGN

Meet our judge for Poster Design

Anyone who has past Belvoir Street Theatre would have first seen their large bills advertising productions, so who better to judge poster, than Artistic Manager of Belvoir Street Theatre, Ms Carly Pickard. Carly is an arts and theatrical manager with fifteen years’ experience working in Australia and UK licencing, negotiating and managing the contracts in the entertainment

and live performance industry. She is currently the Artistic Manager at Belvoir Street Theatre overseeing key contracts and negotiations for the company productions and tours. Prior to this she was Executive Officer at publisher Currency House following a return to Australia from London where she managed licencing and commercial agreements for the West End producers Fiery Angel Ltd for EntertainmentOne live theatre productions across Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. Before moving to the UK in 2013 she was a theatrical agent with HLA Management Pty Ltd representing and negotiating on behalf of leading writers, directors and designers for theatre, TV and film. She has a Master of Arts Management from University of Technology, Sydney.

Ms Carly Pickard

Abbotsleigh Junior School Performing Arts Project POSTER DESIGN

Texture: Can be felt or seen. Like a background which is crumpled up paper. Or an image that uses velvet draping.

Space: Don’t overcrowd. Make sure it stands out from others. Always consider that it may be right next to another competitor’s poster.

Don’t forget the name of the theatre, how to purchase tickets and the dates of the production, oh—and the title of the play!

Melanie Wong 6GAlice in Wonderland

WINNERPOSTER DESIGN

Judge’s commentI really enjoyed Melanie’s drawing which invoked a sense of story, especially with the such a wonderful use of colour. The poster depicts the whimsical and mysterious elements of the play so well. Very cleverly thought out to include as many of the story elements in such a limited space without being overly busy. The important information of communicating with the potential audience about the “when” and “where” the play will be performed was not lost in the overall image.

I would also like to suggest a special mention to Ryka DaveRyka Dave and Sophie CheungSophie Cheung.

Ryka and Sophie created such a lovely, bright, eye catching poster. Very striking in the delivery of creating the feel for the play. Especially clear in communicating with the potential audience all the important information of When, Where, Ticket price and the Director included. Well Done Ryka.

Melanie Wong 6GAlice in Wonderland


Entries

Georgina Rhodes 3O Matilda

Isabella Feng 4OThe Witches

Megan Yeh 3?The Pied Piper

Amelia and Gemma 30 Aladdin 2

Amber Johnson 6G The jungle book

Erin Milne 3LJack and the Bean Stalk


Georgina Rhodes 3O Matilda

Isabella Feng 4OThe Witches

Megan Yeh 4O The Pied Piper

Matilda A girl with horrible parents.

What happens next?

Saturday 27th June, 2020 3:30 pm

Tickets: Marian Street Theatre or www.mstyp.org.au

Show: Marian Street Theatre Adults: $34 Children: $21

The Witches Roald Dahl

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Show time: Wednesday 26 August 7pm

Friday 28 August 7pm

Venue: Everett Hall, Abbotsleigh Junior School

Ticket: $16 Student $20 Adult $0 Witches

Booking via Trybooking/The Witches


Oviya Jothimanikandan 4LThe Birds

Natalie Zhang 3LSherlock Holmes

Little Red Riding Hood

She wanders off again! See who she meets…

Time: 7:30pm Date: 17 and 18 October

2020 Where: Everett Hall,

Abbotsleigh Junior School When: Saturday and

Sunday

By Riya Khandelwal 5O Year 5

Riya Khandelwal 5OLittle Red Riding Hood


Sawarin Dumkum 3LCinderella

Ryka Dave 3OAlice Potter and the Magic Rock

Sawarin Dumkum 3L Goldilocks and the Three Bears


Sophie Cheung 6D Mulan Poster

Sophie Ma 4LThe Twelve Dancing Princesses Olivia

The 12 Dancing Princesses (German: Die zertanzten Schuhe) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimm's Fairy Tales. The 12 Dancing Princesses was first presented by the Young Conservatory Players of South Coast Repertory on 14 December 1990.

