Shakespeare Festival

The Otago Regional Shakespeare Festival is taking place next Thursday (3 April) at the King’s and Queen’s Performing Arts Centre, and Trinity has four groups entered in the competition.

The Festival takes place during the day (9am - 3pm) and is open to the public. Entry costs $10 for adults and $5 for students - cash only. Trinity will be performing in the afternoon session between 1pm and 3pm. Following the daytime event, some performances will be selected to take part in an evening showcase starting at 6pm.

The Trinity students have been rehearsing hard all term and will present four different student-directed 5-minutes scenes:

Henry VI, Part 1 - Ariel Holloway, Nuala Kelly, Henry Lapham, Grzegorz Twardowski, Yana Akut, Matilda Andersen, Camila Barns, Ella Carruthers, Chelsea Cross, Evie de Graaf, Anamika Jones, Meadow Stewart, Matamatanonofo Taua, Lola van de Klundert, Esther Koudayah, Laura McCartney

Macbeth - Holly Cairns, Ella Carruthers, Theodora Clarke-Wallace, Tara Cruickshank, Evie Dummer, Sophie Jonathan, Hollie Moloney, Made Newson, Hermione Sparks, Mina Suwanarusk, Laura Tagg, Eden Webb

Much Ado About Nothing - Mitchell Atkinson, Riley Culling, Jake Harris, Heath Kettish, Noah Kettish, Harrison Rich, Luke Wild

Love’s Labour’s Lost - Matilda Andersen, Riley Culling, Anamika Jones, Joseph Kelly, Esther Koudayah, Matthew Lemon, Lucas MacLeod, Meadow Stewart

Everyone is looking forward to performing their pieces at the Festival, as well as watching all the scenes from the other secondary schools in the region.

Special thanks to Erica Ward for all the time and effort she has put into helping the students prepare for the Shakespeare Festival and also to Rebecca Meikle for her assistance with costumes.