Performing Arts, Term 2 Week 8 2026

Term 2

Term 3

Co-Curricular Updates

A reminder to please ensure you’re logging your child’s absence for Performing Arts Co-Curricular activities via the Pulteney App. Please follow the below instructions:

• Select Co-Curricular Tile
• Select Log co-curricular absence

Junior School:

• All junior school Performing Arts Co-Curricular activities conclude at the end of Week 9 this term, and will resume Week 2, Term 3. Keep an eye on Clipboard for more information
• All students enrolled in Semester 1 Junior Year 3/4 Drama Club and Junior Year 5/6 Drama Club will cease this term
• All students enrolled in Semester 2 Junior Year 3/4 Drama Club and Junior Year 5/6 Drama Club will commence in Week 2, Term 3

Middle & Senior School:

• Middle and Senior School Performing Arts Co-Curricular activities will conclude at the end of Week 10 this term, and will resume Week 1, Term 3

Year 10 & 11 Drama Production

We are once again excited to be presenting the Year 10 and Year 11 Drama classes at the Holden St Theatre venue. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to work in a professional theatrical space and to develop their craft.

The Year 10 students will first stage the dramatic play This Changes Everything, written by Joel Horwood. Partly inspired by Lord of the Flies, the play explores what happens when a group of idealistic teenagers, disillusioned with the world, leave and form their own community on an isolated oil rig.

After a brief interval, the Year 11 students will present the original comedy Bridal Party Breakdown. At a busy wedding reception, the bridal party take refuge in a hotel room. The wedding festivities unravel when they discover a massive secret about the groom, turning the celebration into a hilarious and heartfelt emotional storm.

Tickets are $10.00. Please secure your ticket via Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/pulteney-grammar-school-year-10-and-11-drama-production-evening

Unite4Kids

Last Wednesday, the Wheaton String Quartet performed at the pre-show VIP gathering for this event. They played beautifully for approximately 45 minutes and were very well received. Later, the Senior Drum Corps performed on the main stage to open the 650-person luncheon. They also performed exceptionally well, with many people providing positive feedback about both groups.

It is wonderful to see our students contributing to the community in this volunteer capacity. Supporting community events and fundraising initiatives is an important part of life, and providing opportunities for our students to participate in such meaningful service is something of which we can all be proud.

Winter Music Festival 2026

We are looking forward to this year’s Winter Music Festival, which will be held this weekend! There are 4 concerts in the festival:

Friday 12 June: Winter Music Cabaret, 6.00pm
– No restrictions to ticket sales

Saturday 13 June: Choral Concert, 3.00pm
– Only 2 tickets per family
– There is a very large number of students performing in this concert and seating capacity is limited. We kindly encourage Junior School parents to purchase their tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment
– To help ensure that families of our younger performers have the opportunity to secure tickets, we respectfully ask parents of Grammarphones Choir and Senior Concert Choir students to delay purchasing tickets until later in the week. We greatly appreciate your understanding and support in helping us accommodate as many performing families as possible

Saturday 13 June: Junior School Concert, 5.00pm
– 3 tickets per performing student

Saturday 13 June: Middle/Senior School Concert, 7.00pm
– No restrictions to ticket sales

Adult tickets cost $10.00 each. Non-performing students are welcome to attend free of charge. Please note that children aged 4 and above will require their own ticket, and we kindly ask that children 3 and under sit on a parent or caregiver’s lap. Performing students do not need a ticket.

Please note that due to ticketing constraints, a separate ticket is required for each concert for those who wish to attend more than one. Seating capacity is also limited across all four concerts, so please note the following arrangements under the concert heading ticket links:

There will be a bar operating in Wyatt Hall for the Winter Music Cabaret on Friday evening, allowing audience members to enjoy a beverage while listening to the jazz performances. On Saturday, the Friends of Performing Arts will provide a bar and BBQ, with sausage in bread, toasted cheese sandwiches and pumpkin soup available. We encourage families to stay and enjoy some food and refreshments between concerts, with the bar and BBQ operating from 4.15pm – 7.00pm.

A special highlight of this year’s festival will be a performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor (1st Movement), featuring Year 11 student Lucas Truong as piano soloist, accompanied by the School Orchestra together with guest Old Scholars and music tutors. This promises to be a very special musical moment and will take place during the 7:00pm concert.

Instrumental Music and Drama Program

Pulteney’s Performing Arts Department offers private tuition for a range of instruments as well as voice and drama lessons.

Applications for this year opened in December 2025 and have been finalised, however students from Reception right through to Year 12 can enrol at any time across the year. If an instrument, type of lesson or teacher is already fully booked, we can place your child on a waiting list until a lesson becomes available.

For more information about our program please click here. If you’re interested in enrolling your son or daughter, please complete the online application form.

Jonathon Rice
Head of Performing Arts