Theatrical makeup is the practice of painting, enhancing, or altering the face, hair, and body of the actor with cosmetics, plastic materials, and other substances; it is also the collective term for the materials used in making up.

In the theatre world, makeup is an integral part of a character’s transformation.

You can either apply the makeup to yourself and photograph or use a template like below.

• Think glitter, gems, body paint, makeup, special effects

• Is your character human? Animal? Disney character?

• Is it the blue genie from Aladdin? Puck or one of the fairies from A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

MAKE-UPDESIGN

Meet our judge for Make-up Design

Isabella knows the detail and importance of great makeup design, having performed in 22 productions, and counting.

Some roles have included Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Glinda in The Wizard of Oz, Tracy in Hairspray. She has featured in productions with Willoughby Theatre Company: Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof;

Knox Academy of Performing Arts: Guys and Dolls, On The Town, Crazy For You and Packemin Productions’ Jesus Christ Superstar at Riverside Theatre. She has performed in many shows with Sydney Youth Musical Theatre, as well as helping out behind the scenes with Makeup/Hair Coordination and stage crew.

In 2016 Isabella completed her ATCL Diploma, and graduated Abbotsleigh in 2017, where she was nominated for HSC OnStage and Encore, going on to study at NIDA. Isabella is the classic triple threat, being a talented singer, actor and dancer.

Miss Isabella Schroder

Abbotsleigh Junior School Performing Arts Project MAKE-UP DESIGN

CharactersAnimals Astra noughts Bollywood

Cowboys Dracula Firemen

Fairies Grandparents Ghouls

Ghosts Hairdressers Jockeys

Police Pirates Robots

Witches Wizards Mythical creatures

Bugs Soldiers Construction Workers

Family School Kids Jocks

Cheerleaders Nerds Gothic/Emo

Celebrities

Chanel Kang 6LHadestown

Amy Whitelaw 6LHadestown

WINNERMAKE-UP DESIGN

Judge’s commentIt is wonderful to see such spirited people engage in something as intricate as makeup design at such a young age.

I closely observed each design and judged them based on their overall creativity and originality, as well as their execution.

Congratulations to Amy Whitelaw and Chanel Kang on their “Hadestown” Make-up Design! I was impressed with the high standard that you set for yourselves.

I loved the contrast you made between the two character’s. It was great to see your vision behind the design.

Well done.

Amy Whitelaw and Chanel Kang 6LHadestown


Entries

Aaliyah Hassan 4GThe Queen of Hearts “Alice in Wonderland”

The Queen of Hearts is a fictional character from the 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Cecilia He 6G Horror Film Genre

Hannah Yap 5D Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood is one of the central characters in the Broadway musical Into the Woods (1987) by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.

Abbotsleigh Junior School Performing Arts Project MAKE UP DESIGN

Kaavya Gupta 5LA Pound of Flesh

“A Pound of Flesh.”

The origin of this phrase is taken from William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice.

The character Portia says this line on the insistence of Shylock, the Jew, for the payment of Antonio’s flesh, which is a central point of the play. I have taken it from the finger!

Kaavya Gupta 5L If you prick us...!

Mackenzie Mullarkey 6LMean Girls

When Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, makes the case for his humanity, he poses a rhetorical question: “If you prick us, do we not bleed?”

Inspired by this line, I present these photos for makeup. They are of a fake cut. I have made the cut using fake blood, makeup, Vaseline and flour (to make the fake skin).

Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey.


Melanie Wong 6GThe Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

Nimue Davidson 5LUntitled

Maimuna Rahman 4GUntitled


Olivia Wolf 5ODisgust from Inside Out

Zara Hassan 6OElsa from the movie and stage musical “Frozen”

This is my make-up design from the movie Inside Out. The character is Disgust.

Disgust is very protective of Riley. She has high expectations for everyone around her and isn’t very patient. Disgust is also very put-together because appearances matter to her.

