07/09/2023
Victorian State School Spectacular 2023
The 2023 Victorian State Schools Spectacular (VSSS) returns for its annual extravaganza, for two shows on Saturday 9 September 2023 at 1pm and 6:30pm at John Cain Arena.
Over 2000 Victorian students are part of an extraordinary eight-month creative journey, which will culminate in the state’s budding creative talent taking to the stage as circus artists, puppeteers, musicians, singers, dancers and skaters, as well as further students taking on the incredibly important behind-the-scenes roles in stage management, lighting, sound, costumes, and production.
This year’s show – Happy Travels – will follow an intrepid group of hapless tourists as they traverse the globe in a cavalcade of circus mayhem. The arena audience will be amazed by giant puppets and a dazzling circus fairground with awe inspiring aerialists, while the score will deliver music from the Pacific, Japan, Britain, Italy and Australia’s First Nations. Circus performers are being trained by professional circus artists Dislocate Theatre and this year will also feature the First Nations Ensemble who are working with leading First Nations circus company Na Djinang Circus.
Carefully curated through suggestions from the cast, the songs and music in this year’s show include amongst a wide selection, Katy Perry’s Firework, Age of Reason by John Farnham and Sitting on Top of the World by Delta Goodrem, Calum Scott’s Around the World, Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer and Olivia Newton-John’s classic hit Xanadu.
It’s going to be a spectacular show!
Enjoy the final rehearsal today BBPS, before tomorrow’s performances.
Thank you goes out to Ms Wicks, for her endless hours of work and support.
