Visiting performers to john mcglashan college
Royal NZ Ballet (RNZB) visit with year 8 drama class in 2013
"Altar boyz" cast visit to year 9 & 10 Drama classes
The cast of Altar Boyz visited the Year 9 and 10 Drama classes on Friday 9th August 2013 to perform a short segment from "Altar Boyz" and do a Q&A session. Students who were involved with the Major School Production, "Disney's High School Musical On Stage!", also attended for some creative inspiration.
Otago University theatre department visit to jmc
In 2012, Otago University Theatre students came to visit a Year 9 drama class to teach the students about Documentary Theatre. They workshopped the theatre form in class and also performed a short performance. Photos from this visit are below...
JMC Drama Field Trips
Workshop with the director of fortune theatre's 'Peninsula'
The Year 11 Drama class went to view 'Peninsula' at the Fortune Theatre on Tuesday 1st April 2014, which also included a Forum (Q&A) after the show. The class was lucky enough to have the Director of 'Peninsula', Patrick Davies, come into school to do a workshop with the Yr 11 class. The workshop focussed on physical techniques used during the rehearsal process for the Fortune production and working as an ensemble. The workshop was very useful for the class, who are currently involved in devising and ensemble work using poetry from the WW1 era by Wilfred Owen. A huge thanks to Patrick Davies for giving up his time to come in and work with our students :)
Verbatim theatre workshop - term 2 2014
The Year 11 Drama class were lucky enough to have Cindy Diver and Julie Edwards come in and show the students what verbatim theatre is all about. Diver and Edwards are currently working on the upcoming Fortune Theatre Studio production of "The keys are in the Margarine". Verbatim theatre is a fairly new form of theatre that none of the students have really come across before, so it was a great new learning experience for all involved. Diver and Edwards took the students through a series of warm-up exercises and then some pair exercises focussing on verbatim style performance (physical and verbal). Huge thanks to Cindy and Julie for taking the time to come into school and work with us.
Below are some photos from our workshop:
Below are some photos from our workshop: