Move, Sing, Dance, Beat, Jump, Think, Celebrate. Welcome to Riverside Theatres in 2023. Step into the groove!
At Riverside Theatres delivering quality shows for schools’ audiences is a major part of what we do. Our education program is not a side-thought, it is the heart, soul and pulse of our business. We have one of the largest venue-based curated education programs in the country because we are passionate about the importance of quality arts education. We live and breathe it!
When you book a show at Riverside Theatres for your students, you become part of this lifeforce. You are booking with a company that understands you and your students. We understand that organising an excursion is no mean feat so we make it our job to make it as easy as possible for you, to ensure your efforts are well rewarded with an experience your students won't forget.
Our shows are selected with care and experience, with quality learning opportunities being essential to our selection process. Our program seeks to inspire young minds to be inquisitive about the world, to marvel in its beauty and to be action-driven about what needs to change. We challenge students to be creative thinkers, to analyse the past and prepare for the future.
To support you in the classroom we provide detailed curriculum links for each show to help contextualise your excursion and to ensure they are relevant to your units of work. We believe that all students should experience the benefits of live performance, so our Ticket Subsidy program and access initiatives support the various additional needs of your students and school communities.
If there is still more you need, we have experienced teachers both on staff and on our advisory panel and access to the creatives behind the shows. We’re only a phone call away and will explore every request.
I am so proud to present our delightful 2023 education program to you, and I can’t wait to see you and your students at the theatre!
We do our best to accommodate everyone but shows fill fast. Additional performances are not always possible.
Visit the show page on riversideparramatta.com.au to complete your online booking.
Risk assessments and education support materials (where provided) are available to download online at www.riversideparramatta.com.au/category/education/
Riverside will confirm your booking and invoice the school for a non-refundable 25% deposit. Teachers receive complimentary seating on a 20:1 ratio (unless otherwise stipulated). Once you have paid your deposit, your booking is secure and your numbers can be amended (dependant on availability), up until full payment has been received.
We will send you a reminder five weeks out of the performance to allow you to change numbers if needed. (Dependent on availability).
Full payment is required 4 weeks prior to the performance date.
If we do not receive payment OR proof of your Department of Education purchase order we have the right to cancel your booking and your deposit will be forfeited.
There are no refunds or decrease in numbers once final payment has been received.
An increase of numbers is possible after the final payment day but is subject to availability. Please note, all school bookings made within 4 school weeks of a performance date must be paid in full within 1 week of confirmation and are final. There are no refunds or changes to numbers or dates on these bookings. All bookings will incur a $4.95 booking fee as stipulated on the booking form.
Prior to your visit, we will send you detailed information via email to ensure you have a hassle-free excursion. This will include updating you on any possible changes to running times or more detailed information as it emerges from the rehearsal process.
If you have concerns about meeting the terms and conditions, please email education_riverside@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au or call our Box Office 02 8839 3399 for urgent enquries.
Riverside Theatres has a limited amount of funding available to subsidise schools from low socio-economic communities. To request further information about subsidies and an application please contact education_riverside@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
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Choreographic
Dance Bites
Macbeth
The Crucible
Sharp
Value
Years 10 – 12
Years K – 4
Years 9 – 12
Years 9 – 12
Years K – 4 13
Years 5 – 12 14
Years 9 – 12
Years K – 4
Years 9 – 12 18
Years 7 – 12 19
Year 12 20
Years 10 – 12 21
Years 3 – 12 22
Years 7 – 12 23
Years P – 2 24
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Riverside Theatres is committed to providing access to our educational arts experiences for all students and teachers. This includes students and teachers with disability and specific needs.
Access points are indicators that let you know aspects of a production that may provide groups with a higher level of engagement related to their needs. There are 5 access points. These are marked on each production page.
No text or dialogue is used in this performance.
The text or dialogue used in this production is limited or simple.
This production has a strong music focus.
Visual Cues: This production has strong visual cues giving students a different reference point for comprehension of the narrative or subject matter.
Interactive Performance: High levels of audience interaction creating a less formal environment and requiring less ‘passive’ attention by audience members.
We believe it is important to ensure all students have the opportunity to participate and enjoy going to the theatre. Specific accessible performances include Auslan Interpreted, Audio Described and Relaxed Performances. However, if you have a group requiring any of our access options for an event other than the ones we have on offer please let us know and we will endeavour to accommodate your request.
