Young At Heart!

This week our lower primary classes had great fun dressing up and acting as old people! We had  some great characters in our lower primary Morningside class.They also had to be aliens on  a TV set and their lovely teacher Hillary Meikle joined in the fun. Our classes at Morningside take place at the Ulman Recreational Centre, Gallo Manor  on Tuesday afternoons.

Edenvale Boy as lead Role of Mowgli at Peoples Theatre

Kian Du Preez (10 years) from our Edenvale Upper primary class has landed the role of Mowgli performing at The Peoples Theatre in Johannesburg. Kian has been attending the Academy for just over 5 years and the unique programme has certainly helped him get selected for this prestigious role. His younger brother Jude (7 years) who has also attended the Acdemy for nearly 3 years  has a featured role. Jude who started off as a very shy boy has also been in numerous TV ads including Twin Savers, Milo, Ultramel & PPC cement .

Well done boys ! We are very proud of you.

Please support them and go watch the show- 5th March - 15th April. Kian is one of 3 Mowglis performing so make sure you check out when he is in it.

 It's sure to be an entertaining show. To book call 0114031563

 

Houghton Drama Academy off to a flying start !

The Houghton Lower Primary Class (held at St John's College) had a great time this week with their teacher Hillary Meikle. Dressed up as tourists they imagined  being on a magic carpet exploring different exotic lands. The improvisation helps with multiple sentence flow, developing their creative mind and using props.

Houghton Upper Primary enacted a scene requiring strong emaginations and emotions as their improvisation involved being in a taxi accident!

Some real drama queens here !!

Bedfordview Classes exploding!

Bedfordview Upper Primary class(9-12 yrs) having great fun with their fantastic teacher Stephanie Nel as she builds them up into a frenzy during a voice cannon where they errupted as a volanco. Our unique drama programme teaches the children to use not only their voices but their bodies to express themselves.

Following her upper Primary classes , Stephanie teaches her Youth theatre (13 -18 yrs)students about projecting their voices in a fun way!

Fun in The Sun!

The Lower Primary classes (age 5- 8yrs) at the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy love dressing up . Each week is different theme and this week they get a chance to go to the beach and have fun in the sun! The improvisations help to improve their self confidence, social and communication skills by encouraging constant interaction with each other!

Race to the Pole !

 Kensington Upper Primary students really put their drama skills to test when acting out an improvisation which took place in the South Pole . Scott of the Antartic and his team set off to claim the South Pole for his country only to find the Norwegians had got their first. The students had to imagine being in the freezing cold, blizzards and harsh conditions but urged on by Scott  to reach the pole. Faced with defeat and exhaustion , they collapse at the summit

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