After-school drama classes
Term 3 - 2026
Day of Classes
Junior drama class. For ages 8-10yrs. Wednesdays 4-5pm, from 29 July-16 September.
Middle/Senior drama class. For ages 11+yrs. Thursdays 4-5pm, from 30 July-17 September.
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Class teachers
Blake Selmes (Junior Class Teacher)
Blake is Lieder Theatre’s current Artistic Director. He is a performer, director, designer and musician who has worked directed over 15 Lieder Theatre productions and appearing in 35. His international work includes directing, designing and performing in Sydney, Papua New Guinea, Poland and the USA.
As a director, Blake has directed exclusively for the Lieder Theatre Company since 2022. His most recent productions of Anne Of Green Gables, Charlotte’s Web, Hir, and Letters to Lindy were critical and commercial success for the company. Blake also designs and builds sets for the Company, along with designing lighting, sound and AV effects.
With the Lieder Youth Theatre, Blake has undertaken several community engagements with youth performers including Bubble Play and Flock Me.
He is an experienced children’s entertainer and early childhood educator - a lifelong magician and Early Childhood Music Specialist with Hume Conservatorium of Music.
Ryan Paranthoiene (Middle & Senior Class Teacher)
Ryan is an experienced actor, director, and teacher, having appeared in theatre, television and film. His earliest theatre performances were with Roundabout Theatre Company where his credits included Macbeth, Witness: Speak No Evil, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Skeletons, This is What We Have to Say, and Hamlet. With Darlinghurst Theatre Company he performed in Rorschach. His other credits include Am I Your Dream? (Adelaide Fringe Festival and Sydney Seasons), Romeo and Juliet (Campbelltown Theatre Company), Love Bytes (Pymble Players), The Great Aussie BBQ (Short and Sweet Festival), Love and War and No One Punches the Mediator Anymore (Newtown Theatre).
For the Lieder Theatre Company, Ryan has appeared in The 13 Storey Treehouse, The Three Musketeers, The Servant of Two Masters, Rabbit Hole, The Hollow, The Laramie Project, Two Weeks with the Queen, A Streetcar Named Desire, Australia Day, Twelfth Night, Baskerville, Journey Through the Impossible, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The Underpants, Around the World in 80 Days, and The Touch of Silk. Ryan also directed Fool for Love, Romeo & Juliet, and Mighty Playwrights for the Company.
Class Sizes
All classes each have a maximum 20 students. Once we reach that limit with each class, we won’t be accepting anymore new students for that term.
Cost
Classes cost $100.00 per student for a regular 8-9 week term (depending on term lengths).
If the cost is prohibitive, please feel free to discuss alternative financial arrangements by sending us an email to liedertheatre@gmail.com
Term Dates
Classes are scheduled to align with the NSW school term, excluding the first and last week of each term. This will equate to 8-9 sessions, depending on term lengths. This may differ for special projects. Any changes will be communicated to participants in person and via email.
Student involvement in mainstage and foyer theatre productions
Students who are cast in productions at Lieder Theatre have the option to continue with their drama class and attend rehearsals for the show they have been cast in, or to commit to rehearsals only and not continue with their classes for the times they are part of productions. If students opt to only attend rehearsals their fee for drama classes will be honoured through their involvement in the show.
Showcasing students
Depending on the level of student involvement in classes, there will be opportunities for students to perform in front of an audience. This audience could be made up of their peers or family members. This type of performing will be different to student involvement in mainstage and foyer theatre productions. Showcasing students to their peers and family will very much be focussed on students’ acting and not so much other production or design elements that are associated with our mainstage and foyer theatre productions.