DreamBIG Children's Festival 2019 schools brochure

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL

22 MAY – 1 JUNE

2019

Schools Program

Arts South Australia Department for Education

Welcome

Steven Marshall MP Premier of South Australia DreamBIG Children’s Festival invites children, students, and families from across South Australia to learn, connect with others, and engage their creative skills.

It is an iconic festival on the South Australian arts calendar, and has seen more than two million children participate since its establishment in 1974.

This year DreamBIG Children’s Festival has a number of shows that reflect the principles of STEAM (integrating ‘A’ for arts with STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths). STEAM takes thinking and teaching to the next level, replacing limitations with innovation by combining traditional learning with art.

Creative thinking is vital to the future success of our state.

We want our next generations to think differently, approach problems in dynamic and creative ways, and fulfil their greatest potential.

Engaging with the arts brings great joy to our children, and I extend my best wishes for a successful DreamBIG Children’s Festival!

Douglas Gautier AM CEO & Artistic Director Adelaide Festival Centre

Susannah Sweeney Creative Producer DreamBIG Children’s Festival

Sharyn Schell Manager, Arts Projects Department for Education

Adelaide Festival Centre is proud to present South Australia’s beloved children’s festival.

DreamBIG Children’s Festival 2019 is packed with inspiring, motivating experiences for you and your students. Our theme this year is People Together.

In the words of Helen Keller, “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”

To work well together we must respect and enjoy our similarities and differences.

DreamBIG Children’s Festival is bringing People Together in 2019!

DreamBIG Children’s Festival provides many learning opportunities for young people and the diversity of our community is reflected in this year’s program and theme.

The festival brings people together in a way only the arts can.

Adelaide Festival Centre is a creative home for people of all ages and many young South Australians begin their lifelong journey with the arts through DreamBIG Children’s Festival.

I congratulate and thank federal, state, and local governments and departments, sponsors and partners, Adelaide Festival Centre and venue staff, artists and participants, our wonderful team of volunteers, and the teachers and families who return again and again to celebrate and support creative programming for young people.

I look forward to seeing you at the Big Family Weekend and throughout the festival.

One of this year’s focuses is empathy. It enables us to function in the world and we need to nurture it now more than ever. This year’s festival includes experiences to unite your students and expand their hearts and minds as they enter new worlds, trying on other people’s shoes.

The 2019 festival is filled with dancing, dogs, gruffalos, robots, singing, birthdays, orchestras, fireflies, imagination, pandas, music, expeditions, opera, silent discos, writers, rice, a musical cubby town, and more! Enjoy looking through this program and selecting things for your students. They deserve the best we can offer. And I’m confident you’ll enjoy yourself as well!

Adelaide Festival Centre acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across South Australia.

We pay respect to ancestors and Elders past, present, and emerging as we present DreamBIG Children’s Festival.

We honour their cultural and spiritual relationship with their country and we do so in the spirit of reconciliation.

The theme People Together brings arts and education people together to amplify participation and engagement in quality arts experiences for children and young people to encourage them to dream BIG! Whether or not you’re able to access the bountiful festival program, there are oodles of ideas in the accompanying teachers’ resource to support creating vibrant arts experiences for students back at school. Participation in arts and cultural activities in schools is beneficial for learning, personal, social and community development outcomes.

Thank you to the many Arts Ambassadors, artists and the festival team for your role in ushering our young people together to celebrate all that we have in common!

General Info How to Use this Guide This program lists all the school performances, workshops, activities, exhibitions, and events featured in the 2019 DreamBIG Children’s Festival. This includes paid and free activities, and those held at Adelaide Festival Centre and other venues, including state wide and in–school initiatives.

You will find a complete calendar of events listed in the centrefold of this program, which will help you navigate the program by date and event type. There are also suggested itineraries overleaf to help you map out your festival experience for all age groups. A full list of festival venues including contact details can be found on page 43.

Important booking information is located on page 44.

It is important that you read this before completing the booking form on page 45. All performances and workshops must be booked via this form, unless stipulated otherwise.

Access Services We want all children to feel comfortable across the entire festival so every DreamBIG performance is welcoming.

Auslan and Audio Description options are available.

Please look for the icons on the event pages and contact us at the email address below about the show of interest.

