QPT Schools Program 2019

QUEENS PARK THEATRE

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CONTENTS 3 Welcome to QPT | School Information Page 4 Robot Song 6 Possum Magic 8 Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts 10 Madame Butterfly | Opera Australia 12 100 Years of the History of Dance in 60 Minutes

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DEAREST TEACHERS, Welcome to Queens Park Theatre’s School Shows booklet for 2019.

Imaginations will reach new heights with the amazing and broad range of theatre, music and dance on offer throughout the year.

We are giving you the opportunity to secure your school group bookings at an exclusive school price before these shows go on sale to the general public! To make a school booking simply email Valli Papini at vallip@cgg.wa.gov.au Happy creative planning for the new school year!

FROM THE QPT TEAM.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What specials do you offer to school groups?

School groups receive one FREE teachers ticket for every 15 student tickets purchased. Plus all school ticketing is at a lower competitive price.

Are there teachers’ resources and workshops available for shows?

Teachers’ resource kits and workshops are available at no charge for many of the shows in the 2019 School Shows booklet. We have indicated on each show listing if resource kits and workshops are available. These kits and workshops are put together by the production company’s creative/marketing team and are extremely useful as they help link content of the performance to the school curriculum and often include pre and post show activities.

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FRIDAY 17 MAY 2019 QUEENS PARK THEATRE PRESENTS

ROBOT SONG ARENA THEATRE CO

When eleven-year-old Juniper May receives a petition signed by her entire class stating that she is ‘the most hated person in the school’ her life is thrown into complete meltdown. Juniper stops eating, she refuses to return to school and her parents become increasingly desperate. Finally, after exhausting all other avenues her parents’ resort to the only thing they have left, a giant singing robot.

Based on a true story, Robot Song illustrates the profound, transformative nature of creativity that when combined with unconditional love, becomes an unstoppable force.

Robot Song is a genuine family show. It is joyful and full of hope. It is for any child who has ever felt isolated or pushed to the margins and any parent desperate for tools to help.

The show employs cutting edge digital technology, startling animatronics and a beautiful original musical score.

An educational kit will be provided including classroom ready activities to help prepare students for the show.

TIME:

1.00pm

AGES:

8+ years of age

TICKETS:

$10 per student

BOOKINGS: Valli Papini at vallip@cgg.wa.gov.au

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WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2019 QUEENS PARK THEATRE PRESENTS

POSSUM MAGIC MONKEY BAA THEATRE

For more than 30 years, Mem Fox’s Possum Magic has captivated and enchanted young people all over Australia.

Grandma Poss loves making magic. She makes wombats blue and kookaburras pink. She makes dingoes smile and emus shrink. But one day, when danger arrives in the form of a snake, Grandma uses her most magical spell to make Hush invisible. Hush has many wonderful adventures. But being invisible isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and Hush longs to see herself again.

Possum Magic takes us on a whimsical journey to cities around Australia to find the food that makes Hush visible again.

Joined by an extraordinary creative team, Monkey Baa brings to life the characters, journey and love that has made Possum Magic the most-loved and best-selling Australian picture book of all time.

An educational kit will be provided including classroom ready activities to help prepare students for the show.

TIME:

11.30am & 1.30pm

AGES:

3 to 8 years of age

TICKETS:

$12 per student

BOOKINGS: Valli Papini at vallip@cgg.wa.gov.au

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WEDNESDAY 7 AUGUST 2019 QUEENS PARK THEATRE PRESENTS

REVOLTING RHYMES & DIRTY BEASTS SHAKE & STIR THEATRE CO

Frighteningly funny and seriously silly, the world’s number one storyteller – live on stage! Think you know the story of The Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Goldilocks and Jack and the Beanstalk? Think again.

Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts bursts off the page in a spectacular live show, taking the world’s bestloved fairy tales and rearranging them with some surprising and hilarious twists.

Frighteningly funny and seriously silly, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts is the perfect family entertainment - for children 5 to 105.

Don’t miss this multi-Helpmann Award nominated production penned by the world’s number one storyteller and from the team that brought you George’s Marvellous Medicine.

An educational kit will be provided including classroom ready activities to help prepare students for the show.

TIME: 11am AGES:

5+ years of age

Also suitable for High School Drama students

TICKETS: $15 per student BOOKINGS: Valli Papini at vallip@cgg.wa.gov.au

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MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019 QUEENS PARK THEATRE PRESENTS

MADAME BUTTERFLY OPERA AUSTRALIA

A man enchanted by the beauty of the East. A woman in love with the promise of the West. Separated by a vast ocean and many years, what will become of their love?

Opera Australia’s Madame Butterfly is a love story that reaches across cultures, across oceans and across time. U.S Naval Officer B.F. Pinkerton is ashore in Japan and enchanted with its beauty and freedoms. He decides to take a wife, and when the gorgeous geisha Butterfly arrives, he is transfixed by her charm. She falls hopelessly in love, and a passionate marriage begins.

Years later, Pinkerton has returned home. Abandoned by her family, Butterfly waits faithfully for her husband to return.

Dawn breaks on a ship in the harbour. What will become of her great hope?

Puccini’s popular opera inspired the musical Miss Saigon. It is filled with gorgeous music, from the lovers’ first rapturous embrace to the intense finale. It features the famous aria ‘One Fine Day’ and the Humming Chorus, along with Japanese and American musical themes.

Hear Opera Australia’s wonderful singers perform with a chamber orchestra, along with a children’s chorus, drawn from Geraldton.

An educational kit will be provided including classroom ready activities to help prepare students for the show.

TIME:

7.30pm

AGES:

13+ years of age

TICKETS:

$20 per student

BOOKINGS: Valli Papini at vallip@cgg.wa.gov.au

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TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2019

QUEENS PARK THEATRE PRESENTS

100 YEARS OF THE HISTORY OF DANCE NICHOLAS CLARK MANAGEMENT

100 Years of the History of Dance as told by one man in 60 minutes with an energetic group finale! Recreating some of the most influential choreographic moments of the last century, this grade-A student gives a school report like you’ve never seen!

Following up from his hit solo show “First Things First” which toured Australia in 2015, dance and comic maverick, Joseph Simons, returns with his next solo adventure exploring the last century of developments in dance.

Original music for the show is composed by Italian film score composer Enrico Melozzi.

“Joseph Simons instinctively understands timing, the real surprise, and the right humour - he is a kind of magician!”

- Anna Volksland

TIME: 11am DURATION:

60 minutes, no interval

AGES:

5+ years of age

Also suitable for Drama students

TICKETS:

$10 per student

BOOKINGS: Valli Papini at vallip@cgg.wa.gov.au

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