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 | CCSS Productions of 2008 |  |
 | Yr12 Music Recital Evening |  |
| Music Showcase 2008 | |
 | Rising Stars |  |
| John Lennon & Me | |
| CCSS Productions of 2007 | |
| Time of My Life | |
| Year 12 Drama Production 2007 | |
DIRECTOR'S NOTE THE LESSON and THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA may each be interpreted as an allegory of Fascism. The blatant abuse of the instrument of power in the hands of those who possess it, to brutally destroy the individual rights and liberties of those who have been somehow dispossessed, forms the unifying, underlying thematic issue of both plays. THE LESSON is a chilling "lesson" indeed. Written in the wake of Hitler's Europe by Rumanian Absurdist playwright, Eugene Ionesco, the play is a stark, black, dramatic comedy, which explores the exercise of authority, domination and violence within a teacher-pupil relationship. The ability to use words as weapons, language as a means of annihilation, is as much a reflection of Hitler's dictatorship as of any manifestation of power that may be used to manipulate others today, and so we have set our production in the here and now, where unfortunately, all too often, even in the relative freedom of Australia, people may be consciously controlled and subjugated by the politics of fear. Staged as a period piece by CCSS Drama students, Spanish Symbolist poet and dramatist, Frederico Garcia Lorca's THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA was written just before his execution by the Fascists in 1936, on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, in which the democratically elected Republican government was overthrown under General Franco. The play opens as five daughters, ruled by their tyrannical mother, Bernarda, are locked in her all female house to mourn the death of their father for eight long years, "grinding their hearts to dust". Holding up the mirror to life in Spanish society at the time, the play explores the sacrifice of one's inner self to outward appearances; the unnatural repression of sexuality; the imprisonment of living beings within the most rigid, narrow confines of Catholic morality; and the overwhelming conflict between those who hold power and those who do not. Despite Bernarda's order of "Silence!" the human spirit fights back, as each woman seeks not only to escape the weight of her oppression, but feels longing and passion for the unseen male, Pepe el Romano, leading to ultimately tragic consequences. Although they originated in a different time, culture and place, both plays are still highly relevant to audiences today. Each examines the fundamental struggle which is perhaps the most constant and important in our contemporary world - the conflict between the authoritarian imposition of order - and our essentially human desire for personal freedom.Pip Lewin
| The FISH BOWL BOYS perform at the first school assembly 2007 | | 
| "ENCHANTED India" | |
Charles Campbell Secondary School's annual Performing Arts production for 2006.
Posters designed by Gabby Capponi and Karina Carroll - ENCHANTED India Bollywood inspired.
| Year 11 & 12 Visual Arts Fringe Excursion 2006 | | 
Report cover design: Gabriella Capponi In March the Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts students visited the Fringe to view many of the exhibitions by South Australian visual artists. A highlight was the Graduating students at the Drill Hall followed by a visit to the Art Gallery of SA which was a first for many of our students. Each group has been asked to write a report on the day along with analysis of some of the art works. 
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