Drama Victoria 2020 Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events and Membership Guide 2020

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Throughout 2020 Drama Victoria will be holding a series of webinars and online discussions on a range of topics. Online discussion forums will be free to members and webinars at a discounted rate for members.

Keep your eye on our website, Facebook and eNews for further information.

For updates and other events, visit: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar

President’s Welcome

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ur 2020 Drama Victoria Calendar of Events offers a host

I would particularly like to thank our incredibly hard working and

of professional development offerings that will be of

committed Drama Victoria staff. Our Director of Programs, Fiona

the highest possible standard. You can be confident in

Bechtold, has curated our wonderful 2020 Calendar of Events

the knowledge that our workshop facilitators have the skills and

and is instrumental in navigating the direction of our association.

experience to deliver engaging and relevant learning opportunities.

Unfortunately for us, Fiona is returning to teaching in 2020 and will be

Drama Victoria is well aware that Victoria’s major theatre companies

stepping down as our Director of Programs. We would like to thank

are scaling back their VCE workshops for Drama and Theatre Studies

Fiona for her wonderful years of service to our association and wish

in 2020. This year our calendar is filled with numerous VCE workshops

her all the very best for her future.

that will ensure your students and staff are well prepared for the Drama and Theatre Studies performance and written examinations.

We are delighted to have appointed Susan Cooper as our new

With the recent implementation of the new study designs for Drama

Director of Programs for 2020. Susan Cooper comes to us with

and Theatre Studies we are more committed than ever to ensuring

a wealth of experience in project management, community

that you and your students are getting the best possible advice in

development and strategic marketing, having worked with numerous

order to maximise results.

boards and advisory groups. I would also like to thank our amazing Administrator, Suzie Martens, who continues to ensure our safe

We will also offer an extensive range of other professional learning

passage as an association. Our staff are the heart and soul of our

opportunities throughout the year, as we continue to focus on

association and we are incredibly fortunate to have them on board.

Unity through Diversity. Drama Victoria will invest in professional development that assists teachers in the implementation of programs

We are also incredibly blessed to have a Committee of Management

that promote acceptance and understanding through dramatic

that is made up of a diverse range of experienced and dedicated

exploration. This will enable teachers to equip their students with the

Drama and Theatre Studies educators who are entirely committed to

knowledge and skills to participate in, and contribute to, our diverse

serving our members. Their perseverance and work ethic is extremely

society as active and informed citizens.

inspiring.

Our regional members will be pleased to see that we have developed

It is with a heavy heart that I will not be re-nominating for the Drama

many opportunities to bridge the tyranny of distance via webinars and

Victoria Committee in 2020. After 16 years of service I look forward

industry partnership workshops that will tour to regional areas. We

to spending a little more time focusing on a healthier work/life

will also continue to develop our new website with member resources

balance. It has been a privilege and honor serving on the Drama

and opportunities for all. Our continued sponsorship of ‘The Aside’

Victoria committee and working alongside such an inspirational group

podcasts has reached over 30,000 listeners in only its second year of

of committee members and staff. I have been pushed, stretched,

operation. We are delighted to be an ongoing sponsor of a resource

professionally developed and challenged by a most incredible team. I

that is so relevant and accessible to teachers and students.

would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their combined wisdom and for nurturing and encouraging me over the last 16 years.

The Drama Victoria Theatre Festival continues to offer participating schools excellent opportunities for students to devise and create

Finally I would like to thank you, our members. Whether you have

performance works that promote an authentic engagement with

been a member of Drama Victoria for one year or fifty one years, you

First Nations content. Through our in-depth teacher resources and

have been the inspiration for the resources and workshops that we

guidelines, teachers will be able to assist their students to create

develop and present. It is your input and feedback that has helped to

meaningful and respectful performance works. We are delighted to

shape our 2020 Calendar of Events. We look forward to your continued

see our Drama Victoria Theatre Festival continue to expand with new

support to help make our Drama association the best it can be. Please

sponsors and multiple Universities partnerships.

feel free to contact us should you require any additional information about our calendar or resources.

