“To love Performing Arts is to embrace creativity, connection, and the transformative power of storytelling.”
Tintern Grammar’s Performing Arts and Drama programs build confidence and resilience in our students, allowing their creativity to flourish. The collaborative nature of Drama provides students opportunities to learn to manage interpersonal skills while fostering commitment, initiative, teamwork and co-operation.
Our many and varied stage productions provide performance opportunities for our emerging musicians, singers, dancers and actors to develop their skills in a safe, challenging and enjoyable environment. Opportunities also exist for students to take on production roles as stage crew, sound and lighting technicians, costume, set and make-up artists, and choreography assistants.
Our team of experienced and dedicated staff work alongside our students to develop and nurture their creativity, curiosity, self-expression and individuality.
School Productions
Tintern School Productions are eagerly awaited highlights for the school community and include:
ELC
The Early Learning Centre (ELC) Christmas Concert sees all our youngest students in the spirit of Christmas performing carols dressed in Christmas themed costumes in the CM Wood Performance Centre. Likely their first foray on stage, we see rising stars emerging and children supported in developing their confidence and resilience. This fun family event is full of joy and a delightful end to the ELC year.
ELC Christmas Concert
Junior School
Girls’ and Boys’ Junior School productions alternate each year and include all Junior School students performing in the CM Wood Performance Centre. Our Junior School students are introduced to the stagecraft of learning lines and choreography, these productions offer more complex roles to extend students whose love of theatre is already ignited and minor roles for students to taste the excitement of theatre, and to build belonging, teamwork and treasured memories.
2023 Junior School Production, The Wizard of Oz
Middle School
The annual Middle School Production is an extra-curricular opportunity for students in Years 7 to 9 to experience being part of a larger scale professional production. Students delve deeper into character development, hone their performance skills, and further develop the nuances of their craft. Senior students may volunteer to assist with choreography, blocking and technical operations. Performed over two nights in the CM Wood Performance Centre, the Middle School Production is the perfect steppingstone for our emerging artists.
Previous productions:
2023: Guys and Dolls JR
2024: Oliver! JR
2024 Middle School production, Oliver Jnr.
VCE Drama and Theatre Studies
Year 11 Senior Drama Production, VCE Theatre Studies Production
The fundamental principle that underpins the VCE productions is empowering students to control all aspects of performing and staging the plays. Each student’s creative ability is stimulated and nurtured as they take responsibility for acting, directing, set, costume, lighting, sound, properties, and hair and make-up design. Past productions have included Shakespeare expressionism, farce and Australian gothic theatre.
2017: Equus
2018: Love and Information
2019: Midsummer Night’s Dream (an adaptation)
2020: Diane Arbus
2021: Greek Myths
2022: The Play That Goes Wrong
2023: 100, The Real Inspector Hound
2024: Ruby Moon
Secondary School Musical Productions
The annual Secondary School Musical Production is open to all students from Year 7 to Year 11. Auditions are held in late Term 3 and rehearsals run throughout Term 4 and the following year in Term 1. We open to packed houses at the Karralyka Theatre in mid to late March, allowing Year 12 students to enjoy the experience without it interfering with their academic studies in that year.
The experience is a fond and lasting memory for students, staff and the Tintern community alike.
