In late 2022, a group of students participated in our out-of-school art education program, SmArts. For each of them it was a very exciting opportunity. The Smith Family Program Coordinator Jacinta recounts for us what happened.
“We were not sure it would work. A class of extremely shy girls performing a drama piece to an audience in Darwin's Entertainment Centre. The idea was theirs. Every word was written by them,” she says.
“Even an hour before the show the students were negotiating lines, positions on stage, who would stand, who would sit. The audience had to be held outside for an extra 15 minutes to patiently follow this democratic process through to the end.
“The audience entered and the lights went down. And what emerged was a quirky tale called ‘The Flip Side’. The cast woke up in a world where everything had changed. The girls owned this story and delivered strong, bold lines and movement, backed by mesmeric digital imagery.
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“In every SmArts program, the final performance always proves the worth of this program.
“Students discover they CAN do things they never imagined they could. Their excitement and joy is infectious!”
