On Tuesday 12 November, Waverley College participated in round 2 of the Theatresports School Challenge (TSC).
I could not have been prouder of our team – Cooper Firth (yr 7), Sebastian Karhan (yr 7), Kaspar Emmanouilidis (yr 7) and Gabriel Wright (yr 7).
For those unfamiliar with Theatresports, it is a challenging competitive drama improvisation competition.
The team competes in games in a team of up to 5 players. The players are given a prompt (such as a location or activity) and have approximately zero seconds to prepare a scene for that prompt.
Scores are given to the team out of five based on their technique, entertainment and narrative.
Our team played the games “I love you” (prompt: at the time zone arcade), “Inner Song” (prompt: school camp) and “Time Warp” (prompt: at a funeral).
They had to show great adaptability in their choice of games, as each game can only be played twice in a round. Waverley unfortunately had to go with our second game choice twice as we were later in the round.
However, the team impressed judges with their work, being the first team of the round to pick a musical game with “Inner Song”, which is performed so rarely that it caused an audible surprise from the audience.
This game in particular generated a few laughs, as the students referenced some of their own experiences toughing it out as opposed to teachers on school camps.
Whilst I can’t repeat their one-liners here, I will admit that an occasional coffee may have manifested for me at a school camp.
When asked about their experience of the TSC, our team proudly exclaimed that it as fun and they loved the collaboration.
I’m sure we’re going to see much more of Cooper, Gabriel, Kaspar, and Sebastian in future Theatresports performances.
You will see them next year in our College production of Little Shop of Horrors, and are also hoping to start an improvisation club next year to continue to hone and share our skills with audiences more regularly.
Theatresports runs as a co-curricular activity on Tuesday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.
If interested, please contact Mr Hall. He can be reached on shall@waverley.nsw.edu.au, or haunting the maths staffroom.
