English Drama Society 2020-21 under Covid restrictions

Activities and Accomplishments

Oct and Nov 2020: Info Day Script Writing and Video Performance

This year we had about 50 students in our Drama Club. During our regular Monday meetings, students were put into 3 smaller groups due to Covid-19. One F5 Chairperson and a Teacher Advisor were in charge of one group. The students had to write and perform a short scene based on the theme, “Fears of a P6 Student Entering Secondary School”. All 3 groups were able to come up with a script, but due to the return of online learning mode in early December, only 1 group could finish filming their video. It has been uploaded onto the website.

March 2021: “Speak Up-Act Out! On Air! (Radio Drama)

Fifteen students participated in this EDB-sponsored English drama competition. This included writing a 3-5-minute script, based on a given stimulus and incorporating sound effects to read via zoom for the competition. For their first efforts in radio drama, they did an outstanding job! Congratulations!

Senior Team A: “The Curse of the Church Bell” (stimulus: a bell)
Actors: 4D Hagios Wong (Team Leader), 4D Arthur Chan, 3E Kevin Kwong and 3E Charmaine Mak
Devisers: 4A Colin Tong, 4B Ruby Chui and 4B Sophie Wong
Result: Champion and Audience Favourite Awards

Junior Team B: Ping Pong Pressure! (stimulus: a whistle)
Actors: 2E Jade Choi (Team Leader), 2E Abeel Pardinas, 2E Isabelle Chan, and 2D Bianca Lam 
Devisers: 2E Julie Chau, 2E Ian Cheng, 2E Ellie Wong and 2D Jasmine Chan
Result: Champion and Audience Favourite Awards

April-May 2021: “Stories on Stage” Scriptwriting and Dramatic Performance Competition

In this scriptwriting competition, Form 1 students adapted a short story into a 3-5-minute script. After this, they had to record a dramatic reading of the most exciting part of their script. Four teams were entered, and all performed brilliantly. Teams C & D were able to attend an Awards Ceremony at the EDB Headquarters in Kowloon Tong in late June. We are so proud of our youngest and newest members of our Drama Team!

Team A: “The Magical Spirit Tree” (adapted from The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde) 
Writers & Actors: 1A Sophie Ng (Team Leader), 1A Wilton Lau, and 1A Monique Law 
Result: Merit Award

Team B: “Selfish to Selfless” (adapted from The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde)
Writers & Actors: 1E Nick Wong (Team Leader), 1E Marco Hai, 1A Kody Ching and 1A Marcus Kwan
Result: Participation Award

Team C: “A Wish Comes True” (adapted from The Pop-Up by Adrian Tilley)
Writers and Actors: 1C George Hutabarat (Team Leader), 1C Alex Xu, 1B Ryan Fan, and 1B Oswald Seak
Result: Merit Award

Team D: “The Desire” (adapted from The Pop-up by Adrian Tilley)
Writers and Actors: 1C Sunny Xiao (Team Leader), 1C Gaudi Chan, 1B Matthew Yu and 1D Sam Tse
Result: Merit Award

What a successful year for our English Drama Society under covid times!