Aardvark Casting visits Helen O Grady Brooklyn studio

The Lower Primary had fun dressing up this week and going on a cruise!

Listening intently while teacher Larisa explains what the class is going to perform today!

In ACTion!!!!!

Smile....it's Aardvark Casting :-)

Aardvark Casting Agency visited Brooklyn studio on Tuesday to update photos and register new artists. At the same time our fantastic teacher Larisa was giving classes to our dynamic group of students ranging in age from 5-18yrs!

Excitement today at Brooklyn studio as rehearsals are underway for movie!

Pianojproductions is using 4 of our talented students as main characters and a further 7 as extras in their upcoming short film called All's Fair by Jon Broeke. Today the four main characters rehearsed for the film at our Brooklyn studio...filming commences next week...

Congratulations to two beautiful young stars !!

These two beautiful and sporty girls have been chosen for the next Downy Softener Advert that will be flighted in the following countries:-Thailand,Singapore,Greece and Austria just to mention a few!
They are filming the commercial this Saturday 28 May - It will be a memorable experience for them both!

WATCH OUT FOR THESE FOUR FAMOUS FACES!!

Although our programme is about developing confidence, self-esteem and communication skills, the very nature of this performance arts course catapults many of our students into the film industry.

Auditions for a short film took place on Saturday in Centurion and Pianojproductions chose four of our  talented students!

These four very talented actors all attend the Helen O Grady Drama Academy in Pretoria (three from our Brooklyn Studio and one from our Faerie Glen studio)! They also belong to our Casting Agency, Aardvark Casting. They have been selected to play the four main characters in the upcoming short film All's Fair by Jon Broeke. The play concentrates on the relationships between girls and boys!

We would like to wish them all the best as they embark on this exciting adventure....Lights! Camera! Action!

Beaulieu Upper Primary Class had their last lesson of the term today!

We had so much fun at our last lesson of the term! What an incredibly talented and dedicated group of students! Enjoy the upcoming holidays boys and girls and we look forward to seeing you next term and showing off your talent to your parents and friends in our Parent Presentation in June!

Irene Primary Bring A Grown Up Day was a Great Success on Thursday!

Mums, Dads, Grannies, Grandpas and uncles joined us on Thursday for our Bring A  Grown Up Day! The adults were great fun (and very talented :-)) and the children loved having them act alongside them! Thank you to those that were able to make it!

WIERDA PARK UPPER PRIMARY STUDENTS PRACTISING FOR PARENT DAY!

Our next group of talented students aged 9 - 12yrs had great fun at their last lesson of the term practising for their Parent Day play!

TROPHIES WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY!

Students from our Faerie Glen and Irene Studios were awarded trophies after their brilliant performances at the Centurion Theatre!

LYTTELTON'S LAST LESSON OF TERM 3

Our students aged 3-6yrs had a wonderful term learning about The Circus, Space and The Ocean in our fantastic Kindy Programme!

Their teacher, Larisa, is absolutely fantastic with them! Here she is the giant octopus who frightens all the sea creatures! The children got to choose their own sea creature...we had mermaids, sea horses, beluga whales etc!!

The children had so much fun learning all about space..they were all astronauts and got to fly to the Moon in their very own space ships!!

THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT AT LINDO PARK PRIMARY!!

Many of the students from our Lindo Park Primary Studio have joined our casting agency, Aardvark Casting! These are very talented students, who give their best at every lesson! Their creativity is astounding!!

BEALIEU PREPARATORY IS THE VENUE FOR EXCELLENT DRAMA CLASSES ON SATURDAY MORNINGS!!

JOIN THE FUN AT OUR BROOKLYN YOUTH THEATRE!

The students at our Brooklyn studio are dynamic! They produce the most creative wonderful work! They are so lucky to have Larisa ,who is an awesome teacher, guiding them in the right direction!

Wolf Wolf! Hoe Laat is dit?

In an age where Afrikaans films are rare, the feature film “Wolf Wolf” tries to break the barriers that were set for Afrikaans films in the last decade. It is a unique concept of an Afrikaans thriller set in a specific period of history. However, although the film is set in 1976, it shows no trace of the political elements that we have come to know in modern day South African cinema. The main objective of the film is to entertain and scare the audience with suspense and intrigue.

With an A-grade cast consisting of Anel Alexander (Discreet, Getroud met Rugby), Dewald Reynecke (Egoli, Getroud met Rugby), Justin Strydom (District 9, Kruispad) and Renske Jacobs (RSG, Tuine en Tossels) “Wolf Wolf” promises acting of the highest degree. Other cast members include Flakie Lakie, Erno van Dyk, Will Roberts, Christopher Marais and Abri le Roux.

“Wolf Wolf” is the first feature film that TUT’s film school have made in the last fifteen years. It is an experimental film in the sense that it has 17 directors. All the directing students of the fourth (final) year group had an opportunity of directing a part of the film. This was done through careful planning and workshops beforehand, with everyone deciding together on the final directorial treatment of the film. Although some films in Hollywood and Europe have had more than one director, as far as we know this is the first time it has been done in South Africa. We also think this may be the first time locally and internationally that a film has 17 directors!

The film was made on a budget of R 140 000. This is an extremely small budget, and the only reason we were able to make this film was through the generosity of our cast and crew to work for very low wages or no wages at all. And people like Beverly Guiney from Beverley Guiney Acquisto Studio of Dancing who very generously lent us her dance studio one afternoon for the crew to film a scene where Adriana, played by Anel Alexander, teaches a ballet class. Juliet from Helen O Grady Drama Academy, organised six girls who attend her weekly drama classes to be Adriana’s ballet students. The budding young actresses were more than happy to take part and they really enjoyed the experience! We also received small sponsorships from various organisations, such as Wimpy Hartbeespoort and generous discounts from organisations such as BPE Rentals.

HELEN O GRADY DRAMA STUDENTS TAKE PART IN FILM SHOOT!

Six students of the Helen O Grady Drama Academy took part in a film shoot for a movie called Wolf Wolf which is currently being filmed by TUT. They were very excited and thoroughly enjoyed being on a real movie set!! Helen O Grady Pretoria has it's own casting agency, Aardvark Casting and we are sure that many more of our students will be in front of the cameras very soon!