FRONT AND BACK COVERS Students from Condell Park High School H Eagle Vale High School H Evans High School H John Edmondson High School H
A BIG THANKS TO Laura Williams, Nardine Wahsh & Victoria Nielsen from Condell Park High School H Emma Taite & Patrick Took from Eagle Vale High School H Amanda Shannon & Anna-Maria Dumitrescu from Evans High School H Meg Day from John Edmondson High School H Your warmth, energy and enthusiasm is always appreciated.
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A Message from Eamon
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The Plays Jasper Jones The Blind Giant is Dancing The Great Fire The Events Back at the Dojo Twelfth Night Ruby’s Wish The Drover’s Wife Title and Deed Faith Healer Girl Asleep
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Practical Stuff Schools Performances Evening Performances Access Programs Resources Workshops Professional Development Get Involved Schools Performances Bookings General Information Thank You
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Hello. My name’s Eamon, and I am very happily the new Artistic Director of this great old undertaking called Belvoir. This is our 2016 Season, and I’m especially pleased to present it to teachers. My great goal as Artistic Director is for the work we present to have the same scope and variety as the schools and students who visit Belvoir, or who Belvoir visits. Theatricality is what happens when great actors play great roles in great plays. It’s that rough magic that comes out of nowhere – when the actors and the play suddenly combine in a moment of raw, real human passion. Theatricality is faith in humanity. But Belvoir has never settled for theatricality alone. The world is an endless proliferation of new stories. They erupt out of the chaos of globalisation, political decay, displaced populations, climate change… A healthy society has to accommodate the full variety of life – it has to take stock of all the new stories without losing sight of the good old stories. So we must have theatricality, and we must have variety of life. All must be included; all must be spoken for, and spoken for with the full force of human passion. In our 2016 Season there are great actors, writers and directors: Peter Carroll, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Lally Katz, Catherine McClements, Geoff Morrell, Luke Mullins, Kate Mulvany, Leah Purcell, Stephen 4
Sewell, William Shakespeare, Nikki Shiels, Dan Spielman, Yael Stone, Matthew Whittet. There are plays from the past, plays from now, plays from now about the past. There are plays from here and plays from other countries. There are angry plays, political plays, celebrations. There are splendid big acts of community, and solo feats of daring. There are comedies, romances, fables, epics, whodunnits. The season we have put together is a season about how we live together. Family is a big theme, so too is society. It’s a season about our city and our world. Thank you for joining us.
Eamon Flack Artistic Director
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The backblocks of Western Australia. It’s summer, 1965. Overseas there’s war in Indochina, Civil Rights marches, the stirrings of women’s liberation – but at home Charlie Bucktin dreams of writing the Great Australian Novel. Charlie’s 13 and smart. Perhaps too smart. But when blamed-foreverything Jasper Jones appears at his window late one night, Charlie’s out of his depth. Jasper has stumbled upon a terrible crime in the scrub nearby, and he knows he’ll be the first suspect – that goes with the colour of his skin. Jasper needs every ounce of Charlie’s bookish brain if the truth is to emerge before the town turns on him. As the boys negotiate the secrets of a small rural town, the winds of change blow… But how do teenage Australians solve the riddles of a changing world? Kate Mulvany’s adaptation of Craig Silvey’s award-winning novel is a thoughtful, funny, coming-of-age story about discovering things are not always what they seem; and more people than you think have a secret to hide.
Based on the novel by Craig Silvey Adapted by Kate Mulvany Director Anne-Louise Sarks Set Designer Michael Hankin Costume Designer Mel Page 6
Lighting Designer Matt Scott Composer & Sound Designer Steve Toulmin With Tom Conroy, Kate Mulvany, Lasarus Ratuere, Matilda Ridgway, Steve Rodgers, Charles Wu
2 JAN – 7 FEB UPSTAIRS
Matilda, Lasarus & Charles
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE at 11:30AM Thu 4 Feb
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 10–12 HSC Drama: Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice HSC English: Area of Study: Discovery
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BOB: They’re going to close the place down, Allen. They’ll import everything. We won’t have a manufacturing sector left. ALLEN: That’s capitalism. (The lights change.) Stephen Sewell’s play is an angry and tender depiction of an idealist who becomes so embroiled in a party power struggle that he loses sight of what’s at stake. When it premiered in 1983, The Blind Giant is Dancing felt like a sharp slap in the face. And in an age of ICAC, Union credit cards, developer donations, speculative housing bubbles, a pulverised working class… it’s definitely time for another look at this Australian classic. Artistic Director Eamon Flack (Mother Courage, The Glass Menagerie) begins his tenure with a company of twelve great Australian actors and one of the country’s great plays.
