BROOKS High School students are helping unmask domestic violence through an arts installation evening titled The Masquerade Party.
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The installation, which features a live performance and an arts display, was put on for the first time on Monday night and will be repeated on Tuesday to a sold-out audience.
The event is a collaborative work by the school's dance, drama, construction, photography, visual arts and catering students, and aims to raise awareness of domestic violence and funds for White Ribbon.
Brooks High School dance and drama teacher Belinda Stephens said the grade 8 to 10 production students had devised a tribute to former Leeton school teacher Stephanie Scott, which was the main performance of the night.
Ms Scott was raped and killed in April, just days before her wedding.
The students start their performance with the wedding that could have been, before moving on to a memorial picnic and movement and soundscapes about domestic violence.
Grade 9 student Mohiba Mohammadi, who plays Ms Scott, said she had enjoyed learning about domestic violence and putting the tribute together.
"I had no idea that domestic violence was so common," Mohiba, 16, said.
She said she wanted people to understand that domestic violence can happen to anyone.
"We just want people to know that it happens and it's a thing in Australia that needs to stop because it isn't cool."
The students also performed the work at the Ravenswood Family and Child Centre during National Psychology Week.
All ticket proceeds will be donated to White Ribbon.