Frozen is a musical with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and book by Jennifer Lee, based on the 2013 film of the same name. The story centres on the relationship between two sisters who are princesses, Elsa and Anna.

Elsa is the perfect mythic character – magical and larger than life. Grateful her kingdom now accepts her, she works hard to be a good queen. But deep down she can’t help but wonder why she was born with powers. Inspired by the colours of winter, I have created this concept for a modern, mythical, and royal looking character for my stage make-up design.

Nimue Davidson 5LAnimal


Zoe Au-Yeung 4LDorothy from The Wizard of Oz

COSTUMEDESIGN

What students enjoyed learning about costume.

CostumeWhat is a costume? Clothing worn on stage, including footwear and accessories such as hats, gloves, scarves and jewellery.

During the workshop, students enjoyed the topic of how colour creates mood and atmosphere on stage. Colour can also help symbolise a character.

Below are some interesting common associations for a Western audience when it comes to colour meanings:

Yellow – cheerful, exciting, joyful, serene, unpleasant, aggressive, hostile, danger, warning, ill, sickly

Orange – warm, happy, exciting, hot, disturbed, distressed, unpleasant, energetic, warning

Red – happy, affectionate, loving, passionate, exciting, striking, active, intense, defiant, bold, powerful, strong, aggressive, angry, hostile, alert, stop, luxury, violent, danger

Green – youthful, fresh, leisurely, secure, calm, safe, peaceful, ill, jealous, nature, immature, naive, verdant, rural, ecological, pure

Blue – pleasant, cool, secure, comfortable, peaceful, tender, soothing, social, dignified, sad, strong, full, great, depressed, cold, explicit, aristocratic

Abbotsleigh Junior School Performing Arts Project COSTUME DESIGN

Meet our judge for Costume Design

If anyone understands how to draw the eye to an actor through costume, creating tone, mood and a character type, its New York based Mr Neil Gooding. With years of directing, producing and staging he is the perfect choice as our industry professional judge for costume design.

Neil is an international theatre Director, Producer and Writer. He was the originating Chairman and one of the founding members of Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney. As a director, Neil was nominated for a 2009

Helpmann Award and a 2009 Green Room Award for the Australian premiere of Gutenberg! The Musical. He has also been nominated for a Sydney Theatre Critics Award for his direction of the Australian premiere of Dogfight. Other directing highlights include the Australian premiere of Stalking The Bogeyman (Old Fitz Theatre), the World Premiere concert version of Paris, the World Premiere of The Red Tree, Church And State (Asst. Director - New World Stages), Passion (Arts Centre Melbourne for Life Like Touring), the World Premiere of The Hatpin starring Caroline O’Connor which went on to perform at the New York Music Theatre Festival (as Asst. Director), Truth Beauty And A Picture Of You and High Fidelity (Hayes Theatre Co); the national tour of Thank You for Being A Friend; as well as Side by Side by Sondheim and Diciasette (starring Mark Vincent)

As a producer, Neil’s work internationally includes: Back to the Future the Musical at Manchester Opera House; the New York production of Handle with Care starring Carol Lawrence; The 39 Steps (Union Square Theatre in New York); Alan Cumming’s one-man version of Macbeth which ran for a special 14-week limited season on Broadway; Church And State (New World Stages, NYC) as well as being a financial investor in the Broadway productions of It’s Only A Play; The Empire Strips Back and The Ferryman, directed by Sam Sendes. In London’s West End, Neil was a producer of the hit Australian play, Holding the Man.

Mr Neil Gooding

Purple – dignified, stately, regal, wealthy, vigorous, disagreeable, sad, despondent, depressing, elaborate, religious, brave

Brown – natural, secure, comfortable, bland, boring, academic, coarse, poor

Black – sad, melancholy, depressed, vague, dignified, stately, strong, mourning, powerful, hostile, distressed, fearful, old, evil, dark, stylish

White – pure, tender, soothing, solemn, empty, cold, chaste, innocent, clean, sterile, surgical, medical, ill

TextureThe tactile surface of a material that can have a range of meanings. Usually in costume design it is the surface of a fabric which is used, and is primarily useful in conveying status or wealth, for instance in the difference between hessian and satin can communicate much about a character’s socio-economic status.

