Students from Atlantis, Milnerton and Riebeek Kasteel WOW us in their Annual Production!

Our production weekend got off to an exciting start with students from our studios in Atlantis, Milnerton and Riebeek Kasteel performing in the first show. This family affair saw the students really coming forward to show off the fantastic skills they have learnt over the course of the year.

We had a number of plays on offer taking us on a magical journey from forests with the Hare and the Tortoise to Egyptian Museums to Paris in France and even going back a couple of centuries to Scotland where Shakespeare's Scottish play was performed.

Below are some pics of the performances in action:

All of our students performed with finesse and energy and we are so very proud of their development. Judging by the standard this year we cannot wait to see what 2017 has to offer! BRAVO BRAVO!!

TERM 4 DRAMA STARTS WITH A BANG!

Last week saw the start of term 4 drama on the West Coast and what a start it was! The academy is feverishly working towards their annual productions which will be held  at the beginning of November in the awesome theatre venue in Sunningdale Theatre@Elkanah!

Our Sunningdale Upper Primary Students showing off their wonderful characters for their play.

With less than a month to go the excitement and preparations for this much anticipated event are no doubt mounting. Students and staff alike are working very hard toward making this a huge success. 



The Helen O' Grady's unique dramatic arts programme focuses throughout the year on building the students performance skills and confidence. Each term we introduce new language skills and scaffold the students abilities, working with many theatrical elements some important ones being projection, characterisation and space awareness. This when taught in conjunction with our emphasis on promoting self-confidence and self-esteem in our classrooms enables all our students a positive and memorable theatre experience.

Youth Theatre in Melkbosstrand in the throws of rehearsal for our adaptation of Macbeth.

We cannot wait to see all our stars and their wonderful progress! Watch this space for more news of how rehearsals and preparations are progessing.

West Coast Lovin'

Dis lekker by die see!

Well, that’s the perfect Afrikaans expression to describe the sea side suburb of Melkbosstrand. And in true South African fashion, it is indeed LEKKER!

The “Lekker” went up by a large margin in 2013 when Helen O’ Grady Drama Academy made its way to the shores of Melkbosstrand.

Every Thursday afternoon students take a break from beach walks, body boarding and kite surfing, put down the bucket, spade and Frisbee and enter into a world of imagination and creativity.

The Koeberg Library hall comes alive with adlibbing, speech, improv and movement with Helen O’ Grady Drama Academy West Coast.

Our Lower Primary students showing s how much fun they are!

Now that winter’s here why not warm up with our world-class drama curriculum.

Contact our principal, Nastassja Potgieter by sending an e-mail to nastassja@helenogrady.co.za.

That’s Melkbosstrand studio every Thursday afternoon at the Koeberg Library Hall:

Lower Primary at 15:00

Upper Primary at 16:00

Youth Theatre at 17:00