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6 Tuesday September 25 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi NOR’WEST NEWS News Planting day at Grampian Reserve NATURE enthusiasts gathered at Grampian Reserve last weekend to take part in a planting day. About 25 members of the Christchurch branch of 350.org planted around 500 trees and shrubs in the reserve. The international organisation 350.org has 94 groups all over the world making an effort to fight climate change by raising environmental awareness. The planting day at Grampian Reserve followed a tree rally in the central city organised by 350.org to raise awareness of the role trees play in carbon capture. Plants included a mix of both native and exotics and were part of the city council’s green asset renewal programme for urban parks. The day was held to not only emphasise how vital it is to plant trees for carbon absorption but also enable people to plant trees themselves. The event concentrated on native trees as they were more likely to survive warming temperatures than non-natives. OPTION ONE Young director and all girls • By Ashleigh Monk A PLAY that started out as a drama class assignment has been transformed into an awardwinning production by a St Andrew’s College student. Jackson Page won the regional TheatreFest competition, then went on to earn the emerging director and best production of a New Zealand play awards at the national competition for Green Grass. “It was amazing, we didn’t really expect it,” he said. The 18-year-old wrote and directed the play, and at the finals in Wellington last week he also starred in it. “Unfortunately, one of the actors I had in the regionals is part of the show Les Miserables, and he had shows on the weekend we were in Wellington, so I actually stepped into that role. Now I’ve written, directed and starred in the play.” Jackson said the concept for Green Grass came from a drama class assignment. “We came up with the concept as a group, then I just ended up writing all of it on my own,” he said. His teachers suggested he enter it in the regional TheatreFest competition, in which it was judged the best overall play. The plot of Green Grass follows two people – one with a steady job and the other who was “lazy” and unemployed. A narrator tells the story as the two main characters switch lives, ultimately missing their former lifestyles. “It turns out they’re stuck in another loop, and it’s not really much better than what they had before, and now there’s nothing they can do about it,” he said. “It’s not really the happiest of endings, which is what I like.” Jackson has taken drama class- STARS: St Andrew’s College student Jackson Page (left) with actors Archie Milligan and Sam Bowden Cooke. The trio performed at the Theatrefest national competition, in which Jackson earned the emerging director award. es at St Andrew’s for the past five years and, although he is set to study engineering at Canterbury University, he hopes to continue his passion for theatre. “I definitely would like to continue directing and acting in the future. I think it’s a really fun thing for me to be doing.” Driving Miss Daisy Harewood Driving Miss Daisy is a friendly and reliable companion driving service. We can help with: • School pick up/drop off • Grocery or other shopping trips • Medical and other appointments ACC registered vendor. Total Mobility Cards accepted. 18B MAIN NORTH RD, PAPANUI | PH 354 6000 | WWW.SHOSHA.NZ Bookings are essential. Call Renee today. Ph: (03) 358 9466 Mob: 021 503 609 Email: harewood@drivingmissdaisy.co.nz SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD PAPANUI MERIVALE STROWAN SPREYDON
NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday September 25 2018 7 crew win at TheatreFest • By Ashleigh Monk DOUBLE STANDARDS when it comes to what boys can do and what girls can do, is highlighted in a play which led Rangi Ruru Girls’ School to victory at the national TheatreFest. THe students performed Evan Placey’s Girls Like That, which pointed out the way in which girls and boys are perceived when it came to sexuality, and earned the best youth production and best overall production awards at the event in Wellington. Director of theatre arts Peter Rutherford said the play focused on a character named Scarlett, who shared a nude photograph with a boy which was then shared around publicly. The story followed Scarlett as she dealt with the fallout of the photograph, ultimately ending with her implied suicide. But this was not the original plot, which ended with Scarlett discovering stories about her strong female ancestors and overcoming the scrutiny she faced. “It was originally a 90min play and I cut it down to about 25min to make it more reasonable,” he said. “I tried to get an essence of the play without destroying it. It was tricky, the moment you start cutting things out you risk diluting it, or losing some sense from it.” He said the point of the play was to show the power that girls had over other girls, and that women should support each other. “At the end, Scarlett says: ‘You know, it’s funny, boys have always been a*******s but it seems to me these days that girls have become the a*******s that boys used to be.’ It’s kind of about women gate-keeping the behaviour of other women.” He said he and the students were stoked at being awarded best youth production and best overall production. “I thought it was a really TALENT: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School took out the best youth production and best overall production awards at TheatreFest. Emma Cushing, back left, Prue Lange, Peter Rutherford, Rose Lewis, Meg Roberts, and Jaime Moore, front left, Aimee Hayward, Abby Spencer, Suzanna Davis. PHOTO: KEN BAKER great process, the people were wonderful, and it was just a really fabulous, supportive occasion for people who love the craft of theatre,” he said. “We were blown away. There were some really incredible productions from other teams . . . we were up against some brilliant teams, I wasn’t expecting to win, so it was a pleasant shock.” Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk Burnside team takes out NZ computer program contest BURNSIDE HIGH School students put their computer programming skills to the test and came out on top. Vincent Lee, Eric Song and Grant Wong’s team BHSteve won the New Zealand programming competition at the weekend. Bruce22, made up of Nicholas Grace, Joseph Grace and Andrew Hall, finished second. Hosted by Canterbury University, the competition saw teams compete in an online competition from venues across the country. The high school category had 58 teams. Four teams competed from Burnside High. As well as Bruce22 and BHSteve, they were Boom Sway Pro Team with Leon Meier and Harrison Camm; and TerrorBite with Leo Black and Larissa Whalley. For the month of September 15% OFF ALL GOODS IN STORE!! When you show your SuperGold Card INCLUDES SPECIALS, DISCOUNTED GOODS, PASSPORT PHOTOS. EXCLUDES PRESCRIPTIONS. Valid until 30th September 2018. Wairakei ROAD BARNETT’S PHARMACY 4/501 Wairakei Road, Burnside 03 360 3178 03 351 3099 wairakei@barnettspharmacy.co.nz BarnettsWairakei
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