Daramalan College Alumni, achievement with the Daramalan MSC spirit.
Over the years, the Daramalan Alumni Facebook page chronicles some of the ex-student achievements. We have posted quite a number of these stories – a tribute to the MSC spirit in education. This time, sport, theatre and business.
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It is interesting to see how many different paths our graduates take. Bohdi Noy (2019) decided to make wrestling his career after seven years of drama classes. Wrestling under the name Bohdi Kennedy, he performed in Australia and will continue his wrestling journey in Japan next.
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After announcing retirement from her Olympic hurdling career two years ago, Lauren Boden (2006) turned her hand to bobsled. She teamed up with another Canberra sprinter Sarah Blizzard to compete. Previously, only two Australian athletes have competed in the Summer and Winter Olympics. Good luck to these two outstanding athletes!
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Last week our Alumni member Zoe Davis (2019) returned to Daramalan College to talk to the Year 10,11,12 drama students about her pathway into the Performing Arts industry. Zoe answered multiple questions and gave tips to the ones interested in a Performing Arts career.
Zoe graduated from NIDA last year with a Bachelor of Technical Theatre and Stage Management. This year she got a job as a Professional Assistant Stage Manager on the production season of Sydney Theatre Company's "Hubris and Humiliation". Way to go, Zoe!
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Congratulations to Daramalan Alumni Lloyd Allison-Young (2008) for his performance at The Edinburgh Festival in the Legs On The Wall play. Lloyd was nominated for best-supporting Actor in Sydney last year and is proving to be a very versatile performer.
Lloyd Allison-Young graduated from Daramalan College, having a most distinguished history playing Peer Gynt while still in Year 8 and being the inspiration and founding member of the Comedy Club that was to become the Drama Club and now the Daramalan Theatre Company (DTC) Junior Ensemble. Lloyd was engaged as a professional Actor while still at school in Year 10 and appeared in the film "The Black Balloon", produced by and starring Tony Collette, along with a number of television cameos.
He was later accepted into New York's Stella Adler School of Acting and later into L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Lloyd performed for several years in Europe before returning to Sydney and becoming a prominent performer in the professional industry there. Lloyd has kept his connection with Daramalan College open. In 2019, he composed the music for Brecht's "Mother Courage", performed by the DTC.
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The founder of a kids-focused haircare brand is celebrating her products rolling onto the shelves of 530 Chemist Warehouse stores across the country after she found a solution to the battle many parents face when trying to look after their kids’ hair.
While Brisbane-based MIMI was initially launched as an e-commerce brand in April 2022, its founder Emma Mackenzie’s long-term strategy has always been aimed at pharmacy retail. With the personal care needs of children aged 5-12 underserved globally and the market projected to reach US$137.11 billion by 2030, Mackenzie is gearing up for MIMI to lead the category with plant-based product solutions. Mackenzie told SmartCompany the national presence of Chemist Warehouse ensures the brand’s products are readily available across the country
