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YOUTH THEATRE
| THE UPSTAGERS DRAMA CLUB | |
A drama club for the primary drama students. The students will create plays from children's stories. This gives the students an opportunity to practice the skills learnt in drama by performing these plays. The Upstagers drama club is an extension to drama lessons, it is not compulsory, and each student who participates is encouraged to contribute fully to the interpretation of the text and the design of the performance. The Fantastic Mr Fox |
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| N-QADA YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY |
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| Each year the senior drama students are given the opportunity to practice the skills learnt in drama by performing in two productions at the Rondo Theatre. These productions are an extension to drama lessons, they are not compulsory, and each student who participates is encouraged to contribute fully to the interpretation of the text and the design of the performance. Stories in The Dark |
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| SYDNEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL | |
| Each year the students are given the opportunity to perform in Sydney at the Sydney Shakespeare Festival. More Info |
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| ATOM | |
| This is an annual Interschool Theatre Sports Festival which is hosted by N-QADA and St Andrews College.More Info |
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| CONVENTION CENTRE | |
N-QADA students will combine and perform with over a hundred young people at this great show of young people’s work in the region on Saturday August 15th. |
ADULT THEATRE
| SUITCASE TROUPE | |
| This is the performance name for the adult troupe. The troupe has performed at various venues and has combined with the actors from the Rondo Theatre. Parramatta Girls |
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| 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL | |
| Will be combined with the Rondo Theatre. This will include original work as well as short scenes – all 10 minutes in length. |
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| Adults Improvisation Evenings at Vibe, Lake Street |
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PERFORMANCE PROGRAM 2010
| DATE | EVENT | |
| January | N-QADA Holiday Workshops | |
| April 26/27/28 | Physical Theatre and Shakespearean weekend workshop | |
| May | After Juliet by the N-QADA Youth Theatre Company | |
| June | Sydney Shakespeare Festival | |
| June | Cairns and District Junior Eisteddfod | |
| July | ATOM (Interschool Theatre sports competition) | |
| August August |
10 Minute Play Festival AMEB Exams |
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| September | Rockstars | |
| November | Stories in the Dark by the N-QADA Youth Theatre Company | |
PARRAMATTA GIRLS by Alana Valentine at Rondo.
The Suitcase Troupe (the Adult section of N-QADA) will combine forces with Rondo members to perform this touching play about the Parramatta Girls Home. Women and girls were sent to Parramatta to be disciplined as early as 1821. It had many names until its closure in 1974, but it was a place where ‘uncontrollable’ girls were sent to be controlled, using inhumane and often illegal methods. The play is based on a collection of women’s true stories. Valentine has created eight composite characters drawn from many women.
THE FANTASTIC MR FOX - UPSTAGERS is a newly formed theatre training group for those students in primary school. Their first production will occur in November with The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
STORIES IN THE DARK by Debra Oswald will be performed by the N-QADA Theatre Company. Tomas finds himself trapped in a war-torn city separated from his family. He takes refuge in a derelict house with Anna. Every night, as bombs fall on the street outside, Anna tells Tomas folk stories to distract them both from the horrors lurking outside. And so begins a journey into the shifting shimmering world of ogres, princes, singing bones, foolish lads and wolf-mothers. This play explores the power of storytelling, mingling the magic of earthy wisdom of folk talks with the hard-edged story of violence, conflict and struggle to survive.
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