Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre

Zen Zen Zo is a Brisbane-based physical theatre company at the forefront of contemporary performance and training in Australia. Founded by Lynne Bradley and Simon Woods in 1992, the company creates theatrical experiences that are visually stunning and physically extreme, often involving audience interactivity.

Zen Zen Zo's Romeo & Juliet was first created in 2005 for the Queensland Arts Council. The performance was a hit with students and teachers throughout Queensland and continued to tour for 3 years around regional Queensland, metropolitan Brisbane, and eventually Hong Kong. Re-directed by Zen Zen Zo Associate Artist Katrina Cornwell, featuring Zen Zen Zo senior company members Harriet Devlin and Dale Thorburn and outstanding new Internship graduate Sam Plummer, this radical adaptation of the Shakespearean classic will once again engage young people through the dynamic physicality, contemporary music and choreography, and combination of classic and modern text.

Director/Designer: Steven Mitchell Wright

Rehearsal Director: Katrina Cornwell

Composer: Chris Perren

Performers: Harriet Devlin, Sam Plummer, Dale Thorburn

If you enjoyed Zen Zen Zo, the company has regular workshops for students.
Check out weekly workshops. $150 per term.

"Trigunda" Year Nine Process Drama

The year 9 Process Drama begins in the small township of "Trigunda", situated in the centre of Shark Tooth Island. Shark Tooth Island, discovered and named after Sir Arthur Trigunda ( who is also a resident of the town which is named after him) is noted for its' famous blue shells. The blue shells, when crushed, create a powder which is noted as a healing agent for cancer.
Trigunda has recently had a wedding, a christening, and a very important Town Meeting relating to the Mayoress' news that a Resort is planned for the popular Cavity Cove.
See photos from 'the wedding' day below:

Exciting new theatre company

Keep your eyes on heartBeast, an exciting new company which aims to presents a repertoire of adventurous theatre that educates, entertains, enthrals and extends audiences to reconsider their personal perspectives, philosophies and place in the world.


The artistic director of is Michael Beh who has produced and directed numerous special events and almost 50 theatre productions at professional, independent, university, secondary school and youth theatre levels. Michael has trained with internationally acclaimed directors and scholars: Adolph Shapiro (Moscow Arts Theatre School), Mike Alfreds, Augusto Boal, Mladen Kiselov, Brian Johnston, Anatoly Smeliansky as well as Joan Littlewood, Anne Bogart and Diane Cilento. He was a Fulbright Fellow in the MFA Graduate Directing Program at Carnegie Mellon University (USA) and holds a First Class Honours Degree in Drama from University of Queensland and post graduate qualifications in Drama teaching (QUT). Currently Michael is Head of Faculty - Creative Arts, St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace.

Venue is Trinity Hall, Church Street, Fortitude Valley,


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Current production is Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.




Link:

Cherry Orchard Opens Heartbeast season

Mime - Year 8

“A magician makes the visible invisible. A mime makes the invisble visible.”
Marcel Marceau

Links about miming and masks in theatre:
Wikipedia
Marcel Marceau
Jacques Lecoq
History of Masks in Theatre
Theatre Masks from Different Times and Cultures

Mime videos:
"8:46 A.M." - A Traditional, Serious Mime Sketch about 9/11
Introductory Mime Workshop by Carlos Martínez

Children's Theatre

The Drama room once again came to life with a variety of characters, action and entertaining tales as the Year 10 Drama class provided some very “COOL” children’s theatre for the Year One pupils of St Joseph’s Primary School (Nundah) and Holy Rosary Primary School (Wooloowin).

The stories and the colorful characters delighted the little people from two of our feeder schools: from a clown who had lost his smile, a little boy who ate too many lollies, to Peter Pan trying to save other well-known characters from the clutches of bad. The little children were totally enthralled and entertained by the plays, and it is a credit to our year 10 performers that they not only devised and created their own productions, but employed the elements of the genre of children’s theatre effectively and appropriately to capture the attention of the young; AND made the props and (in a few instances) designed and made their own costumes especially for their group’s play.

The Year 10 Drama girls were very proud of their efforts, and their teacher was very proud of them! They ‘raised the bar’ and met the challenge of using the appropriate elements of drama and effectively used dramatic languages to appeal to the children they had in their invited audience. The Year Ones enjoyed their performances, really “GOT” the messages behind the plays, and most of all, had FUN!!

BRAVO girls!!














































Well done girls!