Riverside offers level access and space for wheelchairs in all venues. Please let us know if you need level access or a wheelchair space at the time of your booking.
Riverside has state-of-the-art hearing systems in all three theatres to assist patrons who are hearing impaired. Patrons can choose from a single ear earpiece, a neck loop attached to their own hearing aid or their own headphones, to amplify the sound from the stage. This system is adaptable for people with all types of hearing loss. Please indicate on your booking form if your group requires access to the headsets.
Select performances are audio described for the benefit of patrons with low or no vision. Actions, expressions, gestures, sequences, costumes and scenery are described by professional describers. Blind and/or vision impaired patrons will hear the description through headsets.
This service is provided based on demand. If you require it for your group, please indicate this on your booking form. Due to the preparation involved, a minimum of 8 weeks’ notice is required.
Held prior to a performance, these tours are arranged specifically for students or teachers who are blind or vision impaired. They give students and teachers an opportunity to tour the set, props and costumes up close and in context. Tours are by prior arrangement and are particularly relevant for productions being audio described.
Some productions are selected to be interpreted using Australian Sign Language (Auslan). This provides an opportunity for students or teachers who are Deaf to access the theatre show. The aural cues that are essential to the storytelling and the theatrical experience are translated into sign language. Auslan interpreters are discreetly positioned for comfortable viewing by Deaf audiences.
This service is provided based on demand. If you require it for your group, please indicate this on your booking form. Due to the preparation involved, a minimum of 8 weeks notice is required.
Select performances throughout the year are provided as relaxed performances. These are sensory friendly performances where the perceived ‘rules’ of theatre are modified to allow patrons with Autism and other specific needs to enjoy the performance in a welcoming environment. Modifications will differ depending on the show, but can include:
• The house lights being dimmed, but not turned all the way down;
• The understanding that patrons may come and go from the theatre as needed;
• Elements of the show that might include loud noises or sudden bright lights being toned down or removed.
Social stories specific to relaxed performances are available to download from the appropriate show pages on our website. Upon request, we may be able to provide services other than those listed, to help make your groups visit more comfortable. These could include arranging a meet your seat or meet and greet with the cast, to allow your group time to become familiar with their surroundings. With notification, arrangements can be made for you to be seated early or near to an exit as an additional support measure.
Download a copy of our social stories for our venues from our website.
Please add your access requirements or requests when completing your online booking form or contact our Education Booking Coordinator for further information.
Tuesday 28 February 11am
Tuesday 7 March 11am
Evening and weekend performances also available during Onstage week - check the website.
DURATION
1 hour and 40 minutes
PRICE
$32 per student/teacher
CURRICULUM LINKS
Drama, Music, English, Society and Culture Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
Written by Oscar®-winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) this Tony Award®winning show – threaded throughout with soul-stirring a cappella gospel hymns – is the story of a young gay black man and his battle between identity and community.
Tarell Alvin McCraney is an acclaimed writer. His script In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue is the basis for the Oscar-winning film Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins, for which McCraney and Jenkins won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. He wrote the film High Flying Bird which premiered on Netflix directed by Steven Soderbergh. McCraney’s plays include Ms. Blakk For President (cowritten with Tina Landau), The Brother/Sister Plays trilogy, Head Of Passes, Wig Out!, and Choir Boy which was nominated for four Tony Awards.
Tuesday 7 March at 10.15am & 12.30pm Wednesday 8 March at 10.15am Wednesday 8 March at 12.30pm DURATION
minutes
$25 per student/teacher
CURRICULUM LINKS English, Creative Arts- Drama, Music, Geography Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
“The year I turned eight, Mum and Dad took us on a trip around Australia. Luke, Billy and I missed school for the whole winter term.”
Join 8 year old Grace and her family on their adventurous and often funny expedition around Australia!
Following CDP’s successful national tour of Magic Beach, Alison Lester AM’s classic book comes to life on stage, with songs, fun, (and quokkas!) for children aged 3-10.
From the team behind The Gruffalo and The 13-, 26-, 52-, 78- and 91-Storey Treehouses, this new adaptation from multi-award winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer is a celebration of family, love, and the diversity and beauty of Australia.