By Stephen Sewell Director Eamon Flack
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With Ivan Donato Russell Kiefel
Geoff Morrell Dan Spielman Yael Stone
13 FEB – 20 MAR UPSTAIRS
Dan & Yael
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES at 11:30AM Wed 2 Mar Wed 9 Mar Wed 16 Mar
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 11–12 HSC Drama: Dramatic Traditions in Australia HSC English (Advanced): Representation and Text: Representing People and Politics HSC English (Extension): Texts and Ways of Thinking: Navigating the Global
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Many years ago, in the 1970s, in pursuit of a good life and a sustainable future, Judith and Patrick built a house in the Adelaide Hills. They raised the kids here. As time wore on, bit by bit, the family drifted both from the house and the dream it was born from. Now it’s Christmas, the first grandchild is on the way and all three generations have gathered again. In the tinderbox heat of summer, Judith is at a crossroads: can the life they pursued in the first place come good again? Warm, funny, deeply felt, The Great Fire is the work of a brilliant new writing talent, Kit Brookman, with a brilliant ensemble cast. We present it here as a kind of companion to The Blind Giant is Dancing – a pair of plays a generation apart about family, about holding your course, about what will survive of the fading triumph of Australian social democracy.
By Kit Brookman Director Eamon Flack Lighting Designer Damien Cooper
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With Sarah Armanious Peter Carroll Sandy Gore
Shelly Lauman Marcus McKenzie Geoff Morrell Genevieve Picot
2 APR – 8 MAY UPSTAIRS
Sandy, Genevieve, Geoff, Sarah, Peter (& Lucky Jim!)
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES at 11:30AM Thu 28 Apr Wed 4 May
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 10–12 HSC Drama: Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice HSC Drama: Scriptwriting HSC English: Texts and Society: Exploring Interactions 11
12 MAY – 12 JUN UPSTAIRS
By David Greig Director Clare Watson Set & Lighting Designer Geoff Cobham With Catherine McClements, Sydney community choirs 12
A co-production with Malthouse Theatre and State Theatre Company of South Australia in association with Sydney Festival
Claire is a minister and the director of a choir that meets regularly in a local hall. It’s made up of all sorts: the lonely, the outsiders, strangers, the displaced – as well as the privileged and the comfortable. In short, Claire has built a community. But when a disaffected young man enters the hall and opens fire with a semi-automatic, this community – and the ideals that formed it – are blown apart. After the event, a dialogue unfolds between Claire and a young man. She is unpacking the Pandora’s box inside herself – her rage, her fears, and ultimately some hope. The young man is something else: the voice of the alienated, an enemy within, a lost generation. He plays many roles, but in an era of Port Arthur and Martin Place they all ask the same big question: How do we live together knowing it can all come apart in a moment? A mesmerising piece of playwriting – generous, compassionate and subtle – The Events was the sleeper hit of the 2013 Edinburgh Festival. For this Australian premiere production the brilliant Catherine McClements finally returns to the Belvoir Street stage, joined by a host of Sydney’s community choirs in an extraordinary fusion of theatre and music.
Catherine & One World Choral
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES at 11:30AM Wed 25 May Wed 1 June
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 11–12 HSC Drama: Individual Project: Performance HSC English: Area of Study: Discovery HSC English: Experience Through Language: Distinctive Voices 13
18 JUN – 17 JUL UPSTAIRS
A co-production with Stuck Pigs Squealing
By Lally Katz Director Chris Kohn Set & Costume Designer Mel Page Lighting Designer Richard Vabre Sound Designer Jethro Woodward 14
With Dara Clear Natsuko Mineghishi Luke Mullins
From the utterly marvellous writer of Neighbourhood Watch and The Cat comes a modern romance about wanderlust, love, and karate. Lally Katz has spent the past decade turning her life into a serious of hilarious and theatrically gorgeous plays. This time it’s her parents’ turn. After nearly losing his mind in the abandon of 1960s America, young Danny (who happens to share a name with Lally’s father) finds his way again with the help of an enigmatic sensei. At a New Jersey karate dojo, as he, and other lost souls make their way back into the world, Danny bumps into a woman called Lois. Meanwhile, in present day Australia, Danny’s long-lost grandson has decided to become Patti Smith… Inspired by the true events that brought Dan and Lois Katz together, Back at the Dojo features two real-life karate masters, as well as the incomparable Luke Mullins (Angels in America, The Glass Menagerie) in a role written specially for him. Belvoir joins forces with the Melbourne company Stuck Pigs Squealing for this play about the myths families live by.
Natsuko, Dan Katz & Luke
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE at 11:30AM Wed 29 Jun
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 11–12 HSC Drama: Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice HSC Drama: Scriptwriting HSC English: Area of Study: Discovery HSC English (Extension): Texts and Ways of Thinking: After the Bomb 15
23 JUL – 4 SEP UPSTAIRS Twins are washed up after a shipwreck on the shores of a strange land, each unaware of the other’s fate. They’re in Illyria, which is strangely like our world: the repressed and the debauched are at constant war, the desires of men and women seem eternally thwarted. But this is a dreamland too – where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem. Girls are boys, boys are girls, puritans are lusting suitors, drunkards are moralists, and fools, of course, are wise. Eventually brother and sister find each other again – that’s hardly a spoiler – but what will they see and hear in the meantime? There’s more to Shakespeare’s great play than muddled identity and exuberant celebration – it’s a mature story of melancholia among the mayhem, of what is lost along the way even when life’s journey is a barrel of laughs. With Peter Carroll as the killjoy Malvolio, and the wonderful Nikki Shiels as Viola, joined by an array of rogues and charmers, Twelfth Night will be something deliciously warm for a Sydney mid-winter.
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES at 11:30AM Wed 3 Aug, Wed 10 Aug, Thu 18 Aug, Wed 24 Aug 16
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 10–12 HSC Drama: Individual Project: Critical Analysis HSC English (Extension): Language and Values: Language and Gender
Nikki & Peter
By William Shakespeare Director Eamon Flack
With Peter Carroll Nikki Shiels 17
21 SEP – 9 OCT DOWNSTAIRS
Ruby & Holly
By Holly Austin, Adriano Cappelletta & Jo Turner Concept Holly Austin Director Jo Turner Set & Costume Designer Pip Runciman Lighting Designer Verity Hampson Puppetry Director Alice Osborne
Composer & Sound Designer Steve Francis Animation Tim Watts Puppets Erth Visual & Physical Inc. Interactive Designer Annie McKinnon Producer Clara Iaccarino With Holly Austin, Adriano Cappelletta, Kate Sherman
It’s back! The beguiling story of Ruby, a little girl who may not believe in fairy stories, but who certainly believes in wishes. Confined to a hospital bed for much of her childhood, little Ruby has had to grow up too fast, and confront too much. But when she is visited by Dot, a tongue-tied clown doctor, she finds a way to use her greatest asset – her imagination. With exquisite puppetry, lowfi animation and shadow play, Ruby’s Wish is a pocket-sized bundle of charm for all ages. As we watch the two unlikely friends, ailing child and awkward clown, create their fantasy world of mop monsters, bed caves and imaginary paper friends, we are drawn into Ruby’s bittersweet life – and come to see that imagination can make almost anything come true. We’re very pleased to bring MAKEbeLIVE’s puppets, magic, beatbox and beautiful performances back for another season – and this time we’ve managed to squeeze in some performances for schools!
A MAKEbeLIVE production
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES at 10:00AM Thu 22 Sep at 12:30PM Thu 22 Sep at 11:00AM Fri 23 Sep
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 3–12 HSC Drama: Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice HSC English: Area of Study: Discovery Years 7-11 Drama and English 19 19
If anyone can write a full-throttle drama of our colonial past, it’s the indomitable Leah Purcell. We all know Henry Lawson’s story of the Drover’s Wife. Her stoic silhouette against an unforgiving landscape, her staring down of the serpent; it’s the frontier myth captured in a few pages. In Leah’s new play the old story gets a very fresh rewrite. Once again the Drover’s Wife is confronted by a threat in her yard, but now it’s a man. The man is bleeding, he’s got secrets, and he’s black. She knows there’s a fugitive wanted for killing whites, and the district is thick with troopers, but something’s holding the Drover’s Wife back from turning this fella in... A taut thriller of our pioneering past, with a black sting to the tail, The Drover’s Wife reaches from our nation’s infancy into our complicated present. And best of all, Leah Purcell’s playing the Wife herself.
