This was surprising…
Right, I am an actor in our school’s one act play this year, “And then the puppets danced…”. It is an extremely experimental piece since nothing of its nature has ever been performed before. Unfortunately for us, the judges at all the competitions so far have said that it is predictable and so forth. We reworked the entire script and tonight we performed in the Durbanville Arts Festival.
We were the second to last piece to perform of all four nights when the festival was on. I was one of the few who went to see all of the other pieces perform (4 every night for 4 nights). I saw some really excellent pieces and some really poor ones.
One of the pieces that stood out for me above all the others was Tygerberg High school’s “Wie”, or otherwise translated to, “Who”. It was close to a religious experience. It was about a girl who died, and as a ghost she tells the story of how she died. It was done extremely creatively, to be totally honest. I thought that production would win the festival.
Tonight, after the final pieces performed, the winner was announced. We anxiously waited for the name of the winning school, and I was convinced that the judges were going to say “Tygerberg High School”, but no. It was our production that won!
When the woman judge said this there was a moment of deafening silence. We were all so shocked because NO ONE expected to win. NO ONE, I tell you. After the shock wore off, we all screamed like maniacs! I really thought I was going to have a heart attack!
But I am being dramatic again. Let me stop and go sleep. I can’t wait to tell everyone!
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