WORKSHOP
Friday 17 March at 10am SHOW
Friday 17 March at 12.30pm
Far From Home is Kristina and Sadé Alleyne’s new work, premiered in London in 2022. Far From Home explores the topic of migration and the consequences the search for “a better life” has on those who leave and those who stay behind. Learn the Repertoire, See the Show offers dance students an opportunity to learn and experience the Alleyne sisters’ fast paced and dynamic movement technique inspired and developed from working with the likes of Akram Khan, Retina Dance Company and Ultima Vez. After the workshop, students will see a matinee performance and participate in a post-show Q&A with the artistic team.
Packaged with performance and Q&A at Riverside Theatres, FORM offers the alternative option of off site workshops to be hosted at your school/studio from 6 March – 10 March 2023 with a minimum participants of 20. Contact admin@form. org.au for availability.
“The Alleyne sisters workshop helped me understand contemporary dance in how you can use feelings to make movement instead of movement to feelings”- NAISDA student, 2019 Learn the Repertoire, See the Show.
FYI this production contains smoke haze
Tuesday 28 March at 10am Wednesday 29 March at 10am
FORM Dance Projects is excited to continue its partnership with Sydney Dance Company for this must-do Choreographic Workshop for HSC students.
This popular program provides dance students with the unique opportunity to develop their choreographic skills under the guidance of outstanding industry professionals. Mentored by Sydney Dance Company Teaching Artists, the practical workshop shares choreographic tools and techniques used by the Company's Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela’s creative process.
The Choreographic Workshop is particularly valuable to students who would like to participate in Sharp Short Dance later in the year.
"Educational, inspirational and meaningful to young dancers" - Year 10 student, Marian Catholic College
Education package provided on registration.
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Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved picture book.
Longing to see the world, a tiny sea snail hitches a lift on the tail of a great big, grey-blue humpback whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, brought vividly to life through live music, storytelling and lots of laughs - but when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him?
A heart-warming adventure for everyone aged four and up, from CDP Kids, the team who brought you The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, and Room on the Broom live on stage.
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Thursday 30 March at 1pm Friday 31 March at 10:30am DURATION 80 minutes plus Q&A PRICE
$25 per student/teacher CURRICULUM LINKS Drama, Dance, PDHPE Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
The B-boy meets the Bendy boy. Hip hop and the Hula Hooper. Pop, lock and adagio.
Collision is a cross-pollination of contemporary circus and street dance. Six young, exceptionally bendy performers flex with grace and power to a soundtrack of new hip hop and R&B plus classic Tupac, Stevie Wonder and Salt-N-Pepa. Impressive group routines where bodies tessellate and stack effortlessly upon each other, plus acrobatically dazzling solos.
Casus Creations, is a pioneer contemporary circus company known for groundbreaking acrobatics and physical poetry with a reputation as a leader in the contemporary circus on the world stage. Collision will be an explosion for your senses!
Your students can have the opportunity to participate in a Group Devising With Physicality workshop with Swoop Physical Theatre. Take a look at the information about this workshop on the next page.
FYI this production contains strobe lighting
Thursday 30 March at 10am & 3pm
Friday 31 March at 1:30pm
Swoop Physical Theatre was born in 2004 and has since spread a love for physical theatre to thousands of kids, adults, teachers and students. Swoop has previously been the theatre in residence at Glen Street Theatre in Belrose, taught at hundreds of schools throughout NSW and has held numerous professional development workshops for Australian drama teachers. Swoop specialises in HSC Drama devising. This workshop focuses on group dynamics in the devising process and is particularly useful for HSC Drama students.
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Students will experience a jam-packed workshop, learning skills to ignite the imagination and propel play-building and group devising. The workshop explores acrobalance and physical skills in shape building, characterisation and storytelling.
Give your students the full experience. See the how the professionals do it in the show Collision and get the direct hands on experience with the workshop.
Please note: Workshop can only be booked as an addition to the performances of Collision, it will not be available separately.
Monday 1 May at 1pm
Tuesday 2 May at 10.30am & 12.30pm
Wednesday 3 May 10:30am Wednesday 3 May at 12.30pm
DURATION
minutes
English, Creative Arts- Drama, Geography
Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
Mem Fox and Julie Vivas’ beloved picture book Possum Magic has enchanted children for decades and Monkey Baa Theatre Company brings the paper and ink to life on stage once again!