Yours sincerely

Eli Erez President, Drama Victoria

Director of Programs’ Welcome T

hank you to our amazing sponsors and partners who support Drama Victoria, we are extremely grateful; without our sponsor support we would not be able to offer such a range of professional learning opportunities.

A key focus for our program continues to be Unity through Diversity – Celebrating Inclusivity through Drama, using the power of the drama classroom and performance to promote inclusion and diversity.

Keep an eye our website and e-news as we add new and exciting workshops, webinars, articles and resources to support your curriculum development.

Personally I would like to thank you for being such a wonderful community of educators, it has been a joy, a privilege and an inspiration to work with you and Drama Victoria. As I step back into the fire I know that I leave you in wonderful hands with Susan Cooper.

Fiona Bechtold Director of Programs (2019), Drama Victoria

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ello to all members of Drama Victoria! It is a great privilege to join this wonderful organisation as your new Director of Programs. Your outgoing Director of Programs, Fiona Bechtold, has left me with very big shoes to fill! I am so excited to be surrounded by like-minded peers who share my passion for drama, theatre and the performing arts.

I come to you following nine years as the inaugural General Manager of Entertainment Assist, a national health promotion charity that raises awareness about mental health and wellbeing in the Australian entertainment industry. I established Entertainment Assist as a champion of change, drawing on research, education and training initiatives, identification of appropriate resources and promotion of appropriate mental health practices in performing arts and entertainment industry workplaces. I hope to share some of my learning with you over the coming years.

The importance of drama and theatre in education is significant. Enabling students to create and be creative is a life skill. And, creativity matters as a life skill at any age and in every industry because it’s fundamental to navigating the shifts inherent in our modern world and the unknowns of the future of work.

I attended the 2019 Drama Victoria Conference and was blown away by the enthusiasm and engagement of all who attended.

I can’t wait to build on that experience and, in conjunction with the Drama Victoria Committee of Management, provide professional learning that stimulates and enhances your teaching practice.

Thank you to Fiona Bechtold for her work in preparing this calendar of events allowing me time to settle into my new role and learn the “business” of Drama Victoria. As a passionate arts practitioner, administrator and advocate, I look forward to working with you, learning with you, and raising the value and profile of drama and theatre within your schools.

Susan Cooper Director of Programs (2020), Drama Victoria

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Join or renew your Drama Victoria Membership today!

Visit www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/membership Drama Victoria is a not for profit organisation run for and by Drama educators supporting, developing and a dvocating for Drama education in Victoria.

Drama Victoria: empowering teachers through imagination.

As a member, you will receive the following benefits:

Professional Learning

Networks

Members have discounted rates to all of our events, can attend selected events free of charge and can access exclusive Members Only events.

Via our extensive membership base we can put you in contact with other teachers who are teaching the same year levels and subjects your are teaching. We can even ‘match make’ you with a mentor! As a member you can join our online webinar chats FREE!

Publications Members can access a range of articles, reviews and curriculum commentary using their secure Member Login.

Content is updated regularly with the best articles collated into a Drama Victoria MASK Annual which is free for Members.

Reciprocal Membership By joining Drama Victoria, you are automatically a member of Drama Australia the national drama educator’s association, and IDEA, the international drama educator’s association.

Drama Australia and IDEA also run conferences and produce publications available to our members.

Library Members can borrow from a wide range of drama titles from our library free of charge for 30 days.

Resources We can assist you with a number of course outlines, lesson plans and units of work for the year level(s) you are currently teaching (P-12), all accessible in our private Member Only area.

We also sell a range of practice examinations, resources and posters via our online Shop; members receive a discounted rate.

Advocacy We represent members on several curriculum development and administrative committees in Victoria, nationally and internationally. We are also closely linked to Department of Education and Training (DET), Council of Professional Teaching Associations in Victoria and NAAE, the National Advocates for Arts Education.

