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Designosaurs

Take your students on a prehistoric adventure with Designosaurs. Made in partnership with Erth and the Sydney Opera House, this inspiring, new puppetry resource brings sustainability and animal conversation to life. Your students will love exploring and experimenting with design and performance. Step by step, Erth guide students through the process of researching, designing and constructing … Read more

Little Red Riding Hood, Queensland Ballet

Fairy Tale Dance

Delve into a world of fantasy as your students explore Little Red Riding Hood, a Queensland Ballet production that showcases a new interpretation of the classic fairy tale. With this exclusive backstage pass, your students will receive tips from theatre professionals on how to create their very own performance using everyday objects found in the … Read more

The Listies Make a Scene

The Listies Make a Scene

The Listies are the Kings of Icky! And let’s face it, who doesn’t want to make a scene with vomit, farts and wobbly intestines? The wildly popular children’s theatre-makers and authors will give you all their tips and tricks for creating a show full of dramatic tension and comedy. This drama course starts at the … Read more

The Tree and the Key

Use a magical story map to navigate through a series of enchanting lessons and creative activities. Each of the lessons in The Tree and the Key will help children develop phonemic awareness of the ‘ee’ sound family through Music, Drama, Visual Arts and Dance. Start with an audio track and a fun craft exercise using … Read more

From Page to Stage

From Page to Stage is a Drama resource that guides you through transforming a narrative text into a performance. This course uses the Children’s Book Council of Australia Award-winning book Go Home, Cheeky Animals! by author Johanna Bell and illustrator Dion Beasley as a stimulus, however the process and development of this course can be applied … Read more

Stories From Home

Stories From Home

Ever wanted to learn more about the craft of theatre making? Stories from Home will take you through a structured ten lesson project to help you develop and stage an original show. Download the lesson plans to learn how you can give your students the necessary tools to create their own theatre. The videos can … Read more

Johanna Bell and Dion Beasley - Too Many Cheeky Dogs

Too Many Cheeky Dogs

Step inside the pages of Johanna Bell & Dion Beasley’s warm and entertaining children’s book Too Many Cheeky Dogs to explore the colourful characters, animals and landscapes of Tennant Creek in the remote Australian outback. Using Process Drama techniques over nine sessions, you’ll learn about Indigenous culture, Australian animals and what it’s like to live … Read more

PlayAIr with The Song Room

PlayAir

Are you ready to rock out?! Learn how to play air guitar like a pro! PlayAir is a fun series of lessons that will inspire you to start your own Air Band. You’ll learn how to play all the best air instruments like the air guitar, air saxophone, air drums, air decks and last but … Read more

Create a Radio Drama

Radio Drama

Head back to the ‘golden era’ of radio drama with this fun and imaginative resource. Develop your performance skills using voice and sound effects to create a play for radio. Explore the history of the genre, how radio advertising works and how a narrative play is structured for a radio audience. Bring plenty of imagination … Read more

Shapeshifting Stories

Shapeshifting Stories

Shapeshifting Stories provides handy tips and techniques to create compelling and dramatic stories. With the help of characters, including superhero show-off Frostica and the trainee warlock Solpadon, you will learn the fundamentals of story building – who, what, how and where.