By Leah Purcell Director Leticia Cáceres
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With Leah Purcell
Indigenous theatre at Belvoir supported by The Balnaves Foundation
17 SEP – 16 OCT UPSTAIRS
Leah
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE at 11:30AM Wed 12 Oct
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 11–12 HSC Drama: Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice HSC English: Experience Through Language: Distinctively Visual 21
13 OCT – 6 NOV DOWNSTAIRS
By Will Eno Director Jada Alberts
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With Jimi Bani
Indigenous theatre at Belvoir supported by The Balnaves Foundation
(A Monologue for a Slightly Foreign Man) I’m not from here. I guess I never will be. From the pen of Will Eno, who was described by the New York Times as ‘a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation’, comes a 70-minute monologue of disarming wisdom. He’s called The Traveller. He tells us from the outset he is ‘not from here’, but his eccentric world is our world too. Is he a migrant? A displaced person? Refugee? A prophet from the wilderness reminding us what we have become? Or does he come from somewhere else, somewhere more nebulous and even further away? We’re very pleased to have Jimi Bani (Peter Pan, The Sapphires) back on our stage, under the direction of Jada Alberts (writer of Brothers Wreck). Between them they’ll bring a distinctly Australian perspective to this international hit.
Jimi
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES at 12:00PM Wed 26 Oct Wed 2 Nov
SUGGESTED FOR YRS 11–12 HSC Drama: Individual Project: Performance HSC English: Area of Study: Discovery
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It’s the late twentieth century. The lovelorn, the malformed and the sick flock to a gifted rogue billed The Fantastic Francis Hardy: Faith Healer. Frank drifts the back roads of Britain with his embittered wife and tired-of-life manager, hoping to find their way home. He might be just another shyster, more showman than shaman. But the trouble is, sometimes Fantastic Francis actually does bring the healing touch. A masterpiece from one of the greatest playwrights of the last 50 years, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer becomes more and more fascinating as it progresses. On one level about artifice and social responsibility, it’s also the story of what it means for a damaged family to be healed, and what it means to be truly saved. Hardy is an extraordinary creation: lovable charmer, proud tyrant, exploiter, saviour; saintly when he’s sinning, most honest in his lies. Who better to bring the Healer to life than Brian Friel’s near-namesake, our own Colin Friels?
By Brian Friel Director Judy Davis
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With Colin Friels
22 OCT – 27 NOV UPSTAIRS
Colin
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES at 11:30AM Wed 2 Nov Wed 9 Nov
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Caught in the headlights of her 15th birthday, Greta wishes she could be anywhere else. And strangely enough ‘anywhere else’ is exactly where she finds herself – a peculiar Through-the-LookingGlass existence that transforms the weird hypocrisy of the adult world into something absurdly beautiful. The bitchy twins who make school a misery, her almost too-romantic imaginary boyfriend, her hyperventilating parents… they all crop up in her tour of her own subconscious. But eventually, even a girl asleep has to wake up. In recent years we’ve come to know and love Matthew Whittet’s distinctive voice (Seventeen, Cinderella, Old Man). Now, from its season at the Adelaide Festival, we present his hit collaboration with Windmill’s Director Rosemary Myers – a play about being lost in the jungle of the teenage years and coming out the other side. Part fable and part lipstick-smeared vigilante escapade, this is a girl’s own adventure.
A Windmill Theatre production
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Lighting Designer Richard Vabre Original Soundtrack Luke Smiles – motion laboratories Movement Consultant Gabrielle Nankivell
With Eamon Farren Jude Henshall Amber McMahon Ellen Steele Matthew Whittet
2 – 24 DEC UPSTAIRS
Amber, Matthew & Eamon
SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE at 11:30AM Wed 14 Dec
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SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES Prices and Times
Risk Guidance Information
★ Tickets to schools performances are $22 each ★ One teacher attends free for every 10 students booked ★ Schools performances are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at Belvoir St Theatre, 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010 ★ Upstairs Theatre: 11.30am start
Risk guidance information for teachers bringing students to Belvoir is available on the Education page of our website: belvoir.com.au/education
★ Downstairs Theatre: 12 noon start ★ Please note that days and times for schools performances of Ruby’s Wish will vary. See page 19 for details. For detailed Booking Information see page 36.
Schools Performances Subscription Packages ★ Subscription packages for schools performances offer significant discounts to students ★ Find out more about subscription packages on page 36
What to Expect We put together a comprehensive What to Expect document for teachers providing details about the length and nature of the production, including any strong language or sexual references. To ensure information is accurate What to Expect is available on our website once each production has opened. Contact Education on 02 8396 6222 at any time if you have any questions or concerns about production content.
