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NEWS<br />
38 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Students and the directing team at Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre are enjoying weekly workshops.<br />
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Young performers enjoying workshops<br />
There’s no big annual<br />
production this year because of<br />
the covid situation, but<br />
performers associated with Mid<br />
Canterbury Children’s Theatre<br />
(MCCT) are learning and having<br />
fun off stage.<br />
Some 40 students, aged from<br />
seven to 18,are enjoying<br />
coming together and learning at<br />
weekly performance<br />
workshops.<br />
The workshops are being run<br />
by the directing team who<br />
would have beeninvolved in<br />
thisyear’s postponed<br />
production of The Little<br />
Mermaid.<br />
Director Cherie Livingstone,<br />
musical director Jo Castelow<br />
andchoreographer have been<br />
passing on advice to students<br />
who have splitinto three<br />
groups.<br />
Each group hastaken asong<br />
and using it to learn the<br />
intricacies of performance and<br />
stage craft.<br />
MCCT committee member<br />
Stacey Howdensaid rehearsals<br />
were all set to start forThe<br />
LittleMermaid in Marchwhen<br />
the covid lockdown struck.<br />
Around 70 studentshad<br />
indicatedakeen interest in<br />
joining theproductionand a<br />
number hadbeenvery<br />
disappointed when the decision<br />
hadbeenmade to postponeit<br />
for12months.<br />
Some performers had been<br />
part of theMCCTfamily for 10<br />
years and this year wouldhave<br />
been their finalchance to<br />
perform.<br />
‘‘Asacommitteewedecided<br />
later thatitwould be great for<br />
the kidstohang outand to direct<br />
thatenthusiasm into practising<br />
their performance skills.’’<br />
MCCT hasbeenusingthe<br />
Tinwald School Hall for the<br />
weekly twohour workshops.<br />
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