Governance Being a Drama Victoria member gives you a vote – only members may serve on our Committee of Management, only members may vote our Committee of Management into office. If you want a say on all of the above, you need a voting voice.

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TERM ONE (Please note: all registration costs are inclusive of GST)

JumpStart

Teaching VCE Drama

Friday 21 & Saturday 22 February, 9am – 5pm Malthouse Theatre

Tuesday 11 February, 5pm – 8pm Community Room, Abbotsford Convent Wednesday 18 March, 5.30pm – 7.30pm

Geelong Arts Centre Join us with an experienced VCE teacher to share ways in which to explore Units 3 & 4 Drama. Get new ideas for approaching assessment tasks and refining your curriculum plans. Advice, practical ideas and an opportunity to clarify any uncertainties, don’t miss out!

Ideal For: Teachers of VCE Drama Cost: $82.50 M / $121 NM / $49.50 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/ Bookings/Cost For GEELONG event only: Please contact Geelong Arts Centre (GAC). Kelly Clifford, Senior Producer – Families, Youth & Creative Learning P: 5225 1207 E: kelly@geelongartscentre.org.au W: www.geelongartscentre.org.au

Teaching VCE Theatre Studies Wednesday 12 February, 5pm – 8pm Community Room, Abbotsford Convent Wednesday 18 March, 5.30pm – 7.30pm

Geelong Arts Centre Join us with an experienced VCE teacher to share ways in which to explore Units 3 & 4 Theatre Studies. Get new ideas for approaching assessment tasks and refining your curriculum plans. Advice, practical ideas and an opportunity to clarify any uncertainties, don’t miss out!

Ideal For: Teachers of VCE Theatre Studies Cost: $82.50 M / $121 NM / $49.50 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/ Bookings/Cost For GEELONG event only: Please contact Geelong Arts Centre (GAC). Kelly Clifford, Senior Producer – Families, Youth & Creative Learning P: 5225 1207 E: kelly@geelongartscentre.org.au W: www.geelongartscentre.org.au

Always the perennial favourite, this year’s Jumpstart miniconference will, once again, bring together a choice of hands-on workshops designed to wake you up, get you motivated and enrich your classroom.

Running over two days – join us for one or both.

VCE teachers will get the opportunity to delve deeper into the study designs with our VCE workshop stream, exploring practical activities and curriculum planning. Middle years teachers will find a range of exciting workshops to inspire engaging classroom practice.

Also featuring the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Drama Victoria to be held on Saturday 21 February. This is your chance to contribute to the governance of our very special organisation!

Consider nominating yourself, or someone else, to join our Committee in 2020. Make sure that you are a paid-up, voting member to participate (see our Member Guide for details).

Ideal For: ALL Educators Cost: One Day: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U Two Days: $352 M / $495 NM / $220 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Drama Victoria Theatre Festival Stimulus days last week February/first week March (Venues TBA) Performance season TBA (May/June) The Drama Victoria Theatre Festival is back to inspire and enrich students from across the state! Celebrating excellence and diversity in drama, the DVTF sees hundreds of Year 9 and 10 students come together to work with teaching artists who facilitate their creative development. The Festival focuses on the creative development of young theatre makers by giving them an opportunity to explore ideas with their peers, learn new ways of approaching performance, learn about first nation perspectives and expand their creative engagement, through drama, with the community around them.

Participating schools will attend a “stimulus day” workshop at a University. The ideas and skills generated on this stimulus days will be the first step towards creating an original performance work that the students will share in ‘cluster performance groups’ hosted at a local school venue.