Saskia McDonald 3L Queen of Hearts Costume

WINNERCOSTUME

DESIGN

Judge’s commentThis one was chosen not only because of the young age of Saskia, but also her level of detail and notes (including fabric choices) and the skill in her drawing. I love that Saskia was able to take such a famous character that we have seen in several iconic costumes, and to find a new look for her that feels modern, and yet very accurate to the character. It also significantly changes the colours of the usual outfits that we associate with the Queen Of Hearts.

I also really loved the costume mannequin from 1984, Helen Xu’s Dryad Costume, the other fabulous Queen of Hearts outfit by Melanie Wong, Ava Jamison’s full range of costumes and fabrics for Cinderella, and a special mention to Melanie Wong’s really fantastic re-imagining of The Mad Hatter.

Saskia McDonald 3LThe Queen of Hearts


Entries

Abigail Turner 6O Untitled

Abigail Turner 6O Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians

Amber Johnson 6G‘Elsa’ form ‘Frozen’ the musical

101 Dalmatians is an upcoming musical with a book by Zinnie Harris music and lyrics by Douglas Hodge based on the 1956 children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith.

Cruella de Vil is a fictional character and the main antagonist of The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

The character became a pop-culture icon and a famous symbol for evil.


Amelia Herrick and Gemma Lim 3OUntitled

Amy Huang 4OMary Lennox from The Secret Garden

Audrey Li 5D Egyptian Cat Queen Mask


Aurora Cale 6GUntitled

Ava Jamieson 3OCinderella

Chanel Kang 6L Devil Costume


Helen Xu 6G Dryad

Inara Ahmed 4G Jasmine’s New Dress

This is my costume design of a dryad, inspired by the Greek play Comus written by John Milton in 1634.

Cindy Luo 6G Glinda – The Good Witch of the North

“The Wizard of Oz”


Melanie Wong 6GThe Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

Melanie Wong 6GQueen of Hearts

The Queen of Wonderland’s Costume

The phrase “mad as a hatter” pre-dates Carroll’s works. The Hatter and the March Hare are referred to as “both mad” by the Cheshire Cat, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in the seventh chapter titled “A Mad Tea-Party”.

The Queen of Hearts is a character from the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by the author and mathematician Lewis Carroll. She is a foul monarch who is quick to decree death sentences at the slightest offense.

Maggie Yang 3LBellatrix from Harry Potter


Sophie Bates 3GJoseph and the Technicoloured Dream Coat

Rhea Randhawa 3ORapunzel

Rapunzel is a German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812. She appears in many plays, including Into the Woods.

Summer Shao 3GJuliet


Vivian Chi 6OSwan

Vivian Chi 6ODog

Vivian Chi 6OHalloween


Yuxi Wang 3OShells by the ocean

Yuxi Wang 3OMidnight song under the moon

Zoe Au-Yeung 4LThe Wicked Witch of the West

I was inspired by The Wizard of Oz the musical. The costume design is for The Wicked Witch of the West


Year 6DModern-day Cinderella

Year 6GA modern contemporary fairy

She has the blue head band and looks chic now that she has escaped the Ugly Step-Sisters.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96.

Inspired by Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed, these are the fairies ordered by Titania to attend to Bottom after she falls in love with him. This is a modern version of the enchanted forest head set and feeling of spring flowers and a nymph

Year 6L1984

This is a modern twist of the repressed characters from 1984 by George Orwell.

In 2013 it was turned into a play by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan based on the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.


Year 6OStreet character from Love Never Dies

Love Never Dies is a romantic musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth and Slater. It is a sequel to the long-running 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera. This is one of the street characters in Paris.