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Programs We give each school attending a schools performance a free program upon arrival. Some programs come with the full script included (Upstairs new works and adaptations). All programs come with biographies, headshots, rehearsal photographs, writer and director notes and some contain extra articles and other content. Additional programs are available for purchase on the day.
On the Day We like to say hello! Please arrive at the theatre and check in with the Education team at least 15 minutes before your performance start time. Schools performance tickets are not sent out beforehand, we call schools into the theatre one by one on the day. You can always phone our school bookings team on 02 9699 3444 if you need to check your booking.
Mobile Phones and Other Things Please respect our actors by reminding students to turn mobile phones off completely, before entering the theatre. Please remind students not to eat in the theatre, talk or take notes during the performance. A theatre etiquette document is available at belvoir.com.au/etiquette
EVENING PERFORMANCES School Subscription Packages to Evening Performances The surest way to book your students into a general public performance of a particular production is to subscribe.
Bookings and Payments We do not invoice schools for evening performance subscriptions and bookings. Payment must be made at the time of booking.
★ Schools can purchase subscription packages for students to evening or Saturday matinee performances ★ Subscribing gives schools the chance to book for popular productions now, rather than waiting until tickets go on sale ★ Subscribing is cheaper than buying tickets for individual evening performances
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★ Schools performances at 11.30am and 12 noon remain our cheapest option for schools
Programs
★ For more information about subscribing to evening performances email schoolbookings@belvoir.com.au
School Tickets for Single Evening Performances
Tickets for schools taking out an evening subscription will be mailed to the school. Tickets for schools attending a single evening performance will be available to collect from our Box Office on the night of the performance.
Programs are available for purchase from the box office and bar. Some programs come with the full script included (Upstairs new works and adaptations). All programs come with biographies, headshots, rehearsal photographs, writer and director notes and some contain extra articles and other content.
General release tickets for each production go on sale at Belvoir throughout the year. On-sale dates are on each production’s page on our website. Once tickets are on sale, teachers can book by calling our Box Office or schoolbookings@belvoir.com.au. Please be aware that the safest way to secure tickets before they go on general sale is to bring students to a schools performance or take out a subscription package. For general performance times and ticket prices as well as information about our Student Saver tickets see page 37. 29
NEED HELP BRINGING YOUR STUDENTS TO BELVOIR? Ticket Subsidy Program If you are a NSW public school eligible for Transitional Equity Funding in 2016 (former Priority Schools) then you are also eligible to apply for our ticket subsidy program. Application forms for this program are sent out each year in Term 4 and are also available to download on our website belvoir.com.au/education
Access for Western Sydney Schools If you are a public, Catholic or independent school in Western Sydney then you may be eligible to apply for a free workshop at your school or a ticket and travel subsidy to attend a Belvoir schools performance in Terms 1 and 2, 2016. Read about our workshops on page 32. Email education@belvoir.com.au for an application form.
Workshops for Regional Schools Can’t come to us? We’ll come to you. All secondary schools in regional NSW have access to our full range of practical workshops in both performance and design for the subsidised price of $12 per student. All workshops run for two hours and take place at your school, subject to the availability of our tutors, who are all industry professionals. Our workshops give senior students access to industry expertise to support their HSC studies. Workshops give younger students a fun insight into the performing arts. Read more about our workshops on page 32. Request a workshop at your school by emailing education@belvoir.com.au
We are very grateful that we have been given such a wonderful opportunity to see such amazing productions. You are always so welcoming and accommodating. Teacher, Airds High School
We had 100% participation and attendance and this was largely due to the lack of cost involved for students. Teacher, Ashcroft High School
We would love to have the opportunity to travel to the city but it’s too expensive. This opportunity allows ALL students to be able to afford workshops and gain valuable skills. Teacher, Nyngan High School 30
Pre-Show Reading and Teaching Notes Sometimes it helps to give your students a bit of background to the production you are seeing. Teaching notes or preshow reading material will be emailed to you along with the corresponding What to Expect document once each production has opened. Teaching notes for past productions are available by emailing education@belvoir.com.au
Archival Photographs and Recordings On site at Belvoir we have photographs and archival recordings of past productions including Mother Courage and Her Children, Neighbourhood Watch, Stolen, The Laramie Project, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Parramatta Girls, Death of a Salesman and Angels in America (Part One). Small groups and individual students can arrange to view these recordings Monday to Friday at our warehouse offices during business hours, including during the school holidays, subject to availability. Email education@belvoir.com.au to book.
