Thursday, 15 August 2024

 Paul HAMER (Box Hill) (10:13): I would like to congratulate Koonung Secondary College on its successful production of Shrek the Musical. I would like to praise the fabulous cast of Bethani Bingley, Maia Mendez, Alysha Clegg, James England, Indiana Iannotti, Tehmi Harding, Gwen Mander, Emily Nash, Josie Mander, Victor Azubel, Payoja Basak, Lilla Buchanan, Zarah Buchanan, Ruth Chen, Stephanie Coleman, Zoe Coleman, Bridget Dods, Hilary Dods, Georgia Fleming, Poppy Fukushima-Taylor, Evelyn Heath, Monty Hilker, Ashton Lonnen, Alice Lyons, Jack Moran, Sophie Newbury, Aliya R-Shakeel, Isabella Triandafyllakos, Darren Tsai, Clio Vassiliades and Zachary Watkins. A performance such as this does not happen without many contributors who cannot be seen on stage, so a big shout-out to all the crew: Jeremy Ball, Ash Jackson, Soorena Abbasi, James Panchmatia, Sirakarn Assawakraichet, Xavier Cronin, Alessio De Luise, Vernice Pang, Kady McGrath, Lachlan Simon and Jennifer Molloy backstage; Ash Jackson, Sienna Forest, Simon Cronin, Hazel Kan, Tom Farkas and Lucy Cooper on sound; Micaela Poon, Lucas Yap, Sabrina Hutchinson, Michael Harding and Zoe Newbury on lighting; Khushi Patel, Lachlan Cartledge, Megan Zerna, Daniel Goulding, Avreen Ram, Afra Eftekhar and Chloe Cooper on front of house; Megan Zerna, Elsa Ji, Jasmine Missen and Chloe Cooper on hair and make-up. And finally, I would like to congratulate and thank the amazing orchestra, as well as all the wonderful parents who assisted with all the costumes and the set and construction.