THEATRE STAGE DESIGN “Rose” by Andrew Davies – Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill Class 11 and 12, Term 1, 1985 The class was approached by Judith Boyd, who was to direct the play, based on artistic exhibition material display on Open Day at the school in December 1984. A reading was done, and extensive discussion followed […]
BOOK: Dramatis Divine
Dramatis Divine: 11th & 12th Grade Winter Festival Drama
WINTER FESTIVAL DRAMA PRESENTATION Class 11 & 12, Term 2: 1985 – Middle Lesson A process of rationalization of how to express the sentiments of the time of maximum darkness was initiated and it was arrived at that a prime requirement was humor as light and laugher are synonymous. The theme has to reflect the […]
Dramatis Divine: 12th Grade Individual Performance
GEMINI SOULS Individual Performance – Class 12 – Middle Lesson The end-of-year School Exhibition looked fabulous, including my Class 11 room. Especially impressive was the visual art display of painting and drawing, which was charmed out of my 17-year-olds by my art teacher colleague. It was on this basis that I was approached by a […]
Dramatis Divine: 11th Grade Radio Drama
THE RAINBOW IGLOO The Radio Play – Class 11 – Middle Lesson (This might be a “podcast play” today) Class 11 1984, Lorien Novalis School, created, produced, and performed their own radio play, The Rainbow Igloo. It was the basis of a unit on Speech and Drams, taught as one of three strands in the […]
Dramatis Divine: 10th Grade Dance Drama
THE SPIRIT OF PEACE AND THE SOLDIER Dance Drama – Class 10 – Middle Lesson Catarina was new to the school – and to Class 10. She had arrived in a very unhappy state indeed, being somewhat of an introvert – an ugly duckling indeed! Even the friendly solicitations of the other students had not […]
Dramatis Divine: 9th Grade Film-Making Drama
THE PHOENIX & THE DOVE Film-making – Class 9 – Middle Lesson The music drama – or opera film really – Black River, had been a torture trip right from its inception. Well, not quite from the beginning, which was when partner film-makers Kevin Lucas and Aanya Whitehead had seen this highly original, historical first […]