Shows

The Forgotten Warrior

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12

Duration: 1 hour

The true story of Peter Craigie, an Indigenous man who rode a horse 1700 kms to enlist in WW1. Created in collaboration with his great niece in QLD, this show features the endangered Pitta Pitta language and is a hybrid of live theatre and cinema.

School Term: Term 3, Term 4

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The Go-Between: William Murrungurk Buckley

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12

Duration: 60 minutes plus questions

Australian history show re Indigenous Australia and European colonisation of Port Phillip, from 1803 – 1837. Tracks life of escaped convict William Buckley who lived with Wathaurong people for 32 years, then became the Melbourne go-between.

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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GOLD IN THE HEART

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12

Duration: 60 minutes plus questions

Brilliant music and story theatre tracking the 1850’s gold rush - European, Chinese and Aboriginal - and events leading to Eureka, with folk songs, poetry, documents, maps, flags, newspaper reports - and with 6 students participating in the performance.

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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The Groovenomad (years p-12)

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: Kinder to 10-12

Duration: Primary/High school 60 minutes. Early learning centres/Day care 40 minutes.

The Groovenomad blends storytelling with traditional & innovative musical instruments from around the Globe. This magnetizing, interactive show shares the richness, beauty and power of embracing cultural diversity to promote a progressive Global Community

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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IMMIGRATION: A BETTER LIFE IN AUSTRALIA

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: 3-6

Duration: 60 minutes plus questions (60 mins set up)

From the First Australians who walked and sailed from Africa, through the the First Fleet and Gold Rush to post-war migration including Jan’s personal family story, this is a story and music/song show about how Australia became a land of many peoples.

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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Indigenous Science - Fire, Flight & Sound.

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: Prep-2 to 3-6

Duration: 1 Hour

This show looks at 'Flight, Fire & Sound' with an Indigenous Perspective.Through the use of interactive and exciting demonstrations we look at the scientific principles behind the Boomerang, Aboriginal Fire use and Indigenous instruments.(Didgeridoo)

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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Modern Australian Dance - Get up, stand up, be brave

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: Prep-2 to 10-12

Duration: 1 hour incursion

Australian Modern Culture Get ready for a dynamic incursion of dance, dreamlike imagination drama and modern dance culture of Australia with a strong theme of Get Up, Stand Up & Be Brave (inspired by NAIDOC & Reconciliation Wk)

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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On The Wallaby

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: Kinder to 3-6

Duration: 60 min

Beginning with Australia’s indigenous past this show uses song , dance and theatre to trace some of Australia's history. Featuring guitar, accordion, whistles ,vocals, lagerphone and calling.
Led by 2 primary teachers

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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Wominjeka: The Thank You Workshop

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12

Duration: 90 minutes

Wominjeka means 'welcome' in the Aboriginal languages around Melbourne, and in this Australian history workshop students learn to sing a song of respect for Indigenous people, and learn a black-white history of conflict and reconciliation.

School Term: Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

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