Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Koonung Secondary College

Paul HAMER (Box Hill) (09:54): I would like to congratulate Koonung Secondary College on their production of Seussical, which I saw last month. I would like to praise the fabulous cast of Jesse Pickering, Ben Harding, Alysha Clegg, Maia Mendez, Keira Singleton, Mietta de Luise, Frankie Healy, Bethani Bingley, Lachlan Tolliday, Evelyn Heath, Isabella Triandafyllakos, Indiana Iannotti, Emily Nash, Bella Cidoni, Victor Azubel, Tehmi Harding, Gwen Mander, Zarah Buccanan and Patrick Foster-Johnson as well as ensemble cast members Payoja Basak, Steph Coleman, Izzy Johnstone, Taneka Huber, Millie Ferdowsian, Clio Vassiliades, Alice Lyons and Kaitlyn Lim.

A performance such as this does not happen without many contributors who cannot be seen on stage. A big shout-out to Jamie Tite, Zach Watkins, Romy Simpson, Lachlan Simon, James Pachamtia, Skye Schaper, Hilary Dods, Jeremy Ball, James England, Kady McGrath and Xavier Cronin, who were backstage; Ash Jackson, Ava Booth, Rose McKinnon, Sienna Forrest and Simon Cronin on sound; Michaela Poon, Zoe Newbury, Michael Harding and Sabrina Hutchinson on lighting; Khushi Patel, Odette Roberts, Daniel Goulding, Gabi Huber, Peter Liu, Alessio De Luise, Sophie Newbury, Lukas Yap, Poppy Taylor, Jasmine Missen and Stella Nazzari on hair and make-up; Zoe Ryan-Ferdowsian, Pete Martin, Chris Booth, John Clegg, Andrew Achterbosch, Daniel Ferdowsian, Natalie De Bono and Andrew Harding on set and construction; Sue Clarkson, Katherine Harding, Laura Healey, Julie Donegan, Sandy Mander and Kara Elliott on costumes; and finally to producer and director Chelsea Thomas and Mark Anderson.