Using a clever, nuanced palette of live action, stage magic, an original soundscape, elements of puppetry and projected animation, Monkey Baa’s award-winning creative team have translated the whimsical world of the book to a live experience for audiences 3–8 years of age.
MONKEY BAA THEATRE
BY GUTS DANCE//CENTRAL AUSTRALIA TOURED BY ARTBACK NT
Value For Money by GUTS Dance interrogates how relationships, community, proximity and place change our perception of a life’s worth. Led by collaborating performers and GUTS Director’s Frankie Snowdon and Madeleine Krenek, the Learn the Repertoire, See the Show workshop will begin with a warm up followed by an introduction to improvisational tools used within the process of creating Value For Money, designed to build trust, consideration and high level listening between bodies. After the workshop, students will see a matinee performance and participate in a post-show Q&A with the artistic team.
Packaged with performance and Q&A at Riverside Theatres, FORM offers the alternative option of off-site workshops to be hosted at your school/studio on 2 May 2023 with a minimum participants of 20. Contact admin@form.org.au for availability. Please note the matinee will be a clothed performance.
Thursday 11 May at 11.30am
Friday 12 May at 10am & 1pm
Saturday 13 May at 7pm
Monday 15 May at 11.30am
Tuesday 16 May at 11.30am
Wednesday 17 May at 10am
Thursday 18 May at 10am
Friday 19 May at 1pm
“O full of scorpions is my mind dear wife...”
Sport for Jove’s brand new production of Macbeth played to packed houses and incredible responses in 2022, offering fresh and startling insights into this extraordinary play with a thrillingly good cast – a deeply atmospheric, faithful and exciting introduction to the play for young audiences.
Shakespeare’s most immersive and haunting play tells of the murderous ascent to ‘greatness’ of a husband and wife who believe they can control time and destiny. A loving couple, suffering the loss of a child, are surrounded by the children of others –of the King, Macduff, Banquo. To what extent is their first criminal act an act of love in that terrible void, a sacrifice she makes for him and in return, he for her?
Sport for Jove’s acclaimed Macbeth is an ecstatic vision of ghosts, shadows, what love and ambition can do to people, and the terrors of the imagination.
Macbeth is a must-see for students of the play, or young people experiencing Shakespeare for the first time.
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FYI this production coarse language, adult content, smoke haze, strobe lighting and the use of prop weapons.
DATES & TIMES
Thursday 18 May at 1.30pm
Friday 19 May at 9.30am
DURATION 2 hours 30 minutes (Including performance, analysis, discussion and brief interval)
PRICE
$30 per student/teacher
CURRICULUM LINKS Drama, English Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
Sport for Jove’s HSC Performance Symposium series in 2023 offers a powerful theatrical experience of the plays’ major scenes and characters in performance, coupled with theatrical analysis and curriculum based insights into how they work. Join Damien Ryan and the team to explore the plays’ multiple meanings, open up diverse critical readings, unlock language & character, hear actors discuss the plays’ famous ambiguities and challenges, and respond to students’ questions. A complete, hands on experience that combines the unfiltered relationship students need with the plays action and narrative, while also ensuring they are ‘watching with understanding’. We extract the key ingredients and critical thinking required to write on the plays under exam conditions.
Every aspect of the work is geared toward the curriculum and the specific needs of students studying The Crucible. A detailed Student Resource Kit will be included with this Symposium.
FYI this symposium contains violent themes.
Photo credit: Seiya Taguchi
Universally, women with personalities are hated - Billie Eilish
Created by powerhouse record label managers, Chris and Darren, this is the girl-band to end all girl-bands. They have moulded, twisted, and worked these girls to become the girls everyone wants – The Sensation Girls.
Problem is, The Sensation Girls don’t know who they are anymore.
When unofficial leader DeeDee quits unexpectedly, things begin to unravel. The girls are getting older and bolder and they know what they want, what they really, really want.
Get ready for dancing, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes inspired rap, low-rise jeans, and a hell of a lot of mess.
Heats
May – 2 June at 7.30pm
Friday 9 June at 7.30pm
Now in its eighth year, Sharp Short Theatre is a chance for young writers, directors and performers to showcase their stories on Riverside’s stage and learn from industry mentors.
