Shows

The Audition

excursion

Year Level Suitability: 10-12

Duration: 1 Hour + 20 min Q+A (*Daytime shows only)

The Audition is a moving insight into the protocols and powers that permit or deny entry into our country and to our stages. The Audition examines the parallels between actors auditioning for work and refugees seeking asylum in Australia.

School Term: Term 2

Venue: La Mama Courthouse (Melbourne , VIC)
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The Australian History Show

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: Prep-2 to 10-12

Duration: 60 minutes, plus generous question time

Australian history and contemporary stories, songs and music - Indigenous, colonial, gold, World War 1 and lots more, from famous storyteller & musician, Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky. Presentations can be tailored to your curriculum focus.

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

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CIAO Italy! - A Celebration of Immigration 2024

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: Prep-2 to 7-9

Duration: 50 minutes performance and workshops (can be modified to run 25min to 120 minutes)

A Celebration of Immigration! A fun, unique and educational portrayal of a true story based on an Italian man's journey to Australia from his home Italy. An interactive presentation with a man and his suitcase as he shares his story.

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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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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MARCHING IN YOUR SLEEP Concert

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12

Duration: 52 mins plus optional Q&A session

A remarkable true story set in images and song. A documentary on WWII, combining live performance and an original soundtrack with archival photos, tracing the events surrounding a musical child's coming of age and survival in Eastern Europe in the 1940's.

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

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MARCHING IN YOUR SLEEP Pop Up Show

Incursion

Year Level Suitability: 7-9 to 10-12

Duration: 52 mins plus optional Q&A session

A remarkable true story set in images and song. A documentary on WWII, combining live performance and an original soundtrack with archival photos, tracing the events surrounding a musical child's coming of age and survival in Eastern Europe in the 1940's.

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

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Maui

excursion

Year Level Suitability: Prep-2 to 10-12

Duration: 1 hour

Māui is a dance theatre work that breaks down the characteristics of the Pacific demi-god and dives into the many tales of Māui. Beautiful animation serves to push the narrative forward along with energetic dancing, live music and spoken word.

School Term: Term 3

Venue: HOTA, Home of the Arts (Bundall, QLD)
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REFUGEE DIARIES

excursion

Year Level Suitability: 7-9 to 10-12

Duration: 90 minutes (no interval).

Join us as we witness the resilience of young refugees, who, despite facing unimaginable challenges, have the strength to not only survive but thrive.

School Term: Term 4

Venue: Seymour Centre (Chippendale, NSW)
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