Winning Performance – JTF Australia 2024
MacKillop wins Award for Outstanding Vocals at Junior Theatre Festival Australia
On Friday, 25, and Saturday, 26 October, MacKillop students took part in the Junior Theatre Festival in Australia. This festival is the largest celebration of musical theatre and young people in Australia with over 1300 people in attendance and is held annually at Newcastle Civic Theatre. As part of this experience, students participate in acting, singing and dancing workshops with industry professionals from Australia, USA and UK. They are also the first audience to witness new works being produced in the Broadway and Disney Junior repertoire. This year’s productions were Prince of Egypt Junior and Once Upon a One More Time Junior. Lilly Curtis of Year 8 and Isabella Lee of Year 5 were lucky enough to perform as part of the ensemble ca
st in these pilot musicals.
A key part of the festival is the adjudication piece. Each attending group produces a 15-minute extract from a Disney or Broadway Junior show. We took our final version of Frozen Junior and amongst highly polished group routines from all over Australia, came away with an award for Outstanding Vocals. The Performing Arts teachers are proud of each and every one of the students in our High School/Primary combined 2024 troupe.
The second day concluded with an outstanding closing ceremony which included performances from the stars of ‘&Juliet’, some more new work showcases and finally confetti canons were a fitting conclusion to this wild celebration of musical theatre. Thank you to the parent chaperones and staff who attended. We look forward to many more JTF events in Australia and the USA.