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All entries perform in a heat. The best pieces are invited to perform in the final where students are awarded prizes in categories including best script, best direction, best performance and best overall production. Plays come from all theatrical genres including comedy, documentary, suspense, period, drama and fantasy, giving students a chance to play to their strengths and interests and let their imaginations run wild!
Come and support our budding future stars as they perform live on stage! Registrations close 28 April 2023.
Wednesday 7 June at 11am Thursday 8 June at 11am
DURATION
2 hours 30 minutes
(Brief interval plus Q&A)
PRICE
$25 per student/teacher
CURRICULUM LINKS Drama, English Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
From Writer/Director Chris Bendall comes a fantastic new story about the power of every person to find their voice, and save the world.
Two intertwining stories – one magical, the other all too real – bring two unlikely heroes to the stage in a new work inspired by the Fridays for Future student-led protests of 2019. Black Sun / Blood Moon follows Maddy, a ten-year-old climate champion, and Katie, the underachieving assistant of a climate-denying politician, as they set out to save the planet.
When Paul unwittingly inspires his young daughter Maddy to take part in a school climate strike, their lives are turned upside down irrevocably. Maddy’s journey will put her at increasing risk as she takes her message to the powers that be, while Katie will find herself on the back of eagles and dolphins as she attempts to fulfill a fantastical quest from the future.
Featuring stunning video and projection, and amazing life-size puppetry by Erth Visual and Physical Inc., Black Sun / Blood Moon will delight students.
Wednesday 21 June at 10.30am & 12pm
Thursday 22 June at 10.30am
Thursday 22 June at 12pm Friday 23 June at 10.30am & 12pm
DURATION
45 minutes plus Q&A
PRICE
$25 per student/teacher
English, Music, Creative Arts- Drama
Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
There was once a small boy called Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and his house was next door to an old people’s home. He knew all the people who lived there, but his favourite person of all was Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper. When Wilfrid finds out that Nancy has lost her memory, he sets out to find out what a memory is…
This delightful production, based on the poignant picture book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas, adapted and directed by Sandra Eldridge, weaves together captivating storytelling with mesmerising music in an immersive and intimate performance. Featuring a new score by award-winning composer Paul Stanhope performed by a string quartet from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is the perfect introduction to live classical music, guaranteed to enchant audiences both young and old.
Wednesday 28 June at 1pm Thursday 29 June at 10am & 1.30pm Friday 30 June at 11.30am & 7pm
DURATION
1 hour 50 minutes (Including 20 minute Q&A)
student/teacher
English Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
A brand new production of this incredible play for young audiences from Artistic Director, Damien Ryan. The existential crisis facing our world today has triggered a deafening chorus of ‘How dare you!’, screamed from the heart of our planet’s youth. And it’s not just about climate issues. What can children teach us in their struggle to be heard?
Sport for Jove’s furiously energetic new production of Romeo & Juliet dazzled and moved thousands of students in 2022, characterised by a true vision of today’s youth - some of Australia’s most exciting young actors of Shakespeare taking on Juliet, Romeo, Paris, Mercutio, Benvolio, Balthazar - surrounded by an extraordinary cast of experienced players, gives this production an authenticity and honest rawness, danger and the genuine awkwardness of youth.
A thrilling introduction to Shakespeare for young audiences and such an important work for students to experience live.
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Tuesday 18 July at 10.15am & 12.30pm Wednesday 19 July at 10.15am & 12.30pm Thursday 20 July at 10.15am & 12.30pm
Full of trickery and wickedly-funny pranks, Dahl’s adored classic encourages us to treat others with love and care and proves that if you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams.
Packed with Dahlicious mischief, hilarious mayhem and big belly laughs, The Twits is an unmissable fun for all ages, from shake & stir theatre co the award-winning team behind the sold out seasons of Fantastic Mr Fox, Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts and George’s Marvellous Medicine.
You’ve read the book – it’s time to experience this family classic from the wacky mind of the world’s No. 1 Storyteller live on stage.
You won’t believe your (glass) eyes.
FYI this production contains loud music and sound fx, strobe lighting, haze and two very nasty individuals.
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Perceptions sees flamenco dance artist Pepa Molina return to the Riverside stage following Bush Bailando premiered by FORM in 2016. Bush Bailando earned the artist the 2016 Dance Australia critic’s choice for Most Interesting Artist. In her new work, Pepa will surround herself with renowned performers from Spain exploring the intricacies, superstitions and cliches in Flamenco’s past and present.
