Somerset West Drama Classes delighted their audience!.

The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy in Somerset West performed at the Klein Libertas Theatre in December, and it was a huge success. Children performed with flair and enthusiasm showing the excellent skills taught by their wonderful teacher, Jennifer Pietersen.

Kuils River Studio puts on a wonderful Year end Production!.

Brilliantly vibrant acting and clear voices made the performances of students from our drama school at the Van Riebeeck Hall in Kuils River a huge success. The Academy offers Thursday afternoon classes in communication and performance skills, using the Helen O'Grady international curriculum. We are really proud of the achievements of these young people over the course of last year.

Amazing Performances by our Stellenbosch classes!

Our Stellenbosch drama classes are very special indeed. Children have come on so much in their acting and communication skills thanks to the dedication of their teacher, Jennifer Pietersen. These children show that they understand how to engage an audience and with enthusiasm, give strong articulate performances.The Stellenbosch drama school operates on Monday afternoons at the Klein Libertas Theatre. For further information contact our office on 021 913 3635 or head to our website: www.helenogrady.co.za

Durbanville drama group delights audience!

The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy in Durbanville which runs after school at the All Saints Church Hall on Wednesday afternoons, recently held their year end Productions. This was a huge success and children performed with flair and enthusiasm showing the excellent skills taught by their wonderful teacher, Nastassja Schroeder.

It was such a special performance and we are so proud of these children and their developments in our drama programme.

For more information about our Durbanville speech and drama classes, contact: 021 913 3635 or head to our website www.helenogrady.co.za

Fanatastic Acting Opportunity!

X CON Films is a television and film production company based in Cape Town. They are the proud producers of SABC 1’s religious edutainment children's show, Siyakholwa ‘We Believe’.

This groundbreaking multi-faith show addresses core moral, educational and other pertinent topics. The first episode was aired on SABC 1 on Saturday, August 4th 2007 and has since been a resounding success, drawing new viewers each week.

This magazine-styled programme has a broad range of content topics which focus on curriculum objectives. This format presupposes different topics within each episode to deliver to the curriculum.
They cover topics such as being proudly South African, identity, the five main religions in South Africa and public holidays in South Africa.

The show is aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12. They therefore require children between the ages of 6 and 12 to appear in studio with the presenter for each episode to learn about different topics and do educational activities in studio. They film two to three episodes per day and the filming will takes place in Gardens at the Media Hive Studios between the 12th and 23 rd of November 2012 and again from 03 December - 14th December 2012.

They have a mix of children for each episode (girls and boys from different backgrounds) and require 6 children per episode for roughly 3 to 4 hours per episode. They would like to now if anyone would be interested in participating in the show. They do not offer remuneration for an appearance on the show but you will receive a copy of the episode in which you appear.

The Schedule for the shoot is as follows:

1. Monday 12 November 2012
   
   - World Aids Day - 2 kids of all race needed from 10h30 till about 14h00
   - History of Judaism - 2 kids needed from about 14h30 ill about 17h00
   
   Tuesday 13 November 2012
   - New Year - 2 Kids of all race needed from 10h30 till 14h00
   - Christmas - 2 Kids needed from 14h30 til 17h00
   
   Wednesday 14 November 2012
   
   - Behai Faith - 2 Kids needed - from 10h30 till 14h00
   - Chinese Religion- 2 Kids needed from 14h30 till 17h00
   
   Thursday 15 November 2012
   
   - Sikhism - 2 Kids needed from 09h30 till 12h00
   - Xhoza Culture - 2 Kids Needed from 12h30 till 15h30.
   - Sqazi Ncwala - 2 kids needed from 15h00 till 18h00
   
   Friday 16 November 2012
   
   - Afrikaans Culture - 2 Kids needed from 09h00 till 12h00
   - Language in Islam - 2 Kids needed from 12h30 till 15h30
   
   Saturday 17 November 2012
   
   - Tudisgvat - 2 Kids needed from 09h00 till 12h00
   - Constitution and Religion - 2 Kids needed from 12h00 till 16h30
   
   Monday 19 November 2012
   
   - Mahatma Gandi - 2 Kids needed from 09h00-12h30
   - Saraswati - 2 kids needed from 12h00 till 15h00
   - Language in Hinduism - 2 Kids needed from 14h30 till 18h00
   
   Tuesday 20 November 2012
   
   - Earth day - 2 Kids needed from 10h00 till 13h30
   - Hernalists - 2 Kids needed from 13h00 till 16h30
   
   Wednesday 21 November 2012
   
   - Marcus Garvey - 2 Kids needed from 09h00 till 12h30
   - Religion & Hair - 2 Kids needed from 12h30 till 15h30
   - Language in Judaisim - 2 Kids needed from 15h00 till 18h00
   
   Thursday 22 November 2012
   
   -Language in Christianity - 2 Kids needed from 10h00 till 13h30
   -Water and Religion - 2 kids needed from 13h30 till 17h30
   
   Friday 23 November 2012
   
   Games & Religion - 2 Kids needed from 09h00 till 13h00
   National Emblems - 2 Kids needed from 13h00 till 16h00
   03 December - 14 December schedule to be confirmed
   
   For any further information regarding Siyakholwa, please contact Carla Cloete, from X CON Films on (021) 418 2985.

Rehearsals in Full Swing at our Kuils River Studio

Our Studio in Kuils River is full of excited students as we draw closer to our production at the Klein Libertas Theatre, on the 1^st of December! All the students have been working hard to prepare their plays for family and friends!