Wade High School’s rendition of Jane Harrison’s play Stolen has been hailed as a huge success.
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This year there were two performances put on by the students, compared to just the one last year.
This didn’t seem to affect the dedicated cast and crew, however.
Aboriginal education coordinator at Wade High school, Alyssa Feeney, said a lot of preparation went into this year’s performances.
“It’s taken a lot of hard work to re-hash the play and the end result was everything we hoped it would be,” she said.
“All the students, along with Hope Atkins, the drama teacher, have been preparing everyday for about the last month it seems like.”
From all reports given, it seemed as though the performance was very well received among the community.
“We performed last year and the preparation for that was immense, so having the community members come see it this year at the regional theatre added that extra bit of pressure I’d say,” Ms Feeney said.
“This year performing had more meaning as it was for for Reconciliation Week, all the students took a lot of pride in what they were doing and it was it well received.
“They’re all very proud, they love the fact it was received well, the audience was proud and overall the kids feel very humble.”
With this year’s play being her first in charge, Wade High drama teacher, Hope Atkins, couldn’t have been happier with everything that was produced.
“With the initial performance they put on last year they spent about two months working on it and it was very well received,” she said.
This time around there was about three weeks of preparation, which was mostly just getting them back into the swing of things.
“Steve Collins, from the Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service got in contact with us as they wanted to put on the play to coincide with Sorry Day.
“We couldn’t do that, but being able to put on the show for Reconciliation Week was still such a pleasure.”
She noted how the students weren’t too sure how they would go this time around, but that nervousness quickly transformed into pride.
“They felt a fair bit of pressure when the idea of putting it on at the theatre came up,” Ms Atkins said.
“After we talked about it though, they all had the feeling that it’s such an honour to be able to do this.
“The show in the night time wasn’t especially big, but the afternoon session was really packed.
“The kids feel pretty good despite mostly being exhausted,” Ms Atkins said.