The Learn the Repertoire, See the Show workshop will introduce students to the art of Flamenco and its cultural history, a wonderful blend of entertainment and education. Students will learn how Flamenco music, song and dance all relate to each other with demonstrations of the varied Flamenco instruments and techniques involved in Perceptions such as castañuelas (castanets) & Flamenco dance (Baile).
Reckoning is a show depicting the intertwining of indigenous culture through storytelling, original songs and dance, tackling the modern-day effects of racism and intergenerational trauma.
Employing strong visuals projected on screen, emotionally charged song, deeply personal story telling and genuine raw emotions of anger, grief, sadness and joy, Reckoning leads its audience through a process of truth-telling and truth-accepting that subtly triggers states of empathy and understanding, whilst the music uplifts the audience.
This is achieved by presenting the themes of the show in a visually beautiful way with original costuming, symbolic staging, a bright engaging colour pallet, atmospheric lighting and environment, inspiring lyrics in language and an utterly dance-worthy contemporary sound by Samuel Gaskin and The Merindas.
This show is a recognition of past injustices, a journey through understanding, and a celebration of indigenous cultures survival, creativity and strength.
FYI - this production contains some bright lights, haze effects, sudden loud noises, addresses the effects of bullying, abuse and trauma in a way that comprehension of subject matter is naturally age appropriate.
DATES & TIMES
Thursday 7 September at 12pm Friday 8 September at 12pm DURATION 80 minutes plus Q&A PRICE $25 per student/teacher CURRICULUM LINKS Drama, English, Music, Society and Culture Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
Weaving together extraordinary, humorous, and tragic multi-lingual stories of female migrant factory workers from Western Sydney with distinctly live and loud original music played by an electrifying all-female rock band, The Hen House elevates diverse women’s voices as powerful and hugely significant to Australia’s social and economic history.
Created and performed by dynamic sister-duo Josipa Draisma (Founder/Creative Director, In Wild Company) and Mara Knezevic (Playlist, PYT Fairfield), with director Anthea Williams (Hir, Sydney Theatre Awards Best Director), The Hen House is a fierce and funny migrant story that pays homage to the stories of European migration in the 60s and 70s and explores the dignity and comedy of the female working-class experience.
FYI this production contains strobe lighting, smoke haze, coarse language
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Wednesday 11 October at 10.15am & 1pm Thursday 12 October at 10.15am & 1pm
DURATION 60 minutes
PRICE $25 per student/teacher
CURRICULUM LINKS
Creative Arts- Drama, English Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
“In short, it’s hilarious.” - Sydney Morning Herald
A very cheeky, very clever, utterly irreverent riff on Hamlet – made especially for children. The Listies, maestros of children’s entertainment, have pulled apart Shakespeare’s classic and glued it back together with hilarious costumes, loads of silliness and plenty of interactivity.
Hamlet is already full of things kids love in a good story: ghosts, castles, sword fights, bodily fluids and spooky stuff. Add to the mix some supersonic gags and expertly timed stage magic and you have a brilliantly disguised Shakespearean tragedy for everyone aged five and over.
And that’s not all… expect bonus pillow fights, pirates, ninjas, ninja pirates, aliens, ninja pirate aliens, zombies and a bunch of other hilarious stuff as The Listies take kids and their adults on a fun-filled hour of theatre. The only thing we can be sure of is that everyone dies at the end – including the audience!
On a sweltering day in January 1788, seven clan leaders gather on a sandstone escarpment overlooking the harbour. The attendees, six of them Elders and one new initiate, catch-up, laugh together, share a meal and compare notes. But beyond the friendly banter, protocols, and hospitality, a momentous decision is waiting to be made.
A mysterious fleet of giant nawi is amassing in the harbour and as they creep closer, these seven representatives must choose unanimously: whether to send these strangers on their way or welcome them?
After its Sydney Theatre Award-winning premiere production at the 2020 Sydney Festival, Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison’s ( Stolen, Rainbow's End ) The Visitors will be reworked for this brand new production directed by one of Australia’s most celebrated directors, Quandamooka man Wesley Enoch.
