Helen O'Grady Drama

The Helen O’Grady Drama Academy began in Perth , Western Australia in 1979.It is of international status and in South Africa alone there are 9 branches with 4,000 children attending each week.I have now been involved with the Academy for over 15 years,6 years in London,UK and 9 years in Johannesburg.The Academy has gone from strength to strength and we now have 600 students attending classes in 14 locations.The Academy has expanded with the help of my highly skilled, caring, enthusiastic teachers , Catherine Brooks,Venetia Herbst, Stephanie Nel, Hilliary Meikle and Cindy Hammond.







Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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 !
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