Ideal For: Secondary Years 9 - 10 Cost: $495 per school Bookings: Please register your expression of interest and join the mailing list. For further information, email: festival@dramavictoria.vic.edu.au

M = Member NM = Non-Member P&U = Pre-service & Unwaged

Primary Drama Ignites Cross-Curriculum Priorities

Ensemble Devising for Students

(Unity through Diversity – Exploring Inclusivity through Drama)

Saturday 14 March, 10am-4pm Abbotsford Convent

Presented by Tremaine Pavlovski

Wednesday 4 March, 10am – 4pm Abbotsford Convent Join Drama Victoria for a highly engaging, resource building professional learning day that promises to breathe a breath of fresh air in your teaching practice.

Drama and the Cross-Curriculum Priorities will show you how easy it is to link Drama to your planning and developing of units of study. Experiential learning at its best!

Exploration of an Action Learning model will show you how to design units that use Drama as a pivot for stimulus or reflection lessons.

You will leave with the confidence to build skills and knowledge to use more Drama in your everyday teaching.

Topics covered on the day will span across P-6.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

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Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia

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Learning about Sustainability

You will explore literature, images, music, script, objects and stories using a variety of drama elements.

Ideal For: Primary Teachers Foundation - Year 6 Cost: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Neurodiversity in the drama classroom and the rehearsal room (Unity through Diversity – Exploring Inclusivity through Drama) Presented by A_tistic Theatre

Friday 13 March, 10am – 4pm Abbotsford Convent In this workshop you’ll learn about autism; the benefits and complexities of drama/theatre participation for autistic and other neurodivergent people. You will gain both theoretical understanding and practical knowledge that can be used to create truly neurodiverse-friendly drama classrooms and productions.

This in-depth workshop has been created by A_tistic, a neurodiverse-led theatre, education and access consultancy organisation. Using their style of Spectrum Theatre, they aim to bring autistic lives, insights and experiences to the stage.

Ideal For: All teachers / Industry professionals Cost: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Presented by Dr Meg Upton and Tim Roach

Devising an original ensemble work can be a difficult task for many students. Selecting and combining conventions from a range of eclectic performance styles, responding to stimulus, playmaking, rehearsing, editing refining…it’s a big task to undertake and it can be hard for students to let go of all their ideas and their script to make final choices.

In this intensive devising workshop, we will focus on a physical and practical exploration of playmaking processes, creating material for a Unit 1 or 3 ensemble performance. Depending on where you are at in the process of devising, you may choose to bring your own ensemble stimulus/structure, or you can use one provided by Drama Victoria.

This workshop provides a great opportunity to work collaboratively, to share work with students from other schools, and for teachers to network and share their own experiences of teaching an ensemble process.

Ideal For: Students undertaking Units 1 and 3 in VCE Drama Cost: $44.00 for Students, Teachers free with their own students. Teachers without Students: $165 Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Jumpstart Your Year in Drama/Primary Educators - Geelong!

(Unity through Diversity – Exploring Inclusivity through Drama) Presented by Nick Waxman

Wednesday 18 March, 1pm-4pm Geelong Arts Centre This three hour hands-on creative workshop will provide participates with a unit of work for each primary grade that is linked to the Vic Curric, as well as rubric and assessments information, tips for differentiating the curriculum, ideas for engaging mixed ability students, and ways of working with Indigenous stories and theatrical concepts meaningfully across the primary years.

This workshop is appropriate for brand new teachers of drama, and experienced teachers looking to freshen up their program.

There will also be an opportunity to share your ideas and work with other teachers who are looking to jumpstart their year with some inclusive, engaging and proven activities for the drama room.

Ideal For: Primary teachers Bookings/Cost: Please contact Geelong Arts Centre (GAC).

Kelly Clifford, Senior Producer – Families, Youth & Creative Learning P: 5225 1207 E: kelly@geelongartscentre.org.au W: www.geelongartscentre.org.au

Working with Published Curriculum Online Interactive Workshop* Presented by Helen Champion (ACARA)

Tuesday 17 March, 1.30pm – 4.30pm The Australian Curriculum is designed to help all young Australians to become confident and creative individuals, successful lifelong learners, and active and informed members of the community. Presented as a developmental sequence of learning from Foundation - Year 10, the Australian Curriculum describes to teachers, parents, students and others in the wider community what is to be taught and the quality of learning expected of young people as they progress through school.

