Young actors take centre stage at graduation showcase

Sascha Wil­son

Thir­ty-one as­pir­ing ac­tors show­cased their tal­ents and new­ly ac­quired skills dur­ing Cin­don Pro­duc­tions’ re­cent Learn to Act grad­u­a­tion show­case at Na­pari­ma Bowl in San Fer­nan­do.

The event fea­tured orig­i­nal scripts writ­ten and per­formed by the pro­gramme’s three grad­u­at­ing class­es. The Kids Class pre­sent­ed The Tale of the Haunt­ed Spir­its, Be­gin­ner Teens staged The Fu­ner­al Con­fes­sion, while Ad­vanced Teens per­formed The Lost Is­land of Tribes.

Be­fore an au­di­ence of proud par­ents, rel­a­tives and sup­port­ers, the stu­dents demon­strat­ed skills de­vel­oped dur­ing the pro­gramme, in­clud­ing act­ing, sto­ry­telling, team­work, com­mu­ni­ca­tion and pub­lic speak­ing.

Cin­don Pro­duc­tions said its Learn to Act pro­gramme was de­signed as a jour­ney of self-dis­cov­ery to help chil­dren find their voice in a safe, nur­tur­ing and em­pow­er­ing en­vi­ron­ment.

“Through the­atre games, im­pro­vi­sa­tion, char­ac­ter ex­plo­ration, sto­ry­telling, and per­for­mance, stu­dents de­vel­op the con­fi­dence to stand tall in their own iden­ti­ty. They learn to com­mu­ni­cate with clar­i­ty and con­vic­tion, reg­u­late emo­tions un­der pres­sure, build mean­ing­ful re­la­tion­ships, and em­brace chal­lenges with courage,” the com­pa­ny said.

The com­pa­ny added that the show­case rep­re­sent­ed far more than a per­for­mance.

“It is the vis­i­ble ex­pres­sion of growth, per­se­ver­ance, cre­ativ­i­ty, and trans­for­ma­tion. It is the mo­ment where hid­den po­ten­tial steps in­to the spot­light. It is the cel­e­bra­tion of voic­es that have grown stronger, imag­i­na­tions that have ex­pand­ed, and young peo­ple who have be­gun the life­long jour­ney to­ward con­fi­dence, re­silience, flour­ish­ing, and great­ness.”

Dur­ing the event, Sarah Kissoon per­formed a mono­logue, while Char­l­ize Ra­goonath and Arisa Ra­jan de­liv­ered so­lo per­for­mances. Ché-Nathaniel Knights per­formed the clos­ing song.

Grad­u­ates al­so re­ceived cer­tifi­cates recog­nis­ing their suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the 12-week pro­gramme.