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Wicked
The Unit 4 Theatre Studies class attended a performance of ‘Wicked’ in Melbourne on Wednesday 24 July.
Theatre Studies students are required to analyse a professional performance, looking at the relationship between the written script and the decisions that have been made when interpreting the script, in acting, direction and design as well as the use of theatre technologies. Students will write about the play in the end of year exam.
The play was fabulous and we were very fortunate, as part of the excursion, to attend a Q & A with members of the cast and crew after the play. They talked about their roles in the production and what it takes to mount a huge production like ‘Wicked’.
As an added bonus, we were lucky to have a backstage tour with Madison, the chief ‘Mechanist’ on ‘Wicked’, who took us on a tour of the set, to look at the way the machinery functioned, although he wasn’t able to give away some of the ‘trade secrets’ of the play and if you have seen the play, there’s lots of ‘stage trickery’ involved.
We are very grateful for the support of Ms Andrea Knight, who accompanied us on the trip and especially to Mr Peter Ashman, our Arts-Technology Assistant, who used his contacts in the theatre industry to organise the tour for us.
