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ANNUAL YOUTH THEATRE FESTIVAL BELL SHAKESPEARE WORK
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EXPERIENCE
In June, our Year 11 Drama class participated in the
Annual Youth Theatre Festival.
BMGS is the only school to have participated in this
Festival every successive year through its various
iterations over the past 23 years, during which time
our students have built an enviable reputation for the
quality, originality and professional items they create
and perform at this Festival.
The students worked with professional director
Aslam Abdus-samad to create a beautifully evocative
physical theatre performance titled, The World Ended
and I was Born.
*Photo appears courtesy of Phyllis Photography

Year 10 student Sierra Corkins was selected to attend
a work experience program at the Bell Shakespeare
Theatre Company in Sydney. Sierra wrote of her
experiences during her week with the Company:
“I can honestly say that it changed my whole
perception of theatre and the arts for the better.

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BLUE SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Together with 16 other students we made our
BLUE SHOR
TS FILM FESTIV
way from all over Australia; some even flying
from Hobart or Darwin to the heart of the
city to undergo five days of intensive fun and
transformative behind-the-scenes work, practical
projects and people-meeting.
We talked to the artistic director of the company,
Mr Peter Evans, as well as the philanthropy, social
media, design, advertising and tech and stage crew
departments.

We were given projects that required collaboration,
teamwork, initiative and graphic/design skills. We
were also granted the privilege of going backstage
at the Opera House, setting up sound systems and
mock advertising campaigns as well as meeting the
cast of Bell’s current musical The Lovers (a re-
imagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream).
Overall, I will never forget the people I met through
Year 11 students Ana Swait, Ava Adams and Claudia this program and the insight it has given me into the
Ivery entered their film Illuminate - created as a industry of the arts.”
featured piece for this year’s BMGS major production Sierra is pictured above in the role of Bob Cratchett in
of the same name - in the Blue Shorts Film Festival the School’s production of A Christmas Carol. Sierra,
held at the Mt Vic Flicks in November. who was assisting backstage for the production,
In an outstanding result, the girls won Best Youth stepped into the role with just a few hours’ notice
Film (13 -18 yrs) and the highly coveted Best when illness struck a number of cast members during
Cinematography award. the show’s run.