If you have specific needs for students, for any reason, please contact dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au and put ‘Access Enquiry’ in the subject line. We can assist with program selection. There is something for everyone!

Poster Competition W inner Our front cover art is ba sed on the winning design by Addison Wilson, age 5, Port Elliot Primary Scho ol Adelaide Festival Centre Venue Access Adelaide Festival Centre hosts a large number of DreamBIG performances and events. Throughout the Adelaide Riverbank redevelopment, access points to Adelaide Festival Centre may change. We will ensure your visit is as enjoyable and easy as possible by: • E mailing each school booker to advise specific access points for their booking and the venue(s) they will need to access • S tationing festival volunteers at access points to help guide you in the right direction •M aking the most up-to-date information available on our website: dreambigfestival.com.au/gettinghere • E nsuring clear signage is displayed at all venues and access points Please note: there is no stair–free access to Artspace Stay in Touch Follow DreamBIG to keep up-to-date with all the latest news about the 2019 festival. Share your festival experience using hashtag #DreamBIGfest across all social media platforms. @dreambigchildrensfestival @adelaidefescent Sign up to receive the latest news and event information direct to your inbox at dreambigfestival.com.au/sign-up

Accommodation for Regional Schools If you are a regional school keen to attend the festival and require overnight accommodation we recommend Warradale Urban Camp. It is located near a train station which makes transport to and from city venues free.

Visit urbancamp.sa.edu.au for more information.

Children’s University All DreamBIG performances for the 7-14 year old age group are validated by Children’s University Adelaide.

To receive a stamp in your Passport to Learning for any performance, members must complete a Performance Review. For more information visit the Children’s University Australia website and search for Adelaide Festival Centre.

Contact Us Phone 8216 8600 dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au dreambigfestival.com.au Adelaide Festival Centre King William Road Adelaide SA 5000

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Venues & Travel

See p43 for a full venue list inclu ding regional venu es

Adelaide and surrounding suburbs 12

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Adelaide Oval

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Convention Centre

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08 Grainger Studio

02 Adelaide High School Theatre

09 Marion Cultural Centre

03 Adelaide Oval

10 Migration Museum

04 A delaide Show Grounds – Ridley Centre

11 Odeon Theatre

07 Freemasons – Main Hall

Rundle Street

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Grenfell Street

Hindmarsh Square Pirie Street

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Flinders Street

01 Adelaide Festival Centre

06 Ayers House

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Frome Street

Waymouth Street

05 Art Gallery of South Australia

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East Terrace

Rundle Mall

Light Square

Franklin Street

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North Terrace

King William Street

West Terrace

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Railway Station

Currie Street

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Pulteney Street

Hindley Street

Morphett Street

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Victoria Drive

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Kintore Avenue

Adelaide Festival Centre

King William Road

River Torrens

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15 South Australian Museum – The Armoury 16 State Library of South Australia 17 Tandanya 18 The Brocas

12 Prospect Gallery 13 SAHMRI Auditorium 14 Samstag Museum of Art

19 Torrens Parade Ground – Drill Hall 20 Woodville Town Hall

Getting Here Please note school students can travel free on trains, buses and trams between 9.30am and 3pm. However, if you need to travel earlier than 9.30am please inform Metro Adelaide and stagger the numbers travelling at any one time. For more information visit adelaidemetro.com.au/About-us/For-Schools Any non-equity school that can’t use public transport and needs to use an alternative form of paid transport that would make their visit prohibitive can request equity price tickets to DreamBIG at the time of booking.

Subject to availability.

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School bus parking will be available during weekdays at the Torrens Parade Ground subject to limitations that might arise once the AFL fixtures are announced.

Travel Assistance Any equity school that can’t access the train or tram, therefore making a visit prohibitive, can enquire at centrED@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au for assistance. Title the email ‘Transport Assistance’.

Subject to availability.

Suggested Itineraries Spend the whole day at DreamBIG Children’s Festival!

With many events in the Adelaide CBD, we encourage you to spend the whole day at DreamBIG. Most workshops within the festival are free*. So, all of the suggested itineraries below cost no more than $16 per student (or $9 if you are an equity school).

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Need Advice?

Email us at dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the ages and number of students attending and ‘Booking Advice’ in the subject line, and we will suggest a suitable schedule. *Priority for free workshops is given to schools attending a paid performance.

