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"Curiosity about life in all of it's aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people" Leo Burnett - Founder of one of the world's largest, most successful, mulitinational advertising agencies
Foster your students' curiosity - in lots of different subjects! Just search our website
Books To Life have announced this year's book adaptation - Being Indy, based on the CBCA Notable-listed 2026 Picture Book of the Year.
Touring to Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic & SA in Terms 2 & 3. Suits P-Yr 6. Details
Check out the live Italian shows on offer in NSW, ACT, VIC and SA along with our online shows.
Image: The Troppo Troupe with 3 different Italian shows suited to different Primary and Secondary levels
Victoria's well-established Complete Works Theatre Company offers some classic plays and Australian Poetry both live and online as well as Literature workshops and live only plays. Check them all out here.
Image: Romeo & Juliet - online and live touring Vic only
Black Swan State Theatre Company's last offering for students, The Almighty Sometimes, for Yrs 11-12, on at the Subiaco Arts Centre, runs June 22 - July 5. (image above)
Right now, the adaptation of Tim Winton's The Shepherd's Hut is on until 31 May.
It's a feast!
The visual arts can be a great inspiration for students' expression. There are so many options available
Here's the whole list, but you can filter by postcode.
Image: From Doodle Designs, the unique Glow A Dome but only in NSW.
The image is deliberately upside down, reflecting this fascinating show.
An Animal Life is a collection of comic poetry performed on video by shockingly ‘human’ avatars who variously recite Hugh Brown's animal poetry.
International No Diet Day celebrating positive body image, so important to help teenagers in particular.
Image: Junkyard Beats, in NSW and Vic, not exactly related, but about positive approach finding music in "rubbish" and advocating sustainability
Victorian Opera's education season this year, will feature an adaptation of the classic, The Magic Pudding in three Melbourne theatres as well as online, where it is live-streamed to the school at only $1 per student. For P-Yr8. Hurry, it's on later in May.
The company provide online workshops, too.
Meerkat Productions produce wonderful book week shows each year, which tour to the Eastern States -Tasmania, Victoria, SA, ACT, NSW and Queensland.
Dear Broccoli for K-Yr 6 and Inked for Yrs 3-6.
Commemorated by the International Union Movement for all it's achievements as well as failures.
Also, in a European context, May 1 celebrates the arrival of Spring. It's the mid point between the Spring Solstice and Summer equinox.
Choose which you prefer, or celebrate both.
Shows on several of the short listed books as well as shows on other books. Lots of choice. Available all around Australia.
Many actual book week schedules are already full, so be slightly flexible with dates.
Something Special available online and live around Australia. Suits P- Yr 6.
Junkyard Beats' The Box Show is on next Tuesday & Wednesday, May 5 & 6, at Seymour Centre, Sydney (image above)
And Bell Shakespeare's Julius Caesar last matinee for schools is on May 6 at Art Centre Melbourne.
World Premiere - Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA present The Shepherd's Hut adapted by Tim McGarry. May 11 - May 31. Heath Ledger Theatre. Suits Yr 11-12. Details