Sydney Theatre Company
Education
A MESSAGE FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ~
The 2014 season is full of characters with big ideas, big ambitions and – occasionally – very big noses. This program is full of accessible, challenging and sometimes cheeky theatre for young people. These productions not only contain strong curriculum connections, but should provide incredible learning and life experiences for your students. This year, we’ve assembled a masterful array of playwrights dishing up a season of benchmark texts. From the lively and honest Travelling North to the pure joy of Pinocchio, from the creeping thrills of Switzerland to the sublime romance of Cyrano de Bergerac, there’s not a genre left unturned. Cyrano has become a hallmark STC text and it promises once again to be a sumptuous day in the theatre with Richard Roxburgh donning the schnoz.
And to ice the cake. Hugo Weaving. Macbeth. This is the Shakespeare play that opened my eyes in high school; the one that shook me out of adolescent torpor and set me squarely on the path to theatre. Watching a talent like Hugo let loose on a monster like this is going to be an absolute treat. We’re very excited to be enhancing our significant commitment to teacher professional learning through School DramaTM, the Arts Conference for Educators and other programs. This is where teachers and artists work together, sharing their expertise and use theatre and drama to improve student outcomes. We hope you enjoy all that our 2014 season has to offer and I look forward to welcoming you and your students to our Company.
ANDREW UPTON Artistic Director Sydney Theatre Company
Photography by Lisa Tomasetti
Since its inception, Sydney Theatre Company has been dedicated to providing students and teachers with access to great theatre which complements the curriculum. Over the past few years, we have honed our commitment to this original vision, so as to give more teachers and students the opportunity to see the biggest and best theatre experiences that Sydney and the world have to offer.
SCHOOLS DAYS 4 Travelling North 6 Noises Off 8 Pinocchio 10 Macbeth 12 The Effect 14 Kryptonite 16 Children of the Sun 18 Cyrano de Bergerac 20 Switzerland 22 STC Ed recommends 23 OnSTAGE Week 24 ACE: Arts Conference for Educators 25 School Drama 26 Work experience 26 Sydney Dance Company 27 What else is there? Resources for schools 28 FAQs 29 Venue map 30 Everything you need to know about booking 31 The booking form
All details in this brochure are correct at time of printing. Sydney Theatre Company reserves the right to vary the program without notice should the need arise.
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND ALLENS PRESENT
TRAVELLING NORTH BY DAVID WILLIAMSON
Director Andrew Upton Designer David Fleischer Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper Sound Designer Steve Francis With Bryan Brown Harriet Dyer Russell Kiefel Emily Russell Greta Scacchi Andrew Tighe Sara West
Williamson’s autumnal classic of love, loss and family David Williamson’s Travelling North premiered in 1979 at The Nimrod Theatre, and swiftly became an important play in the Australian canon. This, its first ever production at STC, brings Williamson’s affectionate, insightful play to the intimacy of Wharf 1 Theatre. Bryan Brown stars as the loveable, cantankerous Frank, who finds new life in a twilight love affair with wholehearted Frances (Greta Scacchi), to the disapproval of their conventional children.
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 12 FEB 12.15pm (OnStage Week) WED 5 MAR 12.15pm
WED 26 FEB 12.15pm WED 12 MAR 12.15pm
All Schools Day performances of Travelling North include a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS • Special OnStage Week Schools Days performance • Australian Realism, classic Australian play by David Williamson • A significant Australian play for study in English and Drama Stage 6 (Preliminary P3.2, P3.3 & P3.4) • Links Stage 6 Drama (HSC Critical Analysis H3.2 , H 3.3 & H3.5)
“ Some children apparently get upset when their parents start a new relationship. They see it as an act of betrayal...”
