Stories and highlights

Semester 2 Finale Concert

Thursday 11th December 2025, 7pm - York Theatre, Seymour Centre

Newtown High School of the Performing Arts celebrates the best of Dance, Drama and Music from their 2025 programmes.

Tickets available to purchase through the Seymour Centre Box Office.

Semester 2 Dance Showcase

Wednesday 3rd December 2025, 7pm - Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre

This evening promises to be an outstanding showcase by our Dance and Classical Ballet Companies performing works by Dance Faculty members and guest tutors.

Tickets available to purchase through the Seymour Centre Box Office.

Semester 2 Drama Showcase

Performances by our Years 7, 8, 9 and 10/11 Drama Companies

• Year 7 - Hartley Company
• Year 7 - Hendrikx Company
• Year 7 - Sceats Company
• Year 8 - Hoddinott Company
• Year 8 - Kendall Company
• Year 9 - Manning Company
• Year 9 - Casey Company
• Year 10/11 - Van Munster Company

Semester 2 Music Showcase

ANIMATO MUSIC CONCERT
Tuesday 18 November 2025 at 6.00pm

• Concert Band
• WOMP
• Senior Choir
• Senior Extension Choir
• Zangari Guitar Ensemble
• SWE
• Jazz Orchestra
• Junior Percussion
• Senior Percussion
• Tango Ensemble
• String Quartet

CON BRIO MUSIC CONCERT
Thursday 20 November 2025 at 6.00pm

• Symphonie Orchestra
• Corelli String Ensemble
• Senior String Ensemble
• Junior Choir
• Intermediate Choir
• 7/8 Extension Choir
• 9/10 Extension Choir
• Jazz Combo
• Junior Littlefield Guitars
• Senior Littlefield Guitars

Spring Prom

In the tradition of Proms Concerts, NHSPA invites you to an evening of fine music in a convivial Spring atmosphere. Featuring our HSC performance programs in their final school performance.

Please bring a picnic rug and cushions for comfort, as there will be a very small number of chairs made available around the perimeter of St George's Hall. Your edible fancies of choice are encouraged, such as a fine picnic supper or savoury snacks. As such the P&C Cafe won't be running during this evening.

Bran Nue Dae

The school community is coming together to celebrate NAIDOC week with a screening of the musical comedy-drama film, Bran Nue Dae in the Studio Theatre on Thursday 24th July at 5pm.

Directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins and Reg Cribb. The film is an adaptation of the 1990 stage musical Bran Nue Dae by Jimmy Chi. It tells the coming of age story of an Aboriginal student on the west coast of Australia in the late '60s who runs away from a Catholic boarding school with his cruel headmaster in pursuit, meeting eccentric characters as he journeys back to his hometown.
Bran Nue Dae features a number of Australian stars including Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Deborah Mailman, Ningali Lawford, Dan Sultan, Missy Higgins, Geoffrey Rush, Magda Szubanski and Rocky McKenzie.

Semester 1 Drama Showcase

2025 Drama works performed by drama students
Wednesday 25 June and Thursday 26 June 2025

Following Companies performing on both evenings:

• Year 7 - Van Munster Company - Assistant Directors: Cooper Singleton and Evie Ricketson
• Year 7 - Casey Company
• Year 7 - Hardingham Company - Assistant Director Sylvie Daniels
• Year 8 - Hartley Company
• Year 8 - Kendall Company
• Year 9 - Sceats Company
• Year 9 - Hoddinott Company
• Year 10 - Gonda Company
• Year 11 - Hendrikx Company
• Year 11 - Manning Company

Semester 1 Dance Showcase

A showcase of works from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Dance and Classical Ballet Companies 2025.

Semester 1 Dance Classwork Showcase

Please join the Dance Department in a celebration of class work from Semester 1, 2025. This performance is a showcase of all the classwork our Dance students have been working on this semester, including Dance, Dance Extension and Classical Ballet students.

Newtown Upside Down

Invitation to all our New Students, Parents and Carers, welcome to NEWTOWN UPSIDE DOWN, a journey to what is possible in this unique place of learning!

'BUT...don't be late, late, for this very important date!'

Semester 1 Music Showcase

Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 May
Big Night Out Showcase Concerts will feature the same program items on both nights from every ensemble.

Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 June
Vivo Concerts the following week will feature the same program items on both nights from every ensemble.

BIG NIGHT OUT CONCERT
6:00pm St George's Hall
Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 May 2025

• Concert Band
• WOMP
• Junior Percussion Ensemble
• Junior Choir
• Intermediate Choir
• 7/8 Extension Choir
• 9/10 Extension Choir
• Corelli Chamber Ensemble
• Junior Littlefield Guitar Ensemble
• Senior Littlefield Guitar Ensemble
• Jazz Combo

VIVO CONCERT
6:00pm St George's Hall
Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 June 2025

• Symphony Orchestra
• Senior String Ensemble
• Senior Choir
• Senior Extension Choir
• Senior Percussion Ensemble
• Tango Ensemble
• Zangari Guitar Ensemble
• Symphonic Wind Ensemble
• Jazz Orchestra

Animal Farm

When the animals in the farmyard rebel against their tyrannical farmer and take control of the farm, they hope to create a world where they can be equal, happier and free. But as power shifts and a new leader emerges, they soon face the age-old question: what does it really mean to be equal?
Exploring loss of identity, the seductive allure of privilege, and the corrupting nature of political power, George Orwell's Animal Farm is a classic story of rebellion and treachery, and a timely reminder of the importance of resistance.
Tatty Hennessy's adaptation received its professional premiere in 2025, directed by Amy Leach, co-produced by Leeds Playhouse and Stratford East in association with Nottingham Playhouse, and performed at all three theatres. It was commissioned and first performed by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in 2021.
This production marks its Australian Debut. Directed by Warwick Doddrell and featuring an ensemble cast of NHSPA Year 10 Drama students.

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde follows the story of sorority president Elle Woods as she crosses the country on a mission to find love at Harvard Law School. After discovering how the law can be used to help others, she uses her newfound skills to defend a workout-queen in a murder trial, defying the odds and proving that pink can save the day!

Sweeney Todd

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!