(ACARA) However, the Australian Curriculum itself doesn’t describe ‘how’ teachers will develop curriculum or learning programs for their students. For every component of Australian Curriculum: The Arts – Drama, there are a myriad of teaching approaches that will work.

This workshop will introduce options and ideas for developing learning programs that deliver required curriculum outlines, take advantage of local resources and address local concerns. *This is an online interactive workshop Ideal For: F-10 Drama Teachers Cost: Free. Places limited, registrations required.

Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Recovering, Rebuilding, Reimagining: Arts Informed Practice in Classrooms during the Bushfires Proudly brought to you by Drama Australia in association with Drama Victoria. Presented by Professor Peter O’Connor and Professor Helen Cahill

Saturday 21 March 10am-3pm Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Kwong Lee Dow Building, studioFive Teachers are invited to join Professor Peter O’Connor (The University of Auckland) and Professor Helen Cahill (The University of Melbourne) for two practical workshops exploring arts-based practices in classrooms that are appropriate during the bushfire crisis.

The arts provide a unique opportunity for children and young people to reimagine themselves and their communities in the wake of disaster. Research informed practical ways of working in and through the arts, drama in particular, are offered to teachers across primary and secondary schools. Teachers interested in ways to engage their students as they return to school, wondering how to safely explore issues related to the Bush Fire, will find the workshops helpful in preparing and planning their approach.

These workshops are inspiring and offer important guidance, support and encouragement for drama teachers to use their pedagogical skills with young people in response to the bushfire disaster.

Ideal For: Drama Teachers Cost: Free for teachers. Places limited, registrations required.

BYO refreshments. Café in the building.

Bookings: Please visit the link and complete the online form.

One registration per teacher attending. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DMJ2P2M M = Member NM = Non-Member P&U = Pre-service & Unwaged

Directing the School Production Presented by Lyall Brooks and Sharon Davis (Lab Kelpie), in association with Arts Centre Melbourne with discounted prices for Drama Victoria members

Monday 23 March, 10am – 4pm The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne So you’ve been put in charge of the school production...

AAARGH! This is often a massive job that requires mountains of both creative and logistical ability – and an entirely different set of skills to what’s required to coordinate and control a classroom.

In this workshop the team from Lab Kelpie will equip you with invaluable tools and techniques to manage the show from planning through to production, including: Script breakdown and requirements, scheduling and planning, casting, scene analysis skills, character development, running an effective rehearsal room, set and costume design (congruent with budget and expectations!) andproduction week and tech role delegation Whether you’re fresh to directing or an old hand, a new or experienced teacher, leading the school production voluntarily or just because you drew the short straw, there’s plenty in this workshop to help turn that “aargh!” into an “a-ha!” – and help your next experience be both creatively satisfying and practically manageable.

Ideal For: All teachers / Industry professionals Cost: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U Bookings: education@labkelpie.com

TERM TWO Theatre Studies “Exploring Design” Saturday 18 April, 9am - 1pm Abbotsford Convent Through practical activities explore how VCAA terminology can be used to explore design with your students. Discover how to bring script to life through design using the concepts of: Cohesion, Motion, Rhythm, Emphasis, Contrast and Variation This workshop will empower you to confidently explore these ideas with your students preparing them for the language of VCE Theatre Studies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s Histories and Cultures Unit Design (Unity through Diversity – Exploring Inclusivity through Drama) Hosted by Kamarra Bell-Wykes in collaboration with Jane Carter

Tuesday 12 May, 9.30am – 4.30pm Abbotsford Convent “Colonisation was a nightmare, teaching it doesn’t have to be.”

Join First Nations education consultant, facilitator and theatre practitioner Kamarra Bell-

Ideal For: Teachers of year 9/10 – VCE Theatre Studies Cost: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Wykes to explore how educators can respectfully create meaningful and engaging learning experiences for their students in the cross curricular priority of ATSI histories and cultures.

