Year 12 students spend their holidays singing on the barricade!
Over the summer holidays, we performed in an amateur production of Les Misérables, which was staged at the National Theatre in St Kilda by the Young Australia Broadway Chorus. Since mid-December, we were working tirelessly and rigorously towards completing a truly amazing show. With constant eight-hour days, we worked alongside over 100 other young, talented performers, as sets were constructed, costumes were designed, and voices were raised towards perfecting one of Musical Theatre’s greatest productions. By the time we made it to the theatre, the hard work had well and truly paid off. We received excellent reviews in the Herald Sun, segments on 9 News, and performed to sell-out audiences, each performance concluding with standing ovations. The show was a critical success. In fact, tickets sold out so quickly that the company ended up adding another show onto the end of the season, postponing the end of what had been a truly magnificent experience. And, just to add to the infinite layers of awesome which encompassed this production, we were accompanied by a student orchestra which included Tintern alumnus Gerard Barclay (YG 2018).
Les Misérables managed to do something which seemed impossible, improving on the already impressive quality of YABC’s last production, Wicked. And it truly will be an experience which lives in our memories for the rest of our lives.
by Jared Nottle & Brayden Stokes, Year 12 Thespians