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Suits Years 9 to 12
ASSOCIATE SPONSOR
2hrs (INCLUDING INTERVAL)
WHARF 1 THEATRE
MEDIA PARTNER
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student 4
Photo by Michele Aboud / Ellie Kurttz
Frank
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND QANTAS PRESENT
NOISES OFF BY MICHAEL FRAYN
Director Jonathan Biggins Set Designer Mark Thompson Costume Designer Julie Lynch Lighting Designer Nigel Levings With Alan Dukes Lindsay Farris Marcus Graham Ron Haddrick Danielle King Genevieve Lemon Tracy Mann Josh McConville Ash Ricardo
A tour de farce From Wilde to Orton, via Benny Hill, English comedy has trodden a fine line between the incisively witty and the earthily broad. Of course, the greatest does both, at the same time, and with extra sardines. Enter Noises Off. Michael Frayn’s comic masterpiece reveals the goings-on as a Z-list touring company attempts to mount the somewhat dire bedroom farce, Nothing On. Will two separate love triangles, a dipsomaniac and lost contact lenses prevent the show from going on?
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 19 MAR 12.15pm WED 26 MAR 12.15pm All Schools Day performances of Noises Off include a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS • Strong links to comedy and the dramatic elements of movement, focus and timing • Explores elements of farce and comedy • Links to Drama Stage 5 (5.3.1 & 5.3.2) • Contains elements of physical theatre • Excellent production for the explicit teaching of the Elements of Drama (Stage 5)
“ The funniest farce ever written” The New York Post
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Suits Years 8 to 12 (INCLUDING INTERVAL)
2hrs 30mins
DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student
WARNING! CONTAINS MILD SEXUAL INNUENDO
Photo by Ingvar Kenne
PRESENTING SPONSOR
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE PRESENT A WINDMILL THEATRE AND STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION
PINOCCHIO
BASED ON THE BOOKS BY CARLO COLLODI CREATED BY ROSEMARY MYERS WITH WRITER JULIANNE O’BRIEN Director Rosemary Myers Composer/ Musical Director Jethro Woodward Designer Jonathon Oxlade Video Designer Chris More Lighting Designer Geoff Cobham Movement Carol Wellman Kelly With Danielle Catanzariti Jude Henshall Nathan O’Keefe Jonathon Oxlade Alirio Zavarce
A rollicking revision of the classic tale of a wooden boy with a nose for trouble Once there was a lonely man with lots of love to give. He wanted a child so much that he carved himself a beautiful little boy. But the boy wanted the world – adventure, fame and the latest designer sneakers. He wanted more than his father could possibly give, and so he ran away to get it. This is his story. The classic tale by Carlo Collodi is given a 21st Century spin and retold as a witty, rocking, music theatre spectacular; a mix of old time theatre fun and a celebration of the ‘whatever’ generation.
SCHOOLS DAYS TUE 29 APR 11.00am THU 1 MAY 11.00am*
WED 30 APR 11.00am FRI 2 MAY 11.00am
*AUSLAN/Audio Described session. There will be an AUSLAN interpreter onstage and the option for sight-impaired students to have an audio headset which describes the action on stage as it happens. All Schools Day performances of Pinocchio include a post-show Q&A with the cast. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Family Program Patron: Gretel Packer
• A contemporary retelling of the classic tale • Hybrid and contemporary form • Links to Children’s Theatre • Links to Stage 2 & 3 Drama, particularly to Readers’ Theatre across curricula & links to Appreciating (APRAS 1.4, 2.4, 3.4) • Stage 4 Drama (4.3.1 & 4.3.2) • Contains elements of puppetry and musical theatre • Stunning visual imagery
2hrs 10mins
(INCLUDING INTERVAL)
DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student 8
Photo by Shane Reid
Suits Years 4 to 8
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND UBS PRESENT
MACBETH BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Director Kip Williams Designer Alice Babidge Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper Composer & Sound Designer Max Lyandvert With Hugo Weaving
“What bloody man is that?” A dark prophecy triggers Shakespeare’s goriest tragedy that charts the rise, rise and fall of a political couple whose wayward moral compass takes them in a deadly direction. Fasten your seat belts for another towering performance from Hugo Weaving as he wrestles with one of Shakespeare’s most complex protagonists. Continuing his keen-eyed interpretation of classic texts, director Kip Williams (Under Milk Wood, Romeo and Juliet) will deliver a short, sharp reworking on a reinvented stage. In Alice Babidge’s extraordinary design, the vast Sydney Theatre will be turned inside out into a dark, intimate venue with a strictly limited capacity, promising a haunting new experience.
