“๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ – ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.”- ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐
In Union’s ongoing bid to educate the whole child, the school staged ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก of โEncantoโ last week, and on Thursday and Friday night, the audience was thrilled by excellent acting, singing and dancing that filled the packed hall!
With increasing demands on teachers to complete the syllabus in very little time, ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ for all that they did to make the production such a success.
One only has to look at the faces in this post to see how our learners embraced and relished the roles they performed. It is wonderful to know that such talent is nurtured in our learners.
Unionโs adaptation of โEncantoโ could have held its own at any drama festival and those who were privy to the few hours of sheer energy, joyful song and dance, and clever witticism were in for a treat that way surpassed any regular high school production with Janet Kingwillโs beautiful set design being the perfect backdrop to this Columbian-set tale.
The show was cleverly narrated by Matthew Basson who held the story together with excellent acting and clear enunciation.
In his likeable role as seรฑor Diego, Matthew told the story of a young girl, Mirabel Madrigal, who has to face life as the only member of her family without magical powers.
Asa Matross, who was aptly cast as Mirabel, delivered a splendid performance. Her execution of this sometimes vulnerable, sometimes comedic protagonist was remarkable, and the passion with which she fought and danced and loved and sang her way through the story made for many a โgoosebumpโ moment!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ.
Finn Cilliers had the audience in stitches as Felix. Abuela Alma, the matriarch of the Madrigal family, was convincingly performed by Ayabulela Goliath, while the shapeshifting Camilo was played by Josh Arends, the perfect Isabela by Chloe Shires, the super strong Luisa by Brigette Oelofsen, the ostracized uncle Bruno by Arno Nell and the nurturing caretaker Julieta by Grace Merifield, among the many other excellent members of the cast.
Union is so grateful for the incredible vision of Mrs Avrille Putter who produced this fantastic show, backed up by Mrs Sanette Brink, the staff, and of course our wonderful thespians without whom, this would never have happened!
๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ, ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ.