STAGEDESIGN

Set design is an important part of almost any theatre production, as almost every show will utilize some sort of set, however minimal. Sets can be abstract, highly realistic, or anything in between, and they are a chance for a designer to showcase interesting concepts, new techniques, and unusual materials. The primary function of a set, of course, is to provide the audience with some context for the play, but it can also be a chance to create something stunning to draw in the audience.

The most important thing to remember as a set designer is to be innovative and original; inspiration can come from almost anything or any place, and you should never stop thinking about creative ways to help tell a story. The look of the stage as a whole is largely your responsibility, and it can be as interesting as your imagination and ingenuity can make it.

Examples:

Abbotsleigh Junior School Performing Arts Project STAGE DESIGN

Meet our judge for Stage Design

As a film and stage producer/director/writer, Mr Jon-Claire Lee understands the importance of a great set, whether it be in a studio or on location. His two recent feature films Innocent Killer and Greed have been winning numerous festival awards in the USA, Europe and Australia.

As an actor, Mr Lee is known for his performances in Mao’s Last Dancer, Nim’s Island, Muriel’s Wedding, etc. His television credits include, Reef Break, Dead Lucky, Pulse, Mako Mermaids, Sea Patrol, Home and Away, Young Lions, All Saints, Wildside, Spellbinder, Heartbreak High, and G.P.

Jon-Claire is the director of the 37-year old talent management agency Sydney Talent Company and of JCL Productions Pty Ltd, which produces international film, TV and stage projects.

Mr Jon-Claire Lee

Amelia Herrick 3OAladdin

Gemma Lim 3OAladdin

WINNERSTAGE DESIGN

Judge’s commentCongratulations on your wonderful set design. It immediately creates a magical world that the audience wants to enter and to journey with the characters. Your use of beautiful colours in the main props surrounded by the dark night sky lit by twinkling lights works well together to stimulate the audience’s imagination. Well done and I hope you both will continue to use your intellect, imagination and creativity in all your future projects.

Amelia Herrick and Gemma Lim 3OAladdin

Inspired by 1001 Arabian Nights and Aladdin, this is our set design with flying carpet and stars that light up the sky. Amelia Herrick and Gemma Lim 3O


Entries

Alisha Gunalingam 6O & Olivia Klockmann 6L The Ring

Ava-Liah Elias 3OThe Witches

Charlotte Oun 3LThe Little Mermaid

This is my stage design of Roald Dahl The Witches of the Grand High Witch Ballroom Scene. This is her grand chair, witch’s hat, the mice that were once children and the lollies she feeds to the children.

The Witches By Roald Dahl adapted from the stage play by David Wood.

The Little Mermaid is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic 1837 story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find true love.

Claire Lee 3O Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Loretta Oun 6DPeter Pan

Neomi Verma 5DDracula


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children’s novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

I have fluffy sticks for the lolly pops, blue fairy floss clouds all in the wonderful world of Willy Wonker.

My Stage Design is Peter Pan is a musical based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and his 1911 novelization of it, Peter and Wendy.

The steps at the front is for stage fighting. Peter is suspended. The Ship is 2D and has gold glitter in the canon. In the fight scene the strobe light flashes red. The tree is a spooky blue. There is a hole trap door in the floor for the small rowboat to pop up. The back scene is painted in a dark blue.

Dracula is an adaptation, first published in 1996, by American playwright Steven Dietz of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel by the same name. It is frequently performed near Halloween in regional and community theatres.

Riya Khandelwal 5O Rapunzel’s Home

Siena Yang 3LBeauty and the Beast


This is the fountain in the Village Scene of Beauty and the Beast. I have used material for the water, and flowers in the background, and a green tree.

Thank you to Publications for collating the entries into this wonderful eBook for students and families to enjoy.

Our sincere gratitude to our amazing judges for their time and commitment to supporting this project.

Thank you to Sally Ruston for fully supporting UpStage and on going enthusiasm for the project.

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