The
Fairfield English Drama team was set up in November
2003, breaking away from the previous CCA body,
ELDDS (English Literary Drama and Debating Society).
So far, I think we have done a pretty good job!
We managed to set up an impressive CCA booth during
the secondary one orientation 2004 and our first
achievement was clinching the top award in Cheerleading
competition during Cross-country February 1994.
Our "C" division girls and "B"
division boys also won individual and team events.
Our real test came in July 2004 when we put up
an ad-hoc black-box production of the Silly Little
Girl and the Funny Old Tree at the school’s
old foyer.
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In 2005, the SYF Drama saw
Drama yet again challenging our members to stage
a performance of the most demanding standards.
Under the helm of Sherlyn Sim (3F 2004) and
her committee, Drama aimed to climb greater
heights and achieve what it had set out to do.
Our re-staging and reinterpretation of The Silly
Little Girl and the Funny Old Tree clinched
the team a Silver award in Singapore Youth Festival,
Drama 2005. It marked a beginning of a new era,
spurring the new team on to better our results
in year 2007. In Nov 2005, the Fairfield Drama
again put up another play by local playwright,
Kuo Pao Kun, Mama Looking for Her Cat.
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In 2006, the Fairfield Drama
team embarked on a diverse journey as the team
worked on Story-telling for the Media Resource
Library and put up 2 stories of fairy tales
with an updated altered political point-of-view.
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, and Cinderella were
interestingly performed in the Media Room of
the MRL. In August 2006, after 3 months of intensive
and gruelling rehearsing, under the artistic
direction of Natalie Hennidge (CAKE theatre),
musical direction of Hansel Tan, movement direction
of Amice Lim and John Mead, the drama team and
Fairfield Dance and award-winning Fairfield
Choir collaborated on an extraordinary project
known as A Bright New World, a Fairfield Musical.
The Musical was performed at Victoria Theatre
on 18th and 19th August 2006, and garnered rave
reviews from our audiences.
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Coming 2007, we welcome the new era as we forlornly
say departure of Ms Hia Wanching, our assistant
Teacher in-charge as she joins the Journalism
team and embrace, Mr Firhad Rohani, into the
Drama Ensemble. As we stride into 2007, The
Fairfield Drama is working laboriously for the
biannual Singapore Youth Festival (Drama, 2007).
This time, the team will be putting up a matchless
and unique piece of work written by our pupils.
In addition, the Drama team will also be working
on a script-writing course for non-SYF participants
from February till August as they gear up to
enter the annual Singapore Young Dramatist Award
and 24-hour Playwriting Competition. Our newly
recruited Secondary pupils will also be performing
the best play selected from the playwriting
workshop nearer the month of November. With
the many activities planned in 2007, the teachers
hope that the Drama team will scale new heights
and accomplish higher artistic competency.
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On
this note, we would like to express our gratitude
to all parents for their support, and most importantly
extend our heartfelt appreciation to Ms Elaine
Lim, Principal of FMSS, Ms Wong Bick Guan and
Mr Lim Sing Heng, our Vice-Principals and Ms
Fiona Tan, CCA HOD for emotionally and financially
supporting and encouraging our artistic endeavours.
Mr.
Louis Pang
Teacher In-Charge, Drama
Mother Tongue Department, FMSS