Devising a Drama Solo – Practical Teacher workshop

Participants will be supported to analyse, evaluate and discuss existing examples of work before actively applying these understandings into the collaborative design of their own teaching units.

Presented by Dr Meg Upton & Tim Roach

Saturday 16 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm Abbotsford Convent This session will be a highly practical hands-on devising workshop where teachers will explore the 2020 VCAA performance structures and devise their own Drama Solo Performance work.

See what it’s like to be ‘inside’ the solo performance process and be creating a solo for yourself! We will show you some of the activities and approaches to the Solo devising process that can be used in the classroom, and that we use in our own classrooms, to help our students plan, improvise, rehearse, edit, and refine their work. A great opportunity to revisit your inner performer, take risks and challenge yourself in a safe and productive professional learning environment.

Ideal For: Teachers of year Drama 9 - VCE Drama Cost: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U (inc GST) Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Ideal For: Teachers of year Drama 9 - VCE Drama Cost: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Commedia dell’Arte Student Day: Tricks of the Trade for Solo Performance!

Presented by Rosa Campagnaro – Make A Scene

Saturday 30 May, 9am – 12pm Abbotsford Convent Rosa Campagnaro will get students moving and playing in this practical and physical comedy workshop based on the Italian tradition, Commedia dell’Arte. A style that originated in Italy in the 16th century and developed into a physical theatre style with larger-than-life archetypes. Conventions for this style include: stock characters, masks, improvisation and slapstick routines.

Students will learn commedia stock characters and simple playmaking techniques to build their own solo performances.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their solo performance ideas and most importantly, ‘bring your silly’!

Ideal For: Teachers and Students of Yr9 - VCE Drama / Theatre Studies Cost: $82.50 M/ $121 NM / $49.50 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Arts Centre Melbourne presents

29 - 31 July Arts Centre Melbourne

artscentremelbourne.com.au/learn Slingsby is supported by the Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia, and by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

Dramaturgy Workshop

VCE Teacher Exam Day Drama OR Theatre Performance exam advice Saturday 13 June, 10am – 12pm

Exclusive event for Drama Victoria members hosted by 16th Street Actors Studio and presented by Iain Sinclair

Friday 15 May, 4pm - 7.30pm 16th Street Actors Studio Iain Sinclair has served as dramaturg to many of Australia’s leading playwrights such as Kate Mulvany, Joanna Murray Smith, Tom Holloway and David Williamson. In this workshop, covering the essential components of dramaturgy, he will demonstrate the universal mythic structures that hold all enduring dramatic stories together, render them universal in their appeal and most importantly, render them entertaining and timeless.

Participants are asked to come to this workshop with a favourite play or screenplay ready to dig deep into its structural properties.

Participants will leave the workshop armed with simple and effective tools for identifying and employing dramatic structure in any dramatic work on stage or screen.

Ideal For: All Teachers / Industry Professionals Cost: $82.50 M / $121 NM/ $49.50 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

Get Your Bouff-On: A Masterclass in the Wild & Liberating Art of Grotesque Satire Presented by Emily Goddard

Monday 18 May, 5pm – 8pm Abbotsford Convent Bouffon is an ancient performance tradition that has been used across cultures for centuries. In short, a style of ‘grotesque satire’ in which outcasts mock their oppressors. The parody is clever, designed to charm the audience and then ruthlessly target what is imbalanced in the culture at large.

Exploring Bouffon is a fun and liberating way for Drama students to increase their spontaneity and push themselves to discover new possibilities, as well and encouraging them to think about ways theatre can politically engage with the world around them.

As a training tool, it is used as a method of encouraging students to release their childlike pleasure, break free of their inhibitions, connect and engage with each other as an ensemble and achieve a deeper and bolder connection with themselves and their work.

Participants will be taken through a series of performance games and activities examining the basic techniques of Bouffon and how they can be used to ignite and challenge students in both performance, ensemble building and devising.

