Blue Mountain College asks the question, is our past important to our future? The performance ended with the grandson accepting the taiaha challenge, thus honouring his heritage.
Blue Mountain College, Tapanui.
Blue Mountain College, Tapanui.
Red Riding Hood, played by Jasmin Alloo, struggles with peer pressure, crime and drugs as she is determined to go it alone in Columba College's performance, "Little Red Riding Hood".
Columba College, Dunedin.
Columba College, Dunedin.
Columba College, Dunedin.
Do reality television shows help you get the top job, to be the best, a husband and to look good? or is all that glitters not gold, Kaikorai Valley College pupils asked in "Waking up to Reality".
Kaikorai Valley College, Dunedin.
Kaikorai Valley College, Dunedin.
Kaikorai Valley College, Dunedin.
Logan Park High School, Dunedin.
Logan Park High School, Dunedin.
The Queen's High School performance "Don't Regret the Click". highlighted that if people want to get what they want, they have to work for it.
Queens High School, Dunedin.
Queens High School, Dunedin.
Queens High School, Dunedin.
Ambition and greed can be destructive, pupils from Waimate High School warned during their Macbeth-themed performance, "Vaulting Ambition".
Waimate High School.
Waimate High School.
Waimate High School.
Stories of self-destruction, greed, ambition and abuse were told by performers in the 2010 Stage Challenge held at the Regent Theatre last night.
Hundreds of pupils from nine Otago schools took the opportunity to perform for eight minutes, incorporating dance, drama and design to portray a theme of their choice.
The aim was to leave the audience thinking of the variety of issues raised, which also included designer babies, finding identity and honouring heritage.
Photographer Craig Baxter captured the action.
Results were. -
Otago Girls High School "DIY DNA" 1; Columba College "Little Red Riding Hood" 2; John McGlashan College "21 George St" 3.
• Prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.
