Last night I attended the One Act Plays presented by the International School of Belgrade’s Thespian Society and the high school performing arts department. The scene above is a comedy sketch on the assassination of Russian historical figure Leon Trotsky. One Acts are the performing equivalent to the literary short story. The students performed to full houses both Friday and Saturday evenings.
In the scene above, Teodora and Luka do one of the six variations on the violent death of Trotsky. it was hilarious!!!! Whenever I watch our students performing, I forget they are students and I just enjoy the play. There was a variety of one acts, ranging from Pan and Doron’s take on Rowan Atkinson, to Mina’s interpretation of Medea and Greek tragedy. The evening was enjoyed by all and I would like to compliment Mrs. Sands and the students for their efforts. The PTA lead by Manon and Jeanette provided refreshments for the audience during intermission which was appreciated by all.
All of the props and costumes were designed by our stagecraft class. Student directors from the IB Theater Arts class were involved as well as many students not enrolled in our performing arts classes. I uploaded some short exceprts of video from some of the plays, feel free to view them on my flickr.com account.
As I said in my welcome message to the audience, we have wonderful students and last night they were showing their best. At ISB, we pride ourselves in everything we do, we do at the highest level! The performing arts department is a shining example of this. I can’t wait for the Shakespeare Festival coming in May!
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