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 6 AUG 12.15pm* TUE 26 AUG 6.30pm WED 10 SEP 12.15pm*
TUE 19 AUG 6.30pm WED 3 SEP 12.15pm*
Schools Day performances of Macbeth marked * include a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS • Links to Drama and English • Strong links to Stage 5 Drama focusing on design and the contemporary staging of Shakespeare’s plays (5.3.1 & 5.3.2) • Stage 6 Drama (Preliminary) (P1.4 & P2.2) • Stage 6 Drama, with particular focus on Design and Critical Analysis (H1.3, H2.4, H3.2, H3.3 & H3.5) • Focus on the manipulation of the actor/audience relationship
MEDIA PARTNER
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Suits Years 9 to 12 2hrs 30mins (INCLUDING INTERVAL)
SYDNEY THEATRE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student
STRICTLY NO LATECOMERS ADMITTED
Photo by Michele Aboud
PRESENTING SPONSOR
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND COMMONWEALTH BANK PRESENT A SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND QUEENSLAND THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION
THE EFFECT BY LUCY PREBBLE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Director Sarah Goodes Designer Renée Mulder Composer & Sound Designer Guy Webster With Eugene Gilfedder Anna McGahan Angie Milliken
When people fall in love we often talk about the ‘chemistry’ between them. But what is this ‘chemistry’ and what causes it? In The Effect, acclaimed British playwright Lucy Prebble turns her incisive pen to examining the world of drug-testing clinics and neuroscience. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, take part in a drug trial examining the effects of a new anti-depressant. However, as their doses become stronger, they succumb to the gravitational pull of attraction and start to fall in love. But is their newfound passion real? Or just another side effect? Interweaving reason and passion, science and art, Prebble’s funny, tender and provocative play is guaranteed to have you debating long after the lights come up.
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 13 AUG 12.15PM There will be a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre for the above Schools Day performance of The Effect. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS • Suitable for Year 11 and 12 students in raising social and ethical medical questions • Themes exploring mental health, neurology and the limits of medicine • New contemporary work • Links to Stage 6 Drama (Preliminary) (P3.2, P3.3 & P3.4) • Explores ethical questions – ‘What does it mean to be human?’
Daily Telegraph (UK)
PRESENTING SPONSOR
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Suits Years 11 to 12 2hrs 30mins (INCLUDING INTERVAL)
WHARF 1 THEATRE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student
WARNING! CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE, SEXUAL REFERENCES AND NUDITY
Illustration by Collider Photo by Sarah Golonka
“ An astonishingly rich and rewarding play, as intelligent as it is deeply felt.”
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS A SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION
KRYPTONITE A NEW PLAY BY SUE SMITH WORLD PREMIERE Director Geordie Brookman Designer Victoria Lamb Lighting Designer Nicholas Rayment Composer DJ TR!P With Ursula Mills
The trifecta: power, money, love Crossing through time, juggling the personal and political, Kryptonite traces the fortunes of two students at a Sydney university as their careers and relationships intertwine, peak and implode. Dylan is a carefree, charming Aussie bloke and Lian a shy international student. Over the years their paths cross; he has become a politician whose career is solidly in ascendance while she has finally returned to China as a senior executive. Life experience – and personal interests – have fashioned new dissonances in their friendship. Is desire enough to transcend politics?
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 15 OCT 12.15pm There will be a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre for the above Schools Day performance of Kryptonite. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Kryptonite was co-commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company and Playwriting Australia with the generous support of Rhonda McIver.
