GETTING NOTICED!

OFF TO SHINE IN AUSTRALIA!
Three of our Youth Theatre students said goodbye to the Scottish Academy this term to prepare for a new life in Australia.
Sarah Walker and her brothers Matthew and Alexander, have been members of the Academy in Kinross since 2002, clocking up over 26 years of Drama between them!! - that's a lot of Saturday mornings!
We are very sad to see them go, but they are off to join the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy in Australia, where they willl transfer to the Adelaide branch, run by Zita Splawinski. Enjoy the sunshine!


NIKKI AND THE GANG
We are very proud of two of our students, Felix Principe Gillespie and Elisabeth Flett, who secured places in the Scottish Youth Music Theatre's production of "Nikki and the Gang" at the Lemon Tree Theatre in Aberdeen.
This production, part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival,  included young people from as far afield as Northern Ireland, Southern England and Wales. Written by Alan Bisset, and profesionally directed and choreographed, "Nikki and the Gang" played to  full houses for its three performances. Set on a remote island somewhere off the coast of Scotland, peopled with eccentric characters, the play told off an intrepid gang, loosely based on "The Famous Five", who rooted out a dastardly mystery and nasty skulduggery, and with flair, gymnastics, a song and a dance, restored calm and peace to the island - with a noisy ceilidh.
Felix and Elisabeth spent two weeks resident  in Aberdeen preparing for the production, "a truly amazing experience".


JAMES ROTTGER
James is another graduate of the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy starting classses with us at the age of 8 and continuing for five and a half years.
After completing his degree in Acting and Performance at Queen Margaret College, he has had the opportunity of several acting roles, and will soon be seen in "Gary Tank Commander" on Scottish television in the middle of September.
This will be the third series of this very funny comedy, and James has filmed a total of six episodes. Well done, James!



A NEW TERM!
Our new term starts on Saturday 18th August and we are looking forward to a splendid autumn of Drama - improvisations, mimes to music, dress up days, miniscripts, group work, conversations, new friends and fun.