ONSTAGE Excursion 

On 16th February Drama students in Year 10 and 11 had the privilege of attending ONSTAGE at the Seymour Centre. The goal of the excursion was to watch Band 6 HSC performances and to view Band 6 Individual Projects, that students would build some idea of the expectations of their HSC year and inspire their own theatre making.

The students were fantastic ambassadors of St Andrews College, with Redfern locals and business owners taking time to pass on compliments of the students’ respectful and positive attitudes. 

Students viewed a variety of types of theatre through the day, including impressive Monologues, highly engaging Group Performances. 

“I definitely enjoyed watching the performances, they were all so fun and really entertaining… the performers were really in sync with their teammates which was really cool.”

The program went beyond live performance, including examples of well constructed video drama which had students on the edge of their seats, as well as a moved reading of a script which some students considered the highlight of the day.

“I enjoyed watching all the performances; they were all engaging and skillful.  I especially enjoyed the performance ‘The Murder and the Mystery’ because of the amazing execution of multi-roling, synchronization, voice projection, and deliverance of comedy.”

Other students took inspiration from the range of Design focused Individual Projects on display in the foyer.

This is an annual event which we organise to get the students engaged with learning beyond the classroom. The class teachers can already see the impact of this excursion in our classrooms and look forward to watching the motivations carry the students forward with their own projects.