• Themes exploring contemporary politics and Australia’s relationship with China (link to ACARA’s Cross-Curriculum Priority of Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia) • Links to HSIE (Human Society and its Environment) • Dramatic forms include: magic realism, expressionism with clear links to contemporary forms of theatre and movement • Stage 5 Drama (5.3.1 & 5.3.2) • Stage 6 Drama (P2.6, P3.2, P3.3. P3.4. H3.4 & H 3.5) • Links to Chinese language and cultural studies
“ Give me your ideals. Put them in my hands. I’ll keep them safe.” Dylan
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1hr 30mins (NO INTERVAL)
WHARF 1 THEATRE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student
WARNING! CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND MILD SEX THEMES
Photo by Michele Aboud
Suits Years 10 to 12
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND COLONIAL FIRST STATE GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PRESENT
CHILDREN OF THE SUN BY MAXIM GORKY IN A NEW VERSION BY ANDREW UPTON AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Director Kip Williams Set Designer David Fleischer Costume Designer Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Damien Cooper With Justine Clarke Jacqueline McKenzie Chris Ryan Helen Thomson Ben Winspear
Love and other chemical reactions In a rambling mansion in provincial Russia at the beginning of the 20th Century, a sister, a brother, their partners and admirers pursue their intimate intrigues oblivious to bigger new realities brewing at their door step. A family born to privilege but bound for dysfunction. Protasov might be the man of the house, but, even when he lifts his eyes from his chemistry set, he is blind to his wife’s infidelities, his friend’s advances and his sister’s quiet despair. Both a sparkling comedy and a thoughtful exploration of larger issues of privilege, progress and being caught at the wrong end of history, Children of the Sun captures the atmosphere of unease and upheaval of its era – with more than a fleeting resonance to our own troubled times.
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 22 OCT 12.15pm There will be a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre for the above Schools Day performance of Children of the Sun. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Production Patrons: Stephen and Julie Fitzgerald
• Link to World Theatre and Gorky’s social realism • A new adaptation by Andrew Upton • Stage 5 Drama (5.3.1 & 5.3.2) • Stage 6 Drama (Preliminary) focusing on Theatrical Transitions and Performance Styles (P3.3) • Links to HSIE (Human Society and its Environment) with a particular focus on History • Classic Realism • Themes of humour, wit, Romance and Tragedy
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2hrs 30mins (INCLUDING INTERVAL)
DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student
WARNING! CONTAINS MILD LANGUAGE
Photo by Michele Aboud
Suits Years 9 to 12
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
CYRANO DE BERGERAC BY EDMOND ROSTAND ADAPTED BY ANDREW UPTON ORIGINAL TRANSLATION BY MARION POTTS Director Lindsay Posner Associate Director Sarah Goodes Lighting Designer Damien Cooper With Ryan Corr Eryn Jean Norvill Richard Roxburgh
The nose that launched a thousand quips In wordplay and swordplay, Cyrano de Bergerac has no peer. He is a man’s man who can speak as eloquently of battle as he can of love – even though the latter has eluded him. Cursed with an enormous nose, he has resigned himself to experience love vicariously. And so, despite his feelings for Roxane, the beautiful heiress, he agrees to court her for his handsome friend Christian, who learns by heart Cyrano’s urgent, amorous poetry. Richard Roxburgh returns to STC to play with customary panache the title role, adding his interpretation to a stellar roll call from across the years including José Ferrar, Gerard Depardieu and Steve Martin. Award-winning British director Lindsay Posner makes his Australian debut with this sumptuous production.
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 19 NOV 12.15pm There will be a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre for the above Schools Day performance of Cyrano de Bergerac. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS • Curriculum links to comedic forms • Strong elements of movement and timing in swordfights and repartee • Links to the study of Commedia dell’arte • Suitable for Stage 4 Drama (4.3.1) • Stage 6 Drama (Preliminary) focusing on stagecraft and production elements • Stage 6 Drama focusing on Design and Critical Analysis (P2.2, P2.6, P3.3, H3.3 & H3.5) Production Patrons: John and Frances Ingham
Suits Years 8 to 12 2hrs 50mins (INCLUDING INTERVAL)
SYDNEY THEATRE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student 18
Photo by Michele Aboud
MEDIA PARTNER
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, LOS ANGELES, PRESENTS
SWITZERLAND A NEW PLAY BY JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH WORLD PREMIERE Director Andrew Upton With Sarah Peirse
A stranger calls… Finely plotted, suspenseful and surprising, Switzerland will have you on the edge of your seat. By arrangement with our friends at LA’s Geffen Playhouse, who commissioned Switzerland, we are excited to present this very original thriller inspired by Patricia Highsmith, renowned novelist best known for her fictional creation con artist Tom Ripley. Highsmith’s taut prose, macabre scenarios and ambivalent moral stance – in her world, the villains often enjoy a happy ending denied their victims – made her one of the 20th Century’s most compelling and enigmatic crime novelists. The tables are turned in Switzerland and it is Patricia herself who is the central character, brought to life by the wonderful Sarah Peirse (Fury). True to its genre, Switzerland kicks off with a knock at the door – before spiralling into a grim and lively contest of wits, words and wills.
