Cultural Roundup
Major Production – Grease
Many congratulations to the cast, crew and staff who put together this fantastic fun musical. We particularly commend our leading ladies: Katie Groves as Sandy, Tayla Prendergast as Rizzo, Sine Mchunu as French, Carla Erasmus as Jan, Gabriella De Abreu as Marti, Emily Fields as Priscilla, Demi Olivier and Sarah Falconer as the Simcock twins, and Andrea Mutamba as the stern Ms Lynch.
GRADS Inter-schools Drama Festival - Tremulous
Congratulations to Amy Malan for winning Best Actress and to Nicole Diab for Best Set. The production came second in the festival and we are extremely proud of this talented team that also includes Tiana Fleming (three nominations for Best Actress), Saskia Howie (Winner of Best Director for Round One), E’ Jane Li and Tayla Marsh (nominations for Best Sound and Lights).
FEDA Results
Numbers:
- Winner of Best Backstage Crew
- Certificates of Excellence:
- Holly Chalmers – nominated for Best Actress
- Kayla Campbell with a special mention for best acting
- Julianne Scott with a special mention for directing
- Tammy Meier with a special mention for acting
- Mangaliso Luthuli with a special mention for acting
- Tayla Rorich with a special mention for set design
Congratulations to the cast of crew of "Numbers" for being elected as one of the top 5 published works for the prestigious FEDA festival. The lead, Holly Chalmers, was nominated for the best actress award and the backstage crew consisting of Sisipho Makolomakwe (grade 10),Tayla Marsh (grade 10), the PA Tayla Rorich (grade 12) and the director Julianne Scott (grade 12) were awarded best backstage crew of the festival. The ensemble of the original work "Each One Teach One" was nominated for best ensemble. Congratulations again to all the girls on their persistent hard work over the last few months.
Naomi in the Living Room
- Certificates of Excellence:
- Natalie Travers with a special mention for best director
- Leigh-Anne Behrens with a special mention for acting
- Chantelle Guise-Brown with a special mention for acting
- Jock Kleynhans (BC) with a special mention for acting
- Julia Evans with a special mention for costume and make-up as well as set design
Username an original work by Kristen Clare
- Certificates of Excellence:
- Gabriella Fedetto with a special mention for special effects
- Joshua van der Velden (St David’s BC) with a special mention for acting
- Natalie Travers with a special mention for acting
- Grace Chilvers with a special mention for acting
- Laura van Rooyen with a special mention for acting
Each one, teach one
- Nominated for best ensemble
- Certificates of Excellence:
- Sabrina Potter with a special mention for directing and for original script
- Liziwe Memani with a special mention for acting
- Tashana Paulser with a special mention for acting
- Keegan Backstram with a special mention for acting
- Matthew Potter with a special mention for acting
A further mention for Each one, teach one who also performed to a packed auditorium of Thandulwazi students on Saturday 28th May.
Sanaa Africa Festival
Thank you to all who participated and performed in the festival, especially the Girls’ College and Prep Choirs, the competitors in the Slam Poetry, our young artists who exhibited and worked with the panel of professional artists, the Saints Dance Crew who captivated the whole school with their powerful contemporary piece choreographed to the soulful tunes of Veliswa Mehana, our FEDA Drama performers and technical crew, the genre crews and all the staff who worked behind the scenes to bring about this incredible cultural festival.
Saints Dance - a celebration of excellence. The song that the girls perform to has been recorded by one of our alumni Veliswa Mehana (Deputy Head Girl 2012), and the choreography has been a collaborative work by Victoria Andre and Veronica Louw (both Grade 11) and one of the drama teachers Mrs Henning. The dancers are comprised of girls from Grade 8-12.
The Choir perform at the SANAA festival
