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Regulus

Values and Culture

27

Isaac composed and arranged the

music and worked on the storylines

with Jack Duff, Annie Manning, Jack

Shatford, Max Earnshaw, Frances

Campbell, Harry Grigg, Ella Harris,

Daniel Maier-Gant, Dominique

Harrison, Alice Bevin, April Oakley

and Sophie Wells.

Isaac, who recently won the prestigious

Composer Award in the NZCT Chamber

Music Contest, and his writing crew

produced a twisted story of murder,

trickery, justice and of finding love.

Years 9 and 10 students delivered an

outstanding performance of characters

larger than life and a drama set at a

time when evidence could always fit

the crime.

Rector Christine Leighton says

the College is proud to celebrate

outstanding student talent. “This

performance is a wonderful recognition

of Isaac’s hard work and musical

ability.” And she says, the origin of

the idea was a simple request, “May I

write a musical for the Years 9 and 10

students?”

Dance and Drama specialist teacher,

Ginnie Thorner, says

Suspect

is the

story of what happens when students

have the space and permission to act

on their initiative and create something

meaningful in their world. “Isaac

absorbed all feedback. He held his

own creative line when he needed to,

but had the maturity and the creative

understanding to know when to weave

in something new or when to let

something go.”

Suspect

is a twisted story of murder,

trickery, justice and of finding love.

After the party for the ‘Man of the

Year’, the man of the hour, the mayor,

is found dead - probably murdered.

The town of Bitter Springs is in shock

and they realise the suspect could be

anyone, so rumours start to fly. Years 9

and 10 students took to the stage with

great energy, and brought the humour

in the script to life. Year 10 student

William Chase, who has been in three

shows say, “This was my first lead

role and I really enjoyed playing the

strong-minded, coffee-demanding Mr

Mortimer Morton. I hope to be in more

StAC productions in the future!”

Isaac, who also worked with Head of

Music, Duncan Ferguson, who provided

mentoring in composition, arranging

and recording, says the show would

not have been a success without the

combined effort of everyone involved.

“It didn’t feel like work most of the

time,” he says. “I thought it would be

daunting, but it turned out that it just

came alive.”

For Isaac, a highlight of the play was

when a crew from TV ONE’s

Seven

Sharp

visited the College to film a story

on the production.

SUSPECT - CRIME SCENE DO

CENE DO NOT CROSS

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