After-school drama classes
Term 3 - 2025
Day of Classes
Junior drama class. Wednesdays from 4:00pm – 5:00pm. For ages 8-10yrs.
Middle drama class. Thursdays from 4:00pm – 5:00pm. For ages 11-13yrs.
Senior drama class. Thursdays from 5:15pm – 6:15pm. For ages 14+yrs.
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Class teachers
Jock McLean (Class Teacher)
Jock is an experienced teacher with a wealth of knowledge about drama, theatre, and stagecraft. He has acted in several shows for Lieder Theatre Company and has served as dramaturg on a number of productions.
Jock has is also an accomplished director of young people having directed over 30 plays with an emphasis on Shakespeare (Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and The Tempest), Brecht (The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Mother Courage and Galileo) and 20th century Australian Drama (Away, The Floating World and Blackrock).
He has run the popular Lieder Youth Theatre programs in part for 4 years; directing young people in 8 plays and over 10 Eisteddfod entries. Jock also held teaching positions with Goulburn High School and Canberra Grammar School within both their English and Drama departments.
Blake Selmes (Class Teacher)
Blake is Lieder Theatre’s current Artistic Director. He is a performer, director, designer and musician who has worked directed over 10 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, his most recent productions of Anne Of Green Gables, Charlotte’s Web and Hir by Taylor Mac were critical and commercial success for the company and involved many Lieder Youth Theatre students both on stage and behind the scenes.
He is an experienced children’s entertainer and early childhood educator - a lifelong magician and Early Childhood Music Specialist with Hume Conservatorium of Music.
Class Sizes
Drama classes each have a maximum of 16 students. Once we reach that limit with each class, we won’t be accepting anymore new students for that term.
Cost
Junior and senior drama classes cost $100.00 per student for a regular 8-week term.
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 weeks 1 and 10. This will equate to 8 sessions for the term. This may differ for special projects. If terms are longer or shorter, we will adjust start/finish times to suit. 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.