Online Resources You and your students can access resources from past productions on the Education pages of our website. Students doing HSC Drama Individual Projects can download set and lighting plans, view photographs of model boxes, look at costume renderings, find examples of marketing collateral, read and watch interviews online and see promotional trailers. Students and
teachers can request sample packs of postcards and programs to be posted or collected. Students can arrange to visit the theatre when considering a Director’s Folio or Design IP for the Belvoir stage belvoir.com.au/education/resources
Back Issue Programs and Scripts Back issue programs for some productions are available to buy online at belvoir.com.au/publications. Some programs come with the full script included (Upstairs new works and adaptations) and all programs come with biographies, headshots, rehearsal photographs, writer and director notes and some contain extra articles and other content.
Backstage Tours School groups can take a free backstage tour of the behind-the-scenes areas of Belvoir St Theatre. Students hear about the history of the company, visit dressing rooms, glimpse props and costumes and get an actor’s eye view of the stage. Tours run for approximately 30 minutes, are free of charge and available Monday to Friday except when the theatres are in use. Email education@belvoir.com.au to book.
Sunday Forums n the closing day of each of our O Upstairs productions, Belvoir holds an in-depth forum based on the show. These free Sunday Forums are a great resource for HSC Drama students and teachers. Visit belvoir.com.au/sundayforum for dates and bookings.
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WORKSHOPS Belvoir runs a range of workshops for students to support work in the drama classroom.
Our Workshops Include: ★
Group Devising
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Performing Monologues
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Playwriting
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Costume Design
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Set Design
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Stage Management
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Creating Performance through Improvisation
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Directing
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Brecht & Political Theatre
WORKSHOPS IN SYDNEY Where: At your school or at Belvoir Duration: 2 hours Cost: $350 Student Numbers: 30 students (maximum) per workshop When: On a date that suits you (subject to the availability of our artists) To book: Contact Education on 02 8396 6241 or education@belvoir.com.au
ONSTAGE WORKSHOPS AT BELVOIR During OnStage week we offer workshops for school groups by request at our theatre and warehouse. Where: At Belvoir Duration: 2 hours Cost: $15 per student Student Numbers: 30 students (maximum) per workshop and no minimum numbers! (Small groups may be asked to combine) When: During OnStage week, Mon– Fri 8– 12 February 2016 at a time that suits you (subject to the availability of our artists) To book: Contact Education on 02 8396 6241 or education@belvoir.com.au WORKSHOPS FOR HSC DRAMA STUDENTS AT BELVOIR Each year we offer intensive workshops for HSC Drama students undertaking an Individual Project in the areas of set design, costume design, playwriting, director’s folio and theatre criticism. Where: At Belvoir
WORKSHOPS IN REGIONAL NSW
Duration: 3 hours
We can bring our workshops to your school in regional NSW. Email education@belvoir.com.au to find out how.
Cost: $55 - $75 (cost varies depending on workshop type)
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When: Each year during school Terms 1 and 4. Sign up to our Education e-news and we’ll send you an update when workshop dates and booking details are announced.
Professional Development Belvoir holds Professional Development workshops for teachers throughout the year. Sign up for our Education e-news and we’ll keep you up to date with our latest professional development opportunities. Join us in Term 1, 2016 for one of these great workshops.
Teaching Set Design
Teaching Group Devising
Learn about the process of designing a set from the first reading of a script all the way through to opening night. Explore the tools of a set designer including 3D shape and texture. Gain experience in using floor plans, working with scale and actually develop a design concept for a model box.
Discover dynamic teaching strategies for plunging students into productive, creative states. Learn practical ways to guide your students to develop a strong devising process of their own. Participate in activities that will give you an experiential understanding of the devising process that you can take back to the classroom.
When: Saturday 27 February 2016 Time: 10am – 4pm Where: Belvoir Rehearsal Room, 18 Belvoir St, Surry Hills
When: Saturday 12 March 2016 Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: $170 per person (includes lunch and morning tea)
Where: Belvoir Rehearsal Room, 18 Belvoir St, Surry Hills
Teaching Costume Design
Cost: $170 per person (includes lunch and morning tea)
Participate in an intensive on the principles of theatrical design with focus on designing costumes for the theatre and learn the specific tools of a costume designer: line, colour and texture. This workshop equips you with a variety of practical activities and approaches to teaching costume design in the drama classroom. When: Saturday 5 March 2016 Time 10am – 4pm Where: Belvoir Rehearsal Room 18 Belvoir St, Surry Hills Cost: $170 per person (includes lunch and morning tea)
Bookings.... for Professional Development workshops can be made on the booking form.
