1995 School Magazine

-ffii- ^ffi4 THEATRESPORTS

6rr[g' Grammar $rfool 16rigbane 1995

l\ flonday. July thirty-first. 7p.m. Bray Park High. The IVlcourageous and fearsome Brisbane Girls' Grammar Theatresports team - the Sisterhood of Gumby S7orship - set foot on stage in front of a crowd of thousands (well, perhaps slxty-odd). There was a deafening roar from their cheersquad - coach, Marion \Toodhead, and lone drama teacher, Ms Mecklem. For the young inexperienced sisters it was one small step for a Theatresports player, one giant leap for Theatresportskind. Only the captain, veteran of many a tough Theatresports challenge, knew what to expect in the next two hours. How could Sa11y and Davina in Year Eight possibly imagine that they would have to perform a gibberish version of "The Return of Cucumber Man"? Or Ellie from Year Nine realise she would be bruta1ly murdered in an opera entitled "The Librarian's Revenge"? How could Year Eleven Lara guess that her starring role in the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" would be as Santa Claus? Even hardened player Vicki from Year Twelve was surprised to find herself as the big bad wolf in a western movie gunslinging against a vigilante pig. Tensions were running high as Stuartholme fell in love on a space station and Brigidine awoke the morning aftet a par\r feeiing jealous, angry and ecstatic. Grace Lutheran sewed their lips together as a cure for smoking and Marist Brothers discovered a box of Nutri-Grain in the FBI headquarters. In the end, however, it was Gids' Grammar's superior skill, despite lack of experience, that won the day and catapulted them into the semi-finals.

Tuesday. August first. 7p.m. Churchie. The Quintessentials, Grammar's second Theatresport team, appeared in a blaze of glory. Bravely Milly and Laura fought al1 night to try ro oust Chunky Squad, while Barbara concentrated her attention on Shut Up It's My Fish and other such searing competition, yet they were not sllccessful. Their skills were strong, their stories exciting, yet the Quintessentials knew that this was not going to be their winning night. Graceful in defeat, they set their sights on the year ahead, knowing that months of intensive training awaited them before next year's challenge. And so we come to the semi-finals. The Sisterhood of Gumby Worship saw that Churchie's Shut Up It's My Fish was the team to beat. The Billy Ray Bunch looked equally devastat- ing, and The Fondues posed a threat as great as any. Even Grace Lutheran's rWe Are A11 Vearing Jeans was an enemy to be reckoned with. The sisters were up to the challenge. They sang about wrecking cars and awoke sleeping beauty with a kiss from Gumby. They made a poem about a shining golden holden and interrogated Davina about being in the mall with Gary Sweet watching videos. Br-rt it was al1 to no avail. Churchie's Shut Up It's My Fish won the night and from there went on to win the State Championship. For the girls from Grammar ... it was all a 1ot of fun. Knowing that they had put in their best effort and certainly not disgraced themselves, they went home feeling satisfied and smiling. It was perhaps my last game, but I leave Grammar Theatresports feeling proud. The gids had what it took, and should do even better next year. VICKI MULLER

THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY

I t Southwark, on the banks of the Thames, the famous ACIobe Thearre is being painstakingly rebuilt as an opera- tional theatre. The authenticity of the project even extends to application of the original Elizabethan methods of construction. Over four hundred schools worldwide, under the auspices of Globelink, the educational arm of the project, are assisting in fundraising for the recreation of the Globe. BGGS, where members of the newly-formed Shakespeare Society, instituted by Penny Murphy and Robyn Colwill, are combining business with pleasure in their Shakespearian pursuits, is a part of this. Our first fundraising activity was held in October, with an evening of Shakespearian entertainment, both theatrical and musical, in the Gehrmann Theatre. Our weekly meetings are attending by a group of enthusl- astic devotees, united by a fascination with, and passion for, Shakespearian drama and theatrical production.

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