SUS Lagan Festival results 2026
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In March several students from Sullivan Upper School who take speech and drama lessons in school with Catherine Gardiner (CAST School of Speech and Drama) competed in the Lagan Festival of Speech, Drama, Music & Art, with incredible results and many cups and trophies now grace many mantlepieces! All the students who competed, whether or not they were placed, performed extremely well, and all are a credit to themselves and to the school. Here are the top results!
SUS LAGAN FESTIVAL SUCCESS 2026
VS=Verse Speaking ML=Monologue PP=Prepared Prose Reading SR=Sight Reading BR=Bible Reading DLI=Improvisation Duologue GPI=Improvisation Group
PPR=Poetry and Prose Recital
HC=Highly Commended
Year 8
Lyla Ridge PP 3rd
VS 2nd
Isla Rodger VS HC
Kate Nelson PP HC
Year 9
Isabella Parke BR 1st
SR HC
DLI HC
GPI HC
Tilly Ham BR 2nd
SR 2nd
PP 1st
DLI HC
GPI HC
ML 2nd
Gabriella Morrow SR 1st
PP 2nd
ML 2nd
Catherine Turner PP 3rd
DLI HC
GPI HC
Poppy Cann DLI HC
GPI HC
Year 11
Esme Huey BR 3rd
SR 2nd
VS HC
PP HC
*winner of the intermediate commendation trophy awarded to the competitor gaining places in many classes bit not winning any
*winner of the trophy for the female competitor gaining the highest aggregate marks across all speech classes
Mitchell Brown SR 3rd
VS 3rd
PP HC
*winner of the trophy for the male competitor gaining the highest aggregate mark across all speech classes
Year 13
David Johnston PPR HC
Olivia McLean PPR 1st
*winner of the trophy for poetry and prose recital, winner of the trophy for the highest mark in the festival with 94, winner of the cup for the most memorable moment of the festival and winner of the overall Lagan Festival Cup for Speaking of Verse and Prose
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