SCHOOLS DAYS WED 26 NOV 12.15pm There will be a pre-show discussion and post-show Q&A held in the theatre for the above Schools Day performance of Switzerland. See p27 for more info.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS • Genre of crime fiction brought to the stage as a ‘Thriller’ • Themes of journey, discovery, authorship and ambition • Inspired by the life of Patricia Highsmith, writer of The Talented Mr Ripley • Suitable for Year 11 English and Drama Students, studying crime fiction and dramatic elements of tension, timing, situation and structure • Stage 5 Drama (5.1.1 & 5.3.1) • Stage 6 Drama (Preliminary) (P1.4 & P2.1) • Stage 6 English Extension 1 – Crime Writing Elective
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1hr 30mins (NO INTERVAL)
DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
$25/student $12.50/PSFP student
WARNING! CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE
Photo by James Green
Suits Years 10 to 12
While the productions below lie outside the STC Ed 2014 program, they are still great options for students. These three wonderful pieces explore Group Devised performance, improvisation, Verbatim Theatre and contemporary Australian work. Visit sydneytheatre.com.au/stced for more details.
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE PRESENT
THE LONG WAY HOME BY DANIEL KEENE WORLD PREMIERE
7-15 FEB Created from first-hand accounts, The Long Way Home reflects the Australian Defence Force’s recent experiences on operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor as well as humanitarian and disaster relief and protecting Australia’s borders. Suits Years 11 to 12
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS • OnStage Week performance • Co-production with the Australian Defence Force • Stage 6 Drama studying Verbatim Theatre (H3.1 & H3.4)
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SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS THE BORDER PROJECT, ONTROEREND GOED, DRUM THEATRE PLYMOUTH AND RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS LTD, IN ASSOCIATION WITH ADELAIDE FESTIVAL
FIGHT NIGHT CREATED BY THE BORDER PROJECT
AND ONTROEREND GOED WITH TEXT BY ALEXANDER DEVRIENDT AND THE CAST
20 MAR – 13 APR Five contenders. Five rounds. You choose. A playful and immersive night of theatre.
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND AUSTRALIAN THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE PRESENT
M.ROCK BY LACHLAN PHILPOTT WORLD PREMIERE
12-21 JUN When Tracy misses her plane home Mabel sets off on a quest to find her granddaughter. But what she finds is her inner DJ. Suits Years 10 to 12
Suits Years 10 to 12
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
• New contemporary work by Australian playwright, Lachlan Philpott • Links to Stage 4 & 5 Drama (4.3.2, 5.3.1 & 5.3.2) • Links to Stage 5 English (10.2) analysing cultural assumptions • Explores generational assumptions • Contains poetic and rhytmic language
• Politics, democracy, HSIE (Human Society and its Environment) • Contains audience participation • Links to Stage 5 Drama Playbuilding (5.2.2 & 5.2.3) • Links to Stage 6 Drama. Group Devised performance (P2.6) • Explores technology in performance
10 – 14 FEB 2014
SCHOOLS DAY PERFORMANCE TRAVELLING NORTH Wed 12 Feb, 12.15pm Written by David Williamson and directed by STC’s Artistic Director Andrew Upton this is the story of loveable, cantankerous Frank and sweet, wholehearted Frances who find new life in a twilight love affair, to the disapproval of their conventional children. Travelling North is excellent for those studying Australian realism with links to Stage 6 Drama and English and a wonderful addition to your OnSTAGE week experience. You can also attend a 45-minute pre-performance discussion with the director and a postperformance Q&A with the actors. For more details see page 4.
THE LONG WAY HOME 7-15 Feb A major, new work exploring Verbatim Theatre and its dramatisation of first-hand accounts of Australian war stories and real-life experiences on operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor as well as humanitarian and disaster relief and protecting Australia’s borders. To book go to sydneytheatre.com.au from Mon 2 Dec or call the STC Box Office on (02) 9250 1777.
ACCESS ARCHIVES During OnSTAGE week STC will have available a selection of archival recordings of past STC productions of HSC drama plays for students to view. Screenings are available by request. Please contact education@sydneytheatre.com.au to book a time for a viewing.
BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS Available Mon – Fri, 9.30am – 3pm Students are able to take a free guided tour of the Wharf complex and see how it all comes together. For more details see page 27. For performance bookings please complete the form at the end of this brochure. For general enquiries please email education@sydneytheatre.com.au 23
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS
ACE: ARTS CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATORS ~
This professional learning event is designed for primary teachers to learn about the five Arts (Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Art) that are included in the Australian Curriculum. Australia’s first national curriculum includes a mandate that each young Australian has an entitlement to quality arts education through their primary schooling. ACE has been designed to cater for the changing needs of primary teachers and to support them in implementing an arts-rich curriculum. This professional learning event will provide participating teachers with an opportunity to learn about the five art forms, gain practical strategies for including the arts in their classrooms and an understanding of how the arts can be linked to other learning areas.
ACE brings together Australia’s leading arts organisations to offer you a premium professional development opportunity. The ACE program will fuse theory with practice, offering inspiring keynote presentations from industry leaders as well as practical sessions with staff and artists from Sydney Opera House, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Dance Company, Australian Theatre for Young People and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
SCOPE OF ENDORSEMENT •A ll standards of the Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers at the level of Proficient Teacher •A ll Elements of the NSW Professional Teaching
Standards at Professional Competence
30 & 31 May, 9am – 5pm $400/full two day reg. $250/one day reg. $370/early bird reg. for both days (ends 21 Feb)
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY, MCA & SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 24
TO BOOK CALL (02) 9250 7770 OR SYDNEYOPERAHOUSE.COM/TEACHERSPD
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS
SCHOOL DRAMA ~
School DramaTM is a professional development program for primary school teachers which demonstrates the power of using drama pedagogy with quality literature for improving English and literacy in young learners.
STC partners each participating teacher with a teaching artist over a school term and together they explore how drama strategies can be integrated into any area of English and literacy, such as narrative writing, speaking and listening or comprehension. The process begins with a daylong professional development workshop. This is followed by a series of planning sessions, focused on tailoring a team-teaching program to meet the class’ individual learning goals. PROGRAM PARTNER
The artist then comes to the school over seven weekly sessions and team-teaches the program with the teacher, modelling the drama strategies and empowering them to carry these ideas into their regular teaching practice. Developed over a four-year pilot program in partnership with University of Sydney and leading academic, Professor Robyn Ewing, School DramaTM is designed to increase teachers’ confidence and capacity in using the arts as a teaching tool. This in turn improves literacy outcomes in primary students. Ongoing research and evaluation of School DramaTM has shown a range of positive outcomes for teachers at any stage of their careers as well as for their students. STC would like to take the chance to thank our close group of dedicated major donors who have enabled us to develop this initiative into a successful pilot program. If you are interested in joining this program, we strongly advise you to register your school’s interest early in Term 4 2013. For more information please visit sydneytheatre.com.au/school-drama or email jsaunders@sydneytheatre.com.au
Sydney Theatre Company – NSW Institute of Teachers’ endorsed provider of Institute Registered professional development for the maintenance of accreditation at Proficient Teacher/Professional Competence. Scope of Endorsement
Program Patrons: Origin Foundation Caledonia Foundation Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the level of Proficient Teacher 1.1.2, 1.2.2, 1.4.2, 1.5.2, 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.3.2, 2.5.2, 3.1.2, 3.2.2, 3.5.2, 3.6.2, 4.1.2, 5.3.2, 5.4.2, 6.4.2, 6.2.2, 6.3.2, 7.4.2 for the program School Drama.
NSW Professional Teaching Standards at Professional Competence 1.2.1, 1.2.3. 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.6, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.10, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 6.2.1, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.7, 7.2.4 for the program School Drama.
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MORE ACCESS TO STC ~
WORK EXPERIENCE
ACCESS PROGRAM
Sydney Theatre Company offers high school students the opportunity to spend a week participating in and observing various areas of the Company in operation.
Tickets for schools are heavily subsidised (sometimes up to 70% of the full adult price). Even so, many teachers would like to bring their students but are unable to due to the costs involved. For each Schools Performance, STC allocates a limited number of STC Access Tickets at 50% off the student price.
