Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Koonung Secondary College

Paul HAMER (Box Hill) (16:45): Congratulations to Koonung Secondary College on its successful production of Chicago the musical last month. I would like to praise the fabulous cast: Bethani Bingley, Alysha Clegg, Emily Nash, Charis Gibson, Victor Azubel, Gwen Mander, Zarah Buchanan, Sierra Clark, Sophie Newbury, Lilla Buchanan, Ruth Chen, Shion Chenhall, Stephanie Coleman, Bridget Dods, Millie Ferdowsian, Georgia Fleming, Gisele Freiha, Poppy Fukushima- Taylor, Meika Guy, Nathan Hanslow, Wilson Li, Ashton Lonnen, Josie Mander, Quinn McNeil, Jack Moran, Tiffany Sync, Clio Vassiliades, Zach Watkins, Chloe Wightman and Milla Wightman.

A performance such as this does not happen without many contributors who cannot be seen on stage. So a big shout-out to all the crew: Jennifer Molloy, Vernice Pang, Zune Pang, Olive Brodie, Hilary Dods, Xavier Cronin, Hana Drohan and Lucy Cooper on backstage; Jeremy Ball, Sienna Forrest, James Le, Simon Cronin and Josh Verco on sound; Micaela Poon, Michael Harding, Zoe Newbury, Sabrina Hutchinson and Noah Bentley-Mackinnon on lighting; Khushi Patel, Hime Delaney, Lachlan Cartledge, Alessio De Luise, Daniel Goulding, Sienna Pugliese, Moksha Iyer, Aaron Chee and Afra Eftekhar on front of house; and Jasmine Missen, Tehmi Harding, Alisa Watthanawiphak, Chloe Cooper, Megan Zerna, Elly Zachariou, Indiana Iannotti and Atrina Nia on hair and make-up. Finally, I would like to congratulate and thank the amazing band as well as all of the wonderful parents who assisted with all the costumes and construction.