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Anna Kerrigan
Anna is the Artistic Director of ASPIRE, an audition-based drama, dance, music and creative and performing arts program produced by the Catholic Schools Office of Maitland-Newcastle.
Take 16 young scriptwriters, give them three minutes of stage time with five talented actors to read their original works, and what do you get? At the Civic Playhouse recently it was something unique, funny, surprising and very special.
Now in its third year, Junior Theatre Makers is a program designed to offer all interested students from Years 5 to 9 the opportunity to learn more about creating theatre in a fun environment.
Capes were abundant at this year’s ASPIRE production ‘365 Questions, Issues and Good Deeds’ with one of the storylines following a young boy who decides to do a good deed each day of the year.