Students see and discuss productions, meet various staff members across departments and assist in the administration area of the Company.
If your school is a NSW public school eligible for Transitional Equity Funding for 2014, or a Catholic/Independent equivalent, or a school located in regional NSW, you are eligible to apply for this significantly reduced ticket price.
Applications open late 2013 and close early 2014. Details on the application process are available for students at sydneytheatre.com.au/stced Please note: places are strictly limited.
To apply for STC Access Tickets, simply tick ‘I would like to apply for Access Tickets’ on your booking form. We will contact you about your application when we process your booking.
DANCE AT SYDNEY THEATRE ~
In 2014 students can attend matinee events at Sydney Theatre in March and October, with a talk, demonstration and Q&A session programmed alongside the full performance. Curriculum relevant resources will be available for free when you book. 2014 school matinee dates Tue 25 Mar, 12pm – Interplay Secondary school matinee (Years 7 – 12)
Sydney Theatre’s resident dance company, Sydney Dance Company, offers students the opportunity to watch, learn and participate in dance programs delivered by some of the best dancers in the country. 26
Tue 14 Oct, 12pm – Louder than Words Secondary school matinee (Years 7 – 12) Thu 16 Oct, 10.30am – Louder than Words Primary school matinee (Years 3 – 6) For further information about Sydney Dance Company’s education program and to book visit sydneydancecompany.com
RESOURCES ~
WHAT ELSE IS THERE?
ARCHIVES
We are often asked what else is available for schools to make the most of their experience with Sydney Theatre Company. Below you can find information about what else STC Ed has to offer.
Sydney Theatre Company Archives preserves significant administrative and production records. Materials include marketing and promotional material, scripts, prompt copies, designs, production photographs, archival recordings and more.
IN PERSON
PRE-SHOW DISCUSSION For each performance held at 12.15pm there is a pre-show discussion held at 10.30am in the theatre with the director or assistant-director of the production. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the history, design, themes and development of the production as well a chance to ask the director some questions about the show you’re about to take in. Please note: The following shows will not have a pre-show discussion: Schools Day performances Pinocchio 6.30pm 19 and 26 August Macbeth 6.30pm 19 and 26 August
POST-SHOW Q&A Each Schools Day gives students the incredibly rare and exciting opportunity to participate in a 15-minute Q&A with the cast. Held in the theatre immediately after the performance. All you have to do is stay in your seats and think of a good question. Please note: The following shows will not have a post-show Q&A: Schools Day performances of Macbeth held at 6.30pm on 19 and 26 of August.
GUIDED TOURS Take a look behind the scenes and see what makes a working theatre company tick. Tours of The Wharf and Sydney Theatre provide an insight into theatre production – exploring the worlds of costume, props, set building, lighting, sound and stage management. Tours are free for students and take approximately one hour. They are an ideal pre- or postperformance activity for students. To book a Sydney Theatre Company Guided Tour please email education@sydneytheatre.com.au
This is an amazing source of material for students studying Individual Project: Design. Students and teachers wishing to conduct research on the Company can make an appointment with Judith Seeff: jseeff@sydneytheatre.com.au Please note: there is an archival research service fee of $10.
STC Archives is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am to 5pm.
ONLINE
SHOW RESOURCES STC Ed develops both pre- and post-show resources for every Schools Day production, available online for teachers. Resources include information on the history of the play and its creators, classroom activities for teachers and students. All shows have a resource tab on their webpage, simply go to sydneytheatre.com.au/stced and click on the show you want.
THE MAGAZINE Sydney Theatre Company’s online magazine is a vibrant tangle of online resources with interviews, features, videos, podcasts, profiles, photo galleries, essays and archival material. Here we talk to actors, directors, playwrights, composers, designers and STC staff members about their work, their lives and their inspiration. We also discuss the world of theatre, and explore global themes in the arts and cultural landscapes. Visit sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine
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Can we attend an evening performance in the STC season?
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Can I offer my students the chance to subscribe to STC?
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Yes! School groups are welcome to book for any performance with discounted youth prices available at all performances excluding previews and Saturday evenings. There is limited availability and payments for all tickets need to be made in full at the time of booking.
