Upcoming Year End Production

From our studios in Midrand all the way to Pretoria North we are preparing for our Year End Production at the State Theatre from 7-13 November!

This is an exciting time for students and teachers alike!

Our Brookyn studio are well on their way with rehearsals and having so much fun at the same time! After all it is not just the finished product that is important but the journey getting there - that is when we learn so many important life and theatre skills!

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Brooklyn Upper Primary improvise a bus accident

For this weeks dress up and prop day the students had to dress up as though they had been involved in a bus accident- we had all sorts of injuries that had to be scripted into the story!

Wonderful ideas and great acting - well done Brooklyn Upper Primary!

Brooklyn Saturday Upper Primary class performing The Trial

The Judge...

The Prosecutor and the Court Reporter...

The Accused and the witnesses....

Is she guilty or innocent? What decision will the judge make...der der derrrrrrr!

Tired of Sitting around?n Term 3 drama starting up!

Start of term 4 tomorrow!!

Monday 13 October sees the beginning of our fourth term - Production Term!

This term we take all the techniques we have been learning throughout the year and put it into a short scripted piece that we perform in the Masker Theatre at Pretoria University on the 21,22 and 23 November.

Brooklyn beauties dressed up for fun!

This week the students dressed up at Dutch villagers and acted out a version of the well known story Rip van Winkle.

Helen O'Grady Drama Academy develops children's confidence through role play.

It is wonderful to see students develop their confidence, social skills and oral communication skills.

For more information about our classes in Pretoria East contact Juliet 0829091630 or 0861000557 or email juliet@helenogrady.co.za

Brooklyn Parent Day a great success!

We started off our parent presentation with our Lower Primary, age 5-9 demonstrating an Introductory Activity   They were so confident and performed all their different items brilliantly!

Brooklyn Upper Primary on Fire

The students from our Brooklyn Upper Primary are extremely enthusiastic and always come up with wonderful creative ideas!

On Tuesday they performed a Mime to Music called Fire in the Pizza Parlour- it was brilliant!

We ended off the lesson with Snippets - WOW!! We were so impressed with the clever ideas students came up with and the snippets were executed superbly! 

Our Upper Primary class for ages 9-12 takes place in Brooklyn on Tuesdays from 4-5pm at the Hellenic Community of Pretoria. Students come from different schools in the area...eg. Waterkloof House Preparatory, Brooklyn Primary, Pretoria Oos Laerskool to mention a few!

For more information please contact Juliet 0829091630

Dress up for Week 9 - 17 - 22 March

Lower Primary (5-9yrs) this week is a Mime to Music! 

Children can dress up in red/yellow/green and brown - any colour that represents a pizza topping!!

There is no dress up for the Upper Primary!

Enjoy the second last week of term!

Brooklyn Upper Primary transform into factory workers

Our Upper Primary at our Brooklyn Studio are brilliant at dressing up and bringing props to class! 

They had so much fun with their play set in an ice cream factory!

Helen O' Grady Drama Classes take place every Tuesday in Brooklyn and Elarduspark. 

This week's dress up theme and Bring a Friend

This week Monday 3 - Saturday 8 February all students in Lower and Upper  Primary are dressing up as Cavemen and Cave women!! 

This can be very easy...messy hair, brown or animal print clothes and dirty faces!!

This is for our Mime to Music called 'No Meat'!

The students are going to have a lot of fun with this! 

This week is also Bring a Friend Week!

This means that students can bring a friend (or 2!) along to drama for a free lesson!! 

Brooklyn drama students always go the extra mile

Every week students are asked to dress up or bring a prop to work with during their play/ mimes etc.The Brooklyn students have always enjoyed this and they never cease to amaze us with their very creative ideas!

It's time to perform!

Students age 5-9yrs from our Brooklyn studio are so excited about their upcoming play! 

The plays at Helen O'Grady Drama Academy are written in such a way that everyone is included in the ACTion!

This group particularly enjoyed learning the moves to the songs! They are so smart - they picked up the words to the song and the actions really quickly!

For more information about our program please call Juliet at 0861 000 557 or visit or website www.helenogrady.co.za

Brooklyn Upper Primary and Youth Theatre classes!

Larisa, our spectacular teacher of our Brooklyn Studio, always has great fun with the students each week. Children and high school students from the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy learn communication and performance skills which develop overall confidence and speaking ability for future success in life. Students from ages 5-18 can attend these classes in different age-groups. Classes are always great fun! All studios follows our international drama curriculum developed over 30 years internationally.

Brooklyn Lower Primary had so much fun at their "Dress Up Day"

Our Lower Primary students thoroughly enjoy their Tuesday afternoon drama classes! Not only do the children have fun but they are learning important life skills at the same time!