Our Sandton adult class steal the show!

On Saturday 1st December our Sandton adult class ( at The Field and Study Centre) performed "Cinderella in Africa" to an audience of 200 people. They had the audience in stitches with cheeky innuendos, lots of audience participation, singing along with the cast and a grand finale which ended up with a custard pie on one of the Ugly sisters faces!
It is truly amazing how the drama programme helps adults to gain confidence and bring them out of their comfort zone. Most of the adult class have full time jobs ranging from a stock broker to an engineer with little or no experience of the performing arts. The majority of the class have only been attending since May 2012 and the standard  of their performance was truly incredible! We did have the odd xdrama student involved as well as Helen O'Grady teachers but the lead roles were played by our enrolled adults. Our guest appearance by Tim Hulse (Baroness Hardup), principal of Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Johannesburg South was a real treat as Tim was a professional actor in the UK before coming to South Africa!

Check out the photos with the production sound track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0zUmjDEfY&feature=g-crec-u

Well done to all the cast and we look forward to seeing you next year !

Productions Sat 1st Dec 3.30-5.30pm show

Photos from our Farramere Upper Primary and Kempton Park studios.Great performances from all the classes.

The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Johannesburg North Celebrated 10 years with all the staff in Style!

After 10 years of running my branch of the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy in Johannesburg, I treated my staff  to an amazing evening of fun and entertainment at Greensleeves Medieval Kingdom near Krugersdorp.
We were transformed back in time in every way, including dressing up, eating a 3 course  delicious meal with out knives and forks, sampling the traditional age old wine called Mead, and a laugh wrenching show which required audience participation. An evening of lighthearted debauchery was had by all. Not for the faint hearted- the wenches were at the beck and call of their Lords and woe betide them if they didn't obey! Some photos have been censored!

I am very proud of my wonderful staff who worked so hard through  out the year which cullminated in our fantastic productions. A big thank you to them all. And I would like to wish them and all our kids and parents a blessed and Happy Christmas and a prosperpus New Year

Anita Hollis

Principal  

Productions Friday 30th november 2012

Here are some great photos from the Edenvale (Edenvale community Centre) and Morningside (Ullman Park) studios.

Productions Thursday 29th November 2012

Here are some great pictures from our Benoni and Boksburg classes. The Boksburg Youth Theatre performed a play called "The Perfect Scandal". It was an intense play and  required strong characterisation skills. A very emotional ending!

Productions 24th Nov 2012

The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Johannesburg North East has just put on 7 amazing shows with over 600 children performing and  2000 parents,family and  friends attending. The shows are an evening of entertainment show casing 5 different plays with children from the age of 5- 18 yrs. The performances were put on at Jabula Recreation Centre in Sandringham

Check out some photos from our first show which culminated with an outstanding performance of Cinderella in Africa by our Sandton Youth Theatre.