Productions Kwasuka Sukela

The play’s the thing

My first full day at work: in the classroom, shadowing Viloshni Naidoo, the Head of Performing Arts at Dominican, followed by the introductory meeting to “Production”, which is the name

Audition!

They say that great drama springs from constraints; so we are clearly destined for quite a show, as the constraints on this first audition were considerable.  On the plus side, it

And they’re off!

First rehearsal proper today, called for just the main speaking roles in the first two plays.  They were late arriving – as noted before, some things are the same the

Reflections – a fortnight in Africa

First rehearsal proper today, called for just the main speaking roles in the first two plays.  They were late arriving – as noted before, some things are the same the

Sisters (are doing it for themselves)…

First full rehearsal, and it was slow going.  I’d hoped to 1. read through the Three Sisters play, 2. try out some cast created sound effects, and 3. maybe divide

Weeping willow?

The advantage of having six different plays with largely separate casts is that they can be rehearsed simultaneously; the disadvantage, even with just two plays, as was the case this afternoon,

The Soup dance

After last week, Chris was determined that in today’s rehearsal everybody would be kept busy. But his careful plans were thrown asunder when, amongst other things, netball trials and football training meant that at

The world is your Ostrich

Rehearsal and the usual anxiety – who would turn up? But for the first time, all the people I’d asked to come did come. (Eventually, it’s true, but hey… We

Going to the chapel and we’re…

The old chapel, dating from the time when the school was also a working convent, is apparently due for refurbishment (it would also make a wonderful drama studio, but never

I predict a riot …

Yet another crazy, chaotic rehearsal – story of my life really – but we did manage to struggle from one end of Three Sisters to the other, and as it’s the

Once upon a time

So here’s the poster for the show, designed by Simbarashe Mabaire, a Grade 10 learner here (i.e. about sixteen.) “Kwasuka Sukela” means Once upon a time in Zulu, referring to

Soupercalifragilistic…

The play “Soup” was the major focus of this afternoon’s rehearsal, a slightly bizarre tale with the message that, just like the ingredients of soup, we are better together.  Plotwise,

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