It’s not every day that one of our girls is listed alongside Lady Gaga on The New York Times Playlist! Lissa Evans (Year 10), is the drummer for Sydney girl band Erthlings, who have been garnering a lot of attention lately. Their debut single Bridges has seriously...
Our Junior School musical this year, Aladdin Jr., was a huge hit over three delightful performances. Auditions commenced in Term 4 last year and the team have been working and rehearsing since January. Being in a school musical is a special experience where the girls learn...
On 21 October Year 10 students Anna Coles and Annabel Howard participated in the grand final of the NSW UN Voice Competition, after progressing though the NSW heats and NSW semifinals. This public speaking competition is for students in Years 7–10 and invites them to...
In our Junior School on 25 October, Art, Music and Drama were celebrated in style at the Fiona Visual and Performing Arts Showcase. The Music, Art and Speech and Drama Departments worked together to create a spectacular evening. Family and friends arrived and viewed artworks from...
Ascham Speech and Drama students gave stellar performances and brought home excellent results at the Sydney Eisteddfod on 13 August. Our girls competed in four events, performing with poise, confidence and commendable on-stage professionalism. Ruby Alexander won First Place in the Actor’s Championship (12–14 years), competing...
For their Drama production this year, Year 11 recently tackled one of Bertolt Brecht’s most famous plays, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich. Rehearsed as part of the curriculum, this often-performed work explores the paranoia rippling through Germany as Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party...
Ascham's Senior School musical, Follies, played four stunning performances in May. A co-production with two local boys’ schools, Cranbrook School and Sydney Grammar School, the young cast tackled Follies, a daunting and multi-layered Stephen Sondheim musical, with an amazing level of maturity and depth of insight. Follies...
Audiences were amazed and delighted by the wonderful performances of the Fiona production of The Little Mermaid Jr on Friday 1, Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April 2016. The cast and crew of 95 Years 5 and 6 girls gave three stellar performances, featuring outstanding singing,...