This will be an exploration of an ancient performance method for the contemporary stage, and allow participants to discover new possibilities for fostering a greater sense of courage, freedom and unity in their students.

Ideal For: Teachers of Drama / Theatre Studies Middle years – VCE Cost: $82.50 M / $121 NM / $49.50 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

M = Member NM = Non-Member P&U = Pre-service & Unwaged

Drama OR Theatre Written exam advice Saturday 13 June, 1pm – 3pm Abbotsford Convent Join experienced VCE assessors as they illuminate the specifications and criteria of the examinations.

Join us to explore either the written exam, the performance exam - or BOTH! Ideal For: VCE Teachers of Drama or Theatre Studies Cost: Single session - $82.50 M / $121 NM / $55 P&U BOTH sessions - $165 M/ $231 NM / $88 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

VCE Student Performance Exam Day DRAMA: Monday 22 June, 9.30am – 3.30pm THEATRE STUDIES: Tuesday 23 June, 9.30am – 3.30pm Abbotsford Convent Now in their 10th year, these workshops have galvanised student understanding around the VCE Solo and Stagecraft exams and provided some much needed motivation to over 2250 students to date.

Your students will spend a day working closely with experienced VCE assessors to explore prescribed structures or monologues and discover strategies for success from past Top Acts performers.

Help them edge that much closer to an A+: Book now!

Ideal For: VCE students of Drama or Theatre Studies Cost: $44 Students / Accompanying Drama Victoria teacher members FREE. Teachers without Students: $165 Regional schools may apply for reduced student rate Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

TERM THREE VCE Student Performance Exam Days

SCHOOL DRAMA™ IS BACK!

@Abbotsford Convent DRAMA: Thurs 23 July & Sat 25 July, 9.30am - 3.30pm THEATRE STUDIES: Fri 24 July & Sat 25 July, 9.30am - 3.30pm

@Geelong Performing Arts Centre - Geelong

Saturday 8 August & Monday 7 September, 10am – 4pm Abbotsford Convent

DRAMA: Wed 5 August, 9.30am – 3.00pm

Exclusive Event for Drama Victoria members hosted by Sydney Theatre Company

THEATRE STUDIES: Thursday 6 August, 9.30am – 3.00pm

TRANSFORMING ENGLISH AND LITERACY

@Kernot Hall - Morwell DRAMA: Tuesday 4 August, 9.30am – 3.00pm THEATRE STUDIES: Tuesday 4 August 9.30am – 3.00pm

@Frankston Arts Centre DRAMA: Tuesday 16 July, 9.30am – 3.30pm THEATRE STUDIES: Wednesday 17 July, 9.30am – 3.30pm Now in their 10th year, these workshops have galvanised student understanding around the VCE Solo and Stagecraft exams and provided some much needed motivation to over 2250 students to date.

Your students will spend a day working closely with experienced VCE assessors to explore prescribed structures or monologues and discover strategies for success from past Top Acts performers.

Help them edge that much closer to an A+: Book now!

Ideal For: VCE students of Drama or Theatre Studies Cost: $44 Students / Accompanying Drama Victoria teacher members FREE Teachers without Students: $165 Regional schools may apply for reduced student rate.

Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/ Bookings/Cost For GEELONG event only: Please contact Geelong Arts Centre (GAC). Kelly Clifford, Senior Producer – Families, Youth & Creative Learning P: 5225 1207 E: kelly@geelongartscentre.org.au W: www.geelongartscentre.org.au

M = Member NM = Non-Member P&U = Pre-service & Unwaged

School Drama Hub brings together a small group of primary teachers from Victoria for two days of intensive professional learning workshops.

The program develops a community of practice where teachers learn drama strategies, apply their learnings in the classroom and are mentored by experts in the field.

School Drama Hub features practical approaches to teaching the Victorian Curriculum: Foundation - 10. Participants explore how authentically integrating and connecting English and Drama can lead to rich teaching and learning opportunities and improved student outcomes.