Years K/R

Years 4-5

10.15am Beep Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

10.15am New Owner Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

11.30am Lunch and a run in Elder Park

11am Check out the Animate Your Future installation and other exhibitions in the Festival Theatre Foyer

12.30pm Check out one of the interactive exhibitions: Playable Cubbytown or Firefly Forest back at Adelaide Festival Centre Years 1–2 10.15am Take part in the interactive performance, Like Me, Like You at the Migration Museum 11.30am Walk or catch a tram to the Adelaide Festival Centre for lunch and a run in Elder Park then check out one of the many free exhibitions 1pm The Gruffalo Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre Years 3-4 10am Robot Song Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre 11am Walk or catch a tram to Freemasons and have lunch in the ornate foyer 12.30pm Dance Like Everybody Is Watching You Main Hall, Freemasons 1pm Check out Phil Cummings: Stories Behind the Books at the State Library on your way back to catch transport

11.30am Walk to the SA Museum and have lunch on the grounds 12.30pm The Boy Who Loved Tiny Things The Armoury, SA Museum Years 6-7 10.15am Katie’s Birthday Party John Bishop Room, Adelaide Festival Centre 11.30am Walk over to the Drill Hall to see Of All The People In All The World 12pm Have lunch in the adjacent gardens 1pm Head back to Elder Park for a 10 Minute Dance Party Years 8-9 10.30am The Displaced Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre 11.30am Have lunch and then check out An Anthology of Un-Kept Secrets in the Space Theatre Foyer 12.30pm Have some fun on Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tour

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DreamBIG Opening Event People Together This year’s event will be opened by 13-year-old Audrey Mason-Hyde, an impressive poet, actor, thinker and public speaker, who will speak to this year’s theme, People Together.

Image: Kelly Champion Photography

Years: R–7 | Ages: 5–12

STATEWIDE Schools can choose to perform the Opening Event dance at their school assembly. Win $500 worth of art supplies by participating in DreamBIG 2019. See p37 for details.

See p44 for detailed prices and times for the opening event.

We will then join the rest of Australia in a simultaneous reading of Alpacas with Maracas by Matt Cosgrove for National Simultaneous Storytime.

If you can’t make the event, find out how your students can join #1millionkids reading on p37.

Next, students will become The Mighty Choir of Small Voices and sing the High School Musical hit ‘We’re All In This Together’ (practised in Term 1 as part of the Public Schools Music Festival Program).

The event will finish with a high-energy gig by South Australian group Electric Fields, whose exuberant music perfectly embodies the festival theme. To launch DreamBIG 2019, students and teachers will perform a specially choreographed dance as they make their way across the footbridge for an afternoon of performances, workshops, exhibitions and other activities.

Video of this easy to learn dance choreography will be available at dreambigfestival.com.au from 1 February 2019 for participating students and teachers to practise along with their singing in Term 1!

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Wed 22 May Arrive from 9.30am for 10.50am start Telstra Plaza, Adelaide Oval

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minutes

DreamBIG Children’s Festival is especially grateful to the SA Public Primary School’s Music Festival for their continued support of The Mighty Choir of Small Voices since the choir’s inception in 2011.

Years: K–3 | Ages: 4–8 | Event Type: Performance A CDP Kids and Tall Stories production

Based on the award winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler After sell-out seasons across the world, including London’s West End and Broadway, The Gruffalo returns to Australia!

A mouse took a stroll through the deep, dark wood...

Join Mouse on a daring adventure in this magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Searching for hazelnuts, Mouse meets the cunning Fox, the eccentric old Owl and the party mad Snake. Will the story of the terrifying Gruffalo save Mouse from ending up as dinner for these hungry woodland creatures?

After all, there’s no such thing as a Gruffalo – is there?

Songs, laughs and scary fun for younger students.

Wed 22 – Fri 24 May 10.30am & 1pm Dunstan Playhouse Adelaide Festival Centre

55

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

REGIONAL Regional Show SHOW Port Lincoln – Nautilus Theatre Wed 29 May, 1pm Thursday 30 May, 10.30am & 1pm Bookings: 8621 2351 or nautilusartscentre@plcc.sa.gov.au

The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler 1999 Maemillan Children's Books

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Years: 4–9 | Ages: 9–14 | Event Type: Performance | South Australian Premiere

Image: Very Serious

New Owner A story of love, loss and new beginnings from the creators of the international smash hit The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer.