School groups can subscribe to all STC Season performances. For school subscriptions enquiries, please contact education@sydneytheatre.com.au
Does the cost include GST? STC Ed tickets are GST exempt. GST only applies to the inside booking fee and not the total ticket price. Any applicable GST will be listed on your invoice.
What time does the performance finish so I can book a bus? Estimated times are listed in this brochure. Running times may change during rehearsal, so please check our website for the exact duration closer to your performance date.
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Can I change my student numbers? Yes. Changes to booking numbers must be received in writing and can be accepted up until six weeks prior to the performance. Changes to student numbers after this time will depend on availability and are at our discretion. This may incur a change fee.
Is there somewhere to park our buses? For performances at Sydney Theatre or The Wharf, buses can park on Hickson Road opposite Pier 4. Smaller buses and coasters would be eligible for on-street metered parking.
Is there any nudity or strong language in the production? Sometimes STC productions contain adult material, but this can’t be confirmed until rehearsals commence. We offer a guide in this brochure, but if you would like further assistance please contact education@sydneytheatre.com.au or call (02) 9250 1778.
WARNING! CHECK EACH SHOW PAGE FOR RELEVANT WARNING INFORMATION.
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOOKING ~
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HOW DO I BOOK?
SEND BOOKING FORM
Booking forms can be found at the back of this brochure or can be downloaded from sydneytheatre.com.au/stced
Email education@ sydneytheatre.com.au Fax to: (02) 9251 3687 or Mail to: STC Ed Team, Sydney Theatre Company, P.O. Box 777, Millers Point NSW 2000.
RECEIVE YOUR CONFIRMATION At this time, STC will invoice the school for a 25% deposit. Once you have paid your deposit, your booking is secure.
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MAKE THE FINAL PAYMENT
RECEIVE FINAL INFORMATION
ATTEND AND ENJOY!
STC Ed will invoice you for the balance, payable 6 school weeks before your performance or workshop date. At this stage numbers are final.
Prior to your visit, we will send you detailed information to ensure you have a hassle-free excursion. This will include any updates about changes to times or content.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS The following Terms and Conditions apply for each STC Ed and Schools Days performance booking: • A 25% non-refundable deposit is due within 14 days of the booking being confirmed by Sydney Theatre Company. You will receive an invoice. • Changes to student numbers must be in writing and are possible up to 6 weeks prior to the performance.
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Collect your tickets at the Box Office and take your seats!
• Final payment for all tickets is due 6 school weeks prior to the performance. • Any changes to student numbers after this time are at the discretion of Sydney Theatre Company and subject to availability and may incur a small fee. •T he booking is made on behalf of the school and the school accepts liability to make payment on the due dates.
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THANKS
CONTACT
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANDREW UPTON
School Drama would not be possible without the vital support we receive from the following individuals and organisations.
JOHN SAUNDERS EDUCATION MANAGER (TEACHER LEARNING) TEL (02) 9250 1795 JSAUNDERS@SYDNEYTHEATRE.COM.AU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PATRICK MCINTYRE DIRECTOR, PROGRAMMING AND ARTISTIC OPERATIONS RACHAEL AZZOPARDI
ORIGIN FOUNDATION CALEDONIA FOUNDATION VINCENT FAIRFAX FAMILY FOUNDATION
DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY & CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS PAUL O’BYRNE
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS
EDUCATION MANAGER (TEACHER LEARNING) JOHN SAUNDERS SCHOOL DRAMA PARTNERS PROFESSOR ROBYN EWING ROBYN GIBSON THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA FLINDERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL DRAMA TEACHING ARTISTS GEORGIA ADAMSON, GEORGE BANDERS, VICTORIA CAMPBELL, DOUGLAS HANSELL, DANIELLE KING, ANNA MARTIN, GWYNETH PRICE, JOHN SAUNDERS, JENNIFER WHITE.
BROCHURE CREDITS CONCEPT COLLIDER DESIGN BRAD GEORGE CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS COLLEEN ROCHE STC ED RESOURCE WRITER KERREEN ELY-HARPER
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY IS SUPPORTED BY THE NSW GOVERNMENT THROUGH ARTS NSW
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY IS ASSISTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, ITS ARTS FUNDING & ADVISORY BODY
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