SIX SUSPECTS AND THEIR INCRIMINATING SECRETS
DRAMA
THE ALIBIS
SIX SUSPECTS AND THEIR INCRIMINATING SECRETS
THIS PAGE : ALEX KORMENDY . BELOW : DARCY BOWN AND
ATIKSH MEHTA .
RIGHT PAGE : TOP LEFT , AARYAN BERERA AND LIAM COGLEY .
TOP RIGHT : BILLY WHITE , ALEX BROWN AND SAM HINTON .
BELOW , RIGHT : STANLEY WIGHTMAN .
It was midnight at Arlington Mansion . Six guests , each with their own secrets , are congregated in a grand drawing room . A distinctive silhouette enters the stage : Detective Casey Neptune , the most famous detective you ’ ve never heard of . Horror spreads across the guests ’ faces as they learn of the death of their billionaire host and are informed that they are all suspects . They turn on each other , attempting to discern the culprit and hide their own incriminating secrets . So begins the Year 8 Play The Alibis .
Fifty-six students and 18 staff members from Scotch and MLC came together from January to April , to pull together the joint Year 8 play . Magically , we transformed the Geoffrey McComas Theatre into Arlington Manor , a convoluted web of layered lies and batty backstories . A web that had taken the cast and crew of The Alibis a four-month journey to weave .
Behind that intricate web lay all the moving parts , all working in harmony . Fifteen students operated the complex array of backstage equipment : the lights , sound effects , covert behindthe-scenes communication and complicated moving sets . Their excitement , coupled with the experienced approach of the backstage staff allowed for a seamless flow , which translated beautifully onto the stage . For Year 8s with minimal experience
48 Great Scot Issue 169 – September 2023