Bart is a boisterous puppy waiting to be chosen from the animal shelter. Mabel is a lonely widow, trying to fill the hole in her heart. The day they find each other is the beginning of a profound friendship - but Mabel is old, and Bart is young – how will their bond unfold and what can they learn from each other?

Combining puppetry, live action and animation, New Owner takes us on a world of adventure through a dog’s eyes. Nominated for Best Presentation for Children at the 2017 Helpmann Awards, this is a deeply moving tale about loss, friendship and new beginnings.

This show is suitable for students with hearing impairment and/or EALD.

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Wed 22 & Thur 23 May 10.15am & 12.45pm Fri 24 May 10.15am Space Theatre Adelaide Festival Centre

60

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Years: Pre-School – 2 | Ages: 2–7 | Event Type: Performance

A Windmill Theatre Company production presented by Adelaide Festival Centre

Beep

From the makers of Grug, comes this slightly sideways tale about unexpected friendship, finding where you fit, and learning to mix it up a little.

In Mort’s village everything has its place, every day is the same and everyone likes it that way. Until one morning, crash, boom, bang... down comes Beep.

What is this annoying interruption to Mort’s breakfast molly melon, who is this noisy robot girl, and how will she find her home?

With Windmill’s trademark design, gentle storytelling, music and puppetry, Beep tells the story of what happens when someone new comes to town.

Wed 29 – Fri 31 May 10.15am & 12.45pm Space Theatre Adelaide Festival Centre

35

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9 “A colourful setting, comic puppets and plenty of surprises hold young audience members in thrall.”

InDaily

Image: Shane Reid and Carnival

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Years: R–7 | Ages: 5–12 | Event Type: Performance | South Australian Premiere

Junkyard Beats in The Box Show Tag along with this bunch of musical misfits as they reinvigorate the junk that the world has forgotten.

In the hands of Junkyard Beats, ordinary household items are transformed into extraordinary musical instruments and unwanted junk comes alive in surprising ways.

An abandoned kitchen becomes the greatest drum set in the world, pipes produce eerie melodies, and wheelie bins suddenly get a whole new meaning. Students won’t look at a cardboard box the same way again after seeing this show!

Image: Dave Carter, aka "Papa Fire"

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Tues 28 May 10.30am & 1pm Dunstan Playhouse Adelaide Festival Centre

60

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Years: 3–8 | Ages: 8–13 | Event Type: Performance | South Australian Premiere

Robot Song

By Arena Theatre Company When the arm of a giant robot appears on Juniper’s doorstep, her eleven-year-old world is turned upside down.

Embarking on an unexpected journey to find the rest of its body, Juniper discovers bringing the robot to life is the easy part. Now she must achieve the impossible….teach it how to feel.

Incorporating live animation, video and performance, Robot Song follows the journey of a young girl on the autism spectrum learning to understand her unique way of relating to the world. Through the help of a giant robot and a deep love of singing, Juniper discovers that life doesn't always turn out the way you plan; sometimes it's much, much better.

Thur 30 & Fri 31 May 10am & 1pm Dunstan Playhouse Adelaide Festival Centre

65

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

“Arena Theatre Company has a history of producing theatre for young people that neither patronises nor preaches to its audience.”

The Age “Thank you for showing my autistic world and how being different is awesome. Robot Song = Awesome!”

Danial, 12

Image: Ashlea Pyke

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Years: 4+ | Ages: 9+ | Event Type: Performance

Image: Rudi Deco Photography

The Displaced

“The highlight of Adelaide Fringe.”

Arts Hub

By Time in Space Circus In an increasingly disconnected, disjointed world, The Displaced asks us all to reach out and make meaningful connections with those around us.

The Displaced uses new circus as a medium to encourage students to think and reflect about ideas of privilege, cultural conditioning and primal instincts.

Featuring powerful images of separation, longing and ultimately reunion, the show demonstrates the ultimate paradox: that while we can be at arm’s reach from each other, we can be light years away from establishing any true emotional connection.

The Displaced is from Time in Space, a group of young Adelaide-based artists whose aim is to inspire and encourage other young people to express their individuality and connect with themselves and others.