Teachers will see the powerful transformative nature of drama across the curriculum.

This is a valuable professional development opportunity for primary teachers who are preparing to teach The Arts (Drama) for the first time, Drama Teachers, and those who are more experienced.

School Drama Hub is based on an Action Learning model and each workshop will build skills, knowledge and confidence in using Drama in the classroom.

Resources: A copy of The School Drama Book by Ewing and Saunders, plus other resources to help apply your learning in the classroom.

Ideal for: Teachers of F – Year 8 Cost: $250 per teacher Registrations: Call STC Education on 02 9250 1778 or email education@sydneytheatre.com.au.

You can register individually or as a group of teachers from the same school.

Visit sydneytheatre.com.au/schooldramahub for more information.

Please note: Teachers must be able to attend both professional learning workshops in order for registration to be successful. Places are strictly limited due to the practical nature of the program.

Staging a Modern Classic

VCE Student Written Examination Morning Saturday 12 September DRAMA: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Tuesday 11 August Seminar: 4.30pm @ MTC HQ Performance: 6.30pm @ Southbank Theatre, The Sumner Melbourne Theatre Company Headquarters Exclusive Event for Drama Victoria members hosted by MTC Learn more about the artistic considerations of staging a modern classic in a contemporary context. This professional development event includes a pre-show seminar with a member of the creative team for MTC’s True West, followed by a light meal and refreshments, and an A-reserve ticket to True West by Sam Shepard.

Ideal For: All teachers / Industry professionals Cost: Concession price ticket at time of booking Bookings: Email schools@mtc.com.au or call 03 8688 0963.

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THEATRE STUDIES: 1pm - 4pm Abbotsford Convent Your students have seen the playlisted plays, now get them ready to write!

Exploring the plays via the lens of the VCE Drama specifications and criteria, our presenters, all experienced VCE assessors, will demystify the exam and motivate your students to attain their highest marks possible!

Ideal for: Students of VCE Drama or Theatre Studies Cost: $44 Students / Accompanying Drama Victoria teacher members FREE Teachers without Students: $165 Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

TERM FOUR Pre-Service to First Year Thursday 12 November, 5.30pm – 7.30pm Abbotsford Convent So you’re standing on the precipice of the career you’ve been training for… eeps! What now?

Join us, drink and nibbles in hand, as experienced teachers and the recent First Year Survivors offer their tips, tricks and expertise for how to tackle the big leap into the Drama classroom!

Ideal for: Pre-Service to First Year Drama Teachers Cost: $16.50 Registration fee – bookings essential Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

2020 Drama Victoria State Conference Thursday 3 December & Friday 4 December Melbourne Graduate School of Education Save the dates and stay tuned for exciting details coming soon!

Expect an amazing array of speakers and workshops. Put in your PD request now so you don’t miss out!

Enquiries: admin@dramavictoria.vic.edu.au

Planning ahead!

Unit 1 & 2 Drama / Theatre Studies Thursday 10 December 9.30am – 3pm Abbotsford Convent Are you teaching Unit 1 & 2 Drama or Theatre Studies in 2021?

Do you want to get a ‘headstart’ on planning your curriculum ?!

Join us to explore ideas of how to best shape your units, outcomes and explore learning activities.

Ideal for: Teachers new to VCE Drama & Theatre Studies Cost: $192.50 M / $258.50 NM / $110 P&U Bookings: www.dramavictoria.vic.edu.au/events/events-calendar/

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Become a presenter: Keep your eye on our website and facebook page for presenting opportunities or email: director@dramavictoria.vic.edu.au with your workshop suggestions.

Volunteer: Join us at JumpStart or our annual conference as a volunteer! It’s a great way to network.

Develop Resources: Do you have a great lesson plan, rubric or other resource you’d like to share with other teachers?

Help us develop a wonderful resource bank by emailing your resources or resource proposal to: director@dramavictoria.vic.edu.au

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