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Anna Kerrigan
Anna is the Artistic Director of ASPIRE, an audition-based drama, dance, music and creative and performing arts program produced by the Catholic Schools Office of Maitland-Newcastle.
Originality soaredonMonday30Novemberat the Civic Playhouse in Newcastlewhen the final of the ASPIRE song competitionshowcased 11of the15shortlisted finalists.
About 130 students and teachers came together via Zoom on Wednesday 29 April for ASPIRE’s Dramafest — an annual event where professional artists deliver specialist drama workshops.
The Civic Playhouse was at capacity on Tuesday 17 December, and an audience keen to be entertained were not disappointed. ASPIRE’s Senior Theatre Makers presented their original play Split, which they had created with me and ASPIRE’s intern Ned Keogh.
Take 16 young scriptwriters, give them three minutes of stage time with five talented actors to read their original works, and what do you get? At the Civic Playhouse recently it was something unique, funny, surprising and very special.