Years 7 and 8 production – Grimm Tales

By Ms Sally Stenning, Head of Performing Arts

The Radford College Theatre Company invites you to join us as we journey through the world of some of our best loved fairy tales.

From 2 to 4 September, the T.B. Millar Hall will come to life with classic fairy tale character as reimagined in Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales. You'll meet the familiar characters – Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, The Frog Prince and Hansel and Gretel – and some unexpected ones too.

The students have been collaborating with Year 11 student directors under my guidance, to retell the stories through theatre, dance, music and puppetry.

Throughout rehearsals the students have learned valuable lessons not only in performing and directing, but also in working to deadlines, taking creative risks, and collaborating. It has been wonderful to see the younger students building community with the senior students through engagement with authentic project-based learning.

The Years 7 and 8 students were also lucky enough to work with professional artist Helen Stephens, who joined us in the holidays from Brisbane to teach us puppet construction and manipulation. The workshop brought out the skills and talents of some of our budding engineers and many of the puppets created are featured in the show. In conjunction with puppetry the production will be underscored with original live music written by former Radford College student Reuben Gilman-Wells.

Grimm Tales promises to be a night of fun-filled adventure. We hope to see you there.

Dates: 2, 3 and 4 September
Venue: T.B. Millar Hall
Time: 6:00 pm

Get your tickets here.