I Gotta Crow about the pure magic and adventure that was brought to life on stage during our performances on Thursday 20th, Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd June with our Combined College Musical, "Peter Pan". This production was hosted St Gregory’s College in association with St Patrick’s College.
What a fantastic weekend of fun and flying to Neverland. On Thursday night, we kicked off the show with much anticipation. The energy was infectious. There were a few minor glitches, but the show went on and it was fabulous. Each night developed in refinement, and we ended with a stellar Saturday night performance!
Collectively, the boys and girls of the colleges did an amazing job. The leads deserve recognition for their professionalism and pure dedication. These included William C playing Peter, Ebony P as Wendy and Joshua H starring as Hook. The Darling Family was made up by William D as Mr Darling, Adele L as Mrs Darling, Hunter E as John and Harrison M as Michael. Other leads included Victoria S as Tiger Lily, Grace Q as Liza and Cody D as Smee. From the Junior School, our “Tink Tink” Tinker Bells, Imogen Mahony and Emily Scott-Glassock, were a delight. Our animated animals, Kieran Foran as the Crocodile and Nana "woof, woof!" Isaiah Hardwick. Finally, Allegra Macron as Grown-Up Wendy and Jane played by Bree M rounded out the talented cast.
It takes many hours for the cast to learn, run and perfect their lines and lyrics. The cast attended multiple Sunday rehearsals and dedicated many hours of their own time to reach this outstanding level.
However, a production is never complete without an ensemble. We had three excellent ensembles groups, our Lost Boys who built a house for Wendy, the beautiful Braves that Ugh-A-Wug and dance their way on stage and the passionate, plundering Pirates. They brought much enthusiasm and embraced their roles. Many individuals had their own "big moments”, and everyone should proud of their contribution and performance. It is experiences like these that are offered at the colleges that stay’ with the students forever. Hopefully, they will grow up but always remember this experience.
Well done to our first ever group of Junior School students to join the cast, our lovely little lost boys and beautiful braves. They did such a great job! Thank you to Hayleigh Campbell, Ben Fuser, Simon Edwards and Cheryl Gajda for their support. We know our connection will continue to grow in this space.
To our energetic Year 7s that danced and sang I Won’t Grow Up. Thank you for adding even more joy and energy to the production.
Special recognition goes to our ever reliable and dedicated St Patrick's Production Team Members - Assistant Directors and Choreographer - Emma Randell and Catherine McLaren.
The production would not have come to life without the exceptional teamwork of our St Gregory’s Production Team:
• Costumes by Tammy Dooner and Adrienne Phillips
• All things props created, sourced and moved by Kathryn Wray, Elissa Ferenc and Riley Coghlan. The epic pirate ship created by Andrew Profilio and Peter Smith.
• Music by Laurence Malaesilia, Bernard Malone and Kathryn Wray (again!)
• Joshua Redmayne for assisting and overseeing Year 7.
• Alison Buckley and Cathy Zappia; you and your parent volunteer team are a well-oiled machine.
Thank you to the staff that stepped up and contributed in various capacities; Terezija Quinn, Julie Porteous, Steve Bullock, Mel Shoemark, Bec Burke, the cleaning team, IT Department and Gerard Fetterplace and the Maintenance Staff.
Oh, My Mysterious Lady...it has been an absolute joy and privilege to work with fellow Producer Kristy Falas and Director Lauren Armbruster. Our terrific trio worked to embrace our strengths to become a truly unified team, and we are overjoyed with the final production.
Finally, thank you to all the cast's families for their ever-present support, the staff and their families, and everyone that came along to watch the performances. We had a few first timers in the audience and their feedback was positive and much appreciated. We hope you enjoyed dancing to the tunes of Hook's Tango, Tarantella and Waltz and never want to grow up!
Warmest Regards,
Natasha Patao
Producer