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... here’s how students can get involved with Belvoir
★ Enrol in an HSC Drama Individual Project workshop ★ Apply for Year 10 work experience ★ Apply for a Year 11 VET production placement ★ Visit Education and explore our resources ★ Grab Student Saver tickets to one of our productions (details on page 39) ★ Attend a free Sunday Forum ★ Connect with Belvoir on social media
Enrol in an HSC Drama Individual Project Workshop Visit the Belvoir Rehearsal Rooms for one of our intensive HSC Individual Project workshops. Learn new skills from an experienced Belvoir artist and meet senior drama students from schools across NSW. For details see page 32.
Apply for Year 10 Work Experience Get a taste of what it’s like to work at Belvoir. Watch actors in rehearsal, help out behind the scenes and get a sense of all the departments involved in running a professional theatre company. Applications for our 2016 work experience program open in October 2015. Download the application form from belvoir.com.au/workexperience. We encourage students from schools across NSW to apply.
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Apply for Year 11 VET Work Placement During busy bump-in weeks, students studying the VET Entertainment Industry Course have the opportunity to work with Belvoir’s production team in the theatre. For more information about how to apply email education@belvoir.com.au.
isit Education and Explore our V Resources Visit us online or in person. The resources page of our website belvoir.com.au/ education/resources/ has plenty of plans, reference photos and designs to help you with classroom work but if you can’t find what you are looking for then email education@belvoir.com.au. Lots of students drop by to thumb through archival photographs, view archival recordings of past productions, pick up program packs or take a closer look at the theatre.
Attend a Free Sunday Forum Many of our keen senior and university students crowd the Upstairs Theatre on Sunday Forum days. At Belvoir’s Sunday Forums we bring artists and audiences together to peel back the surface and see what’s really going on in our plays. Be part of the conversation and visit belvoir.com.au/sundayforum for dates and how to book.
...here’s how teachers can get involved with Belvoir
★ Subscribe to our e-news for teachers
Book your Students a Workshop
★ Enrol in a Professional Development workshop
Bring your students to Belvoir or have one of our tutors visit your school. Our workshop tutors are all practicing artists, connected to Belvoir’s theatre-making processes. They love sharing their practical ideas, support resources and stories with classrooms all across NSW. For details see page 32.
★ Book your students a Belvoir workshop ★ Ask about our Access Programs ★ Book your students a free backstage tour ★ Attend a free Sunday Forum ★ Connect with Belvoir on social media
Subscribe to our Education e-news Teachers on our bulletin list will be the first to receive information on special education events, tickets for schools performances, access program applications, regional workshop tours, professional development opportunities and more. To join, email your full name, school name and the subject you teach to education@belvoir.com.au. Teachers who subscribe to our Education e-news have the chance of to win preview tickets to one of our productions.
Enrol in a Professional Development Workshop Spend a day working closely with a Belvoir artist and make professional connections with other high school drama teachers from all over NSW. Professional Development days are jam-packed full of new ideas for drama teachers, are still a bargain price and include take home resource packs as well as lunch and morning tea. For details see page 33.
Ask about our Access Programs We have programs that help young people access our theatre, experience and contemplate our work. We also support young people in making and creating their own work. Not sure if your school is eligible? We have different access programs for different school groups so check out page 30 or email us on education@belvoir.com.au.
Book Your Students a Free Archival Viewing and Backstage Tour Visit our Green Room to see one of your classroom texts ‘off the page’ in an archival recording and tie in a backstage tour while you’re here. Tours provide insight into the vast number of people and jobs involved in bringing a show to life. They also offer students a context to consider Belvoir’s artistic ethos and rich cultural history.
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SCHOOLS PERFORMANCES BOOKINGS Schools Performances Tickets $22
Contacting the Belvoir Box Office
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By phone: 02 9699 3444
supervising teacher attends free for every 10 students booked
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Additional teachers $22
Booking Your Tickets ★ Complete
the booking form, then scan and email to schoolbookings@belvoir.com.au OR fax OR post it to the Belvoir Box Office (bookings must be made on the booking form)
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Once we receive your booking form we’ll invoice you for a 50% deposit (this deposit is non-refundable)
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Full payment is required at least 30 days prior to the booking or the performance may be cancelled
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Cheques should be made payable to Belvoir
Schools Performances Packages Schools can book a series of plays for their students by choosing a Schools Performances Package (minimum 4 plays).
