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All the photos from the dress rehearsal for Star Struck 2025
Dress rehearsals for the biggest showcase of student-led creative arts in the Hunter kicked off on Wednesday, as the cast of Start Struck - some 4000 students from the Hunter and Central Coast - made final preparations before opening night on Friday.
The annual arts extravaganza has been reignited in 2025 as organisers tip this year's performance, including a combined choir of 400 students, to be bigger and better than ever.
"This year's theme, Remixed: Volume 33, invites audiences on a dynamic journey through a reimagining of music, movement and meaning, highlighting a fresh take on past and present influences in the performing arts," organisers said in a statement.
"From high-energy dance and powerful vocals to moving drama pieces and a full live orchestra, Remixed promises a sensory celebration like no other."
The two-night performance opening Friday and Saturday, which will have four renditions of the show in a matinee and evening roster apiece, will stage 400 Indigenous dancers across two casts, organisers said, alongside the mass choir performance.
Celebrated conductor and composer George Ellis will return to lead the orchestra.
Ellis, who is known for his work across symphonic, choral, opera, musical theatre, jazz and pop genres, has appeared in major venues from Paris to New York and every Australian capital city.
Organisers say the show, which will be emceed by NewFM breakfast host Joel Gosper.
Dress rehearsals for the biggest showcase of student-led creative arts in the Hunter kicked off on Wednesday, as the cast of Start Struck - some 4000 students from the Hunter and Central Coast - made final preparations before opening night on Friday.
The annual arts extravaganza has been reignited in 2025 as organisers tip this year's performance, including a combined choir of 400 students, to be bigger and better than ever.
"This year's theme, Remixed: Volume 33, invites audiences on a dynamic journey through a reimagining of music, movement and meaning, highlighting a fresh take on past and present influences in the performing arts," organisers said in a statement.
"From high-energy dance and powerful vocals to moving drama pieces and a full live orchestra, Remixed promises a sensory celebration like no other."
The two-night performance opening Friday and Saturday, which will have four renditions of the show in a matinee and evening roster apiece, will stage 400 Indigenous dancers across two casts, organisers said, alongside the mass choir performance.
Celebrated conductor and composer George Ellis will return to lead the orchestra.
Ellis, who is known for his work across symphonic, choral, opera, musical theatre, jazz and pop genres, has appeared in major venues from Paris to New York and every Australian capital city.
Organisers say the show, which will be emceed by NewFM breakfast host Joel Gosper.
Dress rehearsals for the biggest showcase of student-led creative arts in the Hunter kicked off on Wednesday, as the cast of Start Struck - some 4000 students from the Hunter and Central Coast - made final preparations before opening night on Friday.
The annual arts extravaganza has been reignited in 2025 as organisers tip this year's performance, including a combined choir of 400 students, to be bigger and better than ever.
"This year's theme, Remixed: Volume 33, invites audiences on a dynamic journey through a reimagining of music, movement and meaning, highlighting a fresh take on past and present influences in the performing arts," organisers said in a statement.
"From high-energy dance and powerful vocals to moving drama pieces and a full live orchestra, Remixed promises a sensory celebration like no other."
The two-night performance opening Friday and Saturday, which will have four renditions of the show in a matinee and evening roster apiece, will stage 400 Indigenous dancers across two casts, organisers said, alongside the mass choir performance.
Celebrated conductor and composer George Ellis will return to lead the orchestra.
Ellis, who is known for his work across symphonic, choral, opera, musical theatre, jazz and pop genres, has appeared in major venues from Paris to New York and every Australian capital city.
Organisers say the show, which will be emceed by NewFM breakfast host Joel Gosper.
Dress rehearsals for the biggest showcase of student-led creative arts in the Hunter kicked off on Wednesday, as the cast of Start Struck - some 4000 students from the Hunter and Central Coast - made final preparations before opening night on Friday.
The annual arts extravaganza has been reignited in 2025 as organisers tip this year's performance, including a combined choir of 400 students, to be bigger and better than ever.
"This year's theme, Remixed: Volume 33, invites audiences on a dynamic journey through a reimagining of music, movement and meaning, highlighting a fresh take on past and present influences in the performing arts," organisers said in a statement.
"From high-energy dance and powerful vocals to moving drama pieces and a full live orchestra, Remixed promises a sensory celebration like no other."
The two-night performance opening Friday and Saturday, which will have four renditions of the show in a matinee and evening roster apiece, will stage 400 Indigenous dancers across two casts, organisers said, alongside the mass choir performance.
Celebrated conductor and composer George Ellis will return to lead the orchestra.
Ellis, who is known for his work across symphonic, choral, opera, musical theatre, jazz and pop genres, has appeared in major venues from Paris to New York and every Australian capital city.
Organisers say the show, which will be emceed by NewFM breakfast host Joel Gosper.