Co-produced by STC and Moogahlin Performing Arts, The Visitors is at once a riveting, deeply researched insight into one of the most impactful and painful days in Australia’s history, and a hugely entertaining study of how communities respond to change and the unknown.
FYI this production contains infrequent coarse language, themes of racial violence, and intergenerational trauma
Indigenous Languages and Arts
This production is proudly supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts program.
BY FELICITY CASTAGNA ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY PRISCILLA JACKMAN
Tuesday 24 October at 11am Tuesday 31 October at 11am Wednesday 1 November at 11am & 7pm
DURATION
90 minutes plus Q&A* *Q&A only for 11am performance
PRICE $28
CURRICULUM LINKS Drama, English, PDHPE Full links are available at riversideparramatta.com.au/education
A complicated friendship. A journey they didn’t mean to happen.
Asheeka and Rosa are two funny, sharp, adventurous young women who refuse to be held back any longer.
When they end up on a Thelma and Louise-esque road trip in Western Sydney, a series of escalating events land Rosa in juvenile jail living her life through books and wondering about her best mate, who has disappeared.
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Sharp Short Dance is a one-of-a-kind Australian youth dance festival unearthing the finest young dancers from Sydney and beyond. The festival provides a rare opportunity for aspiring choreographers and dancers to display their talent in a supportive environment. Dedicated to young performers 21 years and under, Sharp Short Dance encourages active participation in all genres and traditions of dance.
Over three heats entrants perform in a professional theatre setting mentored by FORM’s artistic producer. A panel of industry professionals invite the best works to participate in the final, vying for valuable industry awards and secondments.
Since 2020 dance films have become a key feature of Sharp Short Dance. Dance films are presented on FORM’s website where audiences are invited to vote for their favourite work. Films selected for the final are equally eligible for industry awards and secondments.
Awards are announced at the final.
Registrations open 27 July and close 12 October.
We will announce more details about our Education program in early 2023 so join our mailing list by emailing education_riverside@cityofparrmatta.nsw.gov.au to find out, or keep an eye on our website.
With access to some fantastic artists who are experts in their field, we’re cooking up a great workshop program for both students and Teachers.
Riverside Theatres presents a wide variety of shows annually. There may be something we’re offering to our general public audiences that you’re interested in bringing your students to, so we have made that easy for you with our ‘Evening Excursions’ by offering school group prices to select shows within our season.
Photo by Jamie James
Riverside Theatres is a unit of City of Parramatta Council
Lord Mayor, Cr Donna Davis
Vyvienne Abla Marwa Abouzeid
Cate Cunningham Jackie Emery
Cr Ange Humphries
Dr Robert Lang Matthew Lazarus-Hall Cr Cameron McLean
John Moore
Keiasha Naidoo
Cr Georgina Valjak
Director – Craig McMaster Marketing & Communications Team Leader – Sophie Anderson Leadership Team Administrator –Cassandra Bayley Operations Manager – Mike Brew Executive Producer, National Theatre of Parramatta – Joanne Kee
Business Manager - Tanya Sampson
Program Manager – Catherine Swallow
Program Coordinator (Education, Youth and Families) –Amy Matthews
Education Booking Officer – Abby Wardleworth
Nicole Ball Parramatta Public School
Sharon Bower Independent Education Consultant
Anna Evans Liverpool Hospital School
Danielle Evans Blue Mountains Grammar School
Carolyn Gandouin Bradfield Senior College
Rebecca Kershaw Mount Druitt Public School
Letitia McCubbin Cumberland High School
Iris McGill Sydney Catholic Schools Arts Team
Angela Morosin Barker College
Aubtin Namdar Glenmore Park High School
Rachel North University of Sydney
Anthony Quelch Marsden High School
Dane Ropa Narrabeen Sports High School
Catherine Simpson Independent Education Consultant
Henrietta Stathopoulos CEO Sydney - CaSPA
As of October 2022
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Riverside reserves the right to add, withdraw and substitute artists and vary the programme and prices should the necessity arise. Please note that some performances may contain smoke, strobe lighting, loud noise, coarse language and nudity. Where known we will indicate this in our website and in the theatre foyer at the time of the performance.
Curriculum links are a guide only as to what outcomes and content our events might link to. They are not exhaustive and are not intended to imply that the outcomes can be fully satisfied by attending one of our events. They are to be used at the teacher’s discretion.
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