7 plays
$ 121
$17.30 per play
6 plays
$ 110
$18.30 per play
5 plays
$ 97
$19.40 per play
4 plays
$ 82
$20.50 per play
PLUS One supervising teacher per 10 students attends FREE!
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By email: schoolbookings@belvoir.com.au By fax: 02 9698 3688 By post: Belvoir Box Office 18 Belvoir Street Surry Hills NSW 2010
Schools Performances Times Upstairs Theatre: 11:30am Downstairs Theatre: 12 noon** Schools Performances are on Wednesdays and Thursdays ** Please note that days and times for schools performances of Ruby’s Wish vary. (More details on page 19.) We recommend you arrive at the theatre half an hour before the start of the show. Please note latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.
Keep in Touch! ign up to our Education e-news and S we’ll send you our quarterly e-newsletter for teachers. See page 35. Email education@belvoir.com.au with your name, school and email address. /belvoirst
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general information Accessibility
General performance times
Belvoir St Theatre has lift access to the foyer and theatre, and a hearing loop in the Upstairs Theatre (E–J rows, centre). If you or your students have specific accessibility or seating requirements, please do not hesitate to contact our Box Office on 02 9699 3444. More info: belvoir.com.au/access
UPSTAIRS THEATRE Tuesday 6.30pm (Tuesday previews 8pm) Wednesday to Friday 8pm Saturday 2pm & 8pm Sunday 5pm (Sunday previews 6.30pm)
Getting to Belvoir St Theatre The theatre is located in Surry Hills, a five-minute walk from Central Station. Buses travel along Chalmers, Cleveland and Elizabeth Sts. For public transport information, call the Transport Infoline on 131 500 or visit transportnsw.info.
Parking at Belvoir St Theatre Please give your group plenty of time to park. There is NO onsite parking and limited timed parking is available on the streets around the theatre. Coaches can drop groups off outside the theatre and return to pick up at the end of the performance, however you may find it easier for the coach to stop at the bus stop on Elizabeth St at the bottom of Belvoir St.
Variances for Upstairs Theatre shows: Jasper Jones Wednesday evenings – 6.30pm The Events Sat 21 & Sat 28 May – 7pm Twelfth Night & Girl Asleep Wednesday evenings – 6.30pm DOWNSTAIRS THEATRE Title and Deed Tues: 7pm Wed – Sat: 8.15pm Sat matinee: 2.15pm Sun: 5.15pm Ruby’s Wish Tuesday – Thursday: 11am and 2pm (also 6.30pm on Wed 21 Sept) Friday: 6.30pm (also 2pm on 30 Sept & 7 Oct) Saturday: 2.15pm and 6.30pm Sunday: 2.15pm and 5.15pm
General performance tickets Students *
Teachers
Student Saver Full Price
**
Upstairs
Downstairs
$49
$38
$62
$42
$37
$25
$72
$48
* Teachers accompanying school groups only. ** Student Saver prices are available for Previews, Wednesday evening, Thursday evening, Friday evening, Saturday matinee, Saturday evening, subject to availability. To claim any concessions you must provide proof. Please note: transaction fees may apply and prices may be subject to change. Ticket prices may also vary when our productions play at other venues.
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THANK YOU Indigenous theatre at Belvoir supported by The Balnaves Foundation
Youth and Education Supporters Coca-Cola Australia Foundation Crown Resorts Foundation Gandevia Foundation The Greatorex Foundation Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Our production partners MAKEbeLIVE Productions, Malthouse Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Stuck Pigs Squealing, Sydney Festival, Windmill Theatre
Back at the Dojo has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Many thanks to Donmar Warehouse and the Actors Touring Company for assistance with Faith Healer and The Events.
Government Partners
Belvoir is proud to be a member of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group (AMPAG)
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belvoir.com.au /belvoirst @belvoirst @belvoirst 18 & 25 Belvoir St Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia
Administration +61(2) 9698 3344 Box Office +61(2) 9699 3444
Jane May Education Manager 02 8396 6222 jane@belvoir.com.au
School Bookings email schoolbookings@belvoir.com.au Box Office fax +61(2) 9698 3688
Design Alphabet Studio Photography Brett Boardman Printer Special T Print This book is crafted from Australian-made paper that is PEFC certified and manufactured in a facility with ISO 14001 EMS certification.