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Wed 29 May 10.30am & 1pm Dunstan Playhouse Adelaide Festival Centre

60

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Years: 2+ | Ages: 7+ | Event Type: Interactive Performance | World Premiere

The Song is You

REGIONAL SHOW

A brand new interactive show where students make the sounds that are turned into on-the-spot recordings.

Whatever sound your students make will form the basis of a multitude of dazzling and on-the-spot improvised compositions from award winning multi-instrumentalist Adam Page.

The Song is You will take students on a musical rollercoaster where they become the stars of the show and even the most unmusical sound will be morphed into possibly the coolest thing they’ve ever heard!

Thur 23, Thur 30, Fri 31 May 10.30am & 12.30pm Quartet Bar Adelaide Festival Centre

60

minutes

Fri 24 May 11am & 1pm Centenary Hall Goolwa

Schools $16 Equity $9

“It is a rare treat to see a musician with such a masterful grasp of his craft performing with such effortless charisma, humour, and inventiveness.

I was blown away. There's no one doing it quite like him.”

Tim Minchin

Image: Georgia Bradtke

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“ActNow is a very different kind of theatre, indeed.”

The Adelaide Review

Image: Like Me, Like You | By Kate Pardey

Years: 6–9 | Ages: 11–14 Event Type: Interactive Performance

Responding To Racism

Years: 1–3 | Ages: 6–8 Event Type: Interactive Performance

Like Me, Like You

For details on Like Me, Like You regional performances please visit dreambigfestival.com.au

By ActNow Theatre with Reconciliation SA

By ActNow Theatre with Reconciliation SA

Responding to Racism invites audience members into the theatrical space to support the actors as they tackle the real and confronting problem of racism.

Using stories, songs, dance and puppetry, Like Me, Like You introduces younger students to the idea of diversity in our communities, including themes of inclusion, understanding and acceptance.

Responding to Racism is an award winning interactive theatre performance that follows the story of Mik, a young Aboriginal student putting up with constant racism from his friend and football teammate Chris. Meanwhile, a new student has arrived at school, Sophia, who is stereotyped and discriminated against for wearing a headscarf.

Developed by South Australian theatre company ActNow, in partnership with Reconciliation SA, Responding to Racism aims to identify, respond to and prevent racism, exploring its effects and offering prevention strategies.

Tues 28 – Fri 31 May 10.15am & 12.30pm Migration Museum

This interactive performance for younger students explores all of the different people, cultures and stories that make up Australia today – from the First Nations people who have been here for thousands of years, to the new migrants who’ve just arrived!

Students will meet three characters who will take them through a series of short scenes with songs, dance, puppets and stories about what makes you, like me, like you.

Like Me, Like You is from ground breaking South Australian theatre company ActNow. Wed 22 – Fri 24 May 10.15am & 12.30pm Migration Museum

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Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

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FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

Years: 2+ | Ages: 7+ | Event Type: Installation | United Kingdom | Adelaide Exclusive

Email your statistic to dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject title ‘Of All The People In All The World’.

Of All The People In All The World

“Astonishing, an installationcome-performance from one of the UK’s most tirelessly inventive theatre companies.”

By Stan's Cafe Direct from the UK, this provocative installation uses grains of rice to bring abstract statistics to startling and powerful life.

A team of performers weighs out quantities of rice to represent a host of human statistics: • populations of towns and cities • number of doctors and number of soldiers • number of people born each day and number who die • number of people who have walked on the moon • number of deaths in the Holocaust Adapting to the country, city or venue in which it’s performed, students are invited to send in the statistics they would like to see represented and some of these will feature during the festival.

Witty, at times shocking, and always thought provoking, this ever changing landscape of rice will engage students of all ages, causing them to reflect on their own place in the world.

The Guardian (UK)

Wed 22 May 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm & 1.30pm Thurs 23 – Fri 31 May 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm & 1.30pm (Closed Mon 27 May) Drill Hall Torrens Parade Ground FREE

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

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Years: Pre–School – Year 1 | Ages: 2–6 | Event Type: Interactive Performance | China & Italy | Australian Premiere

Panda's Home

By Compagnie TPO and TONG Productions Traditional Chinese culture meets digital technology from Italy in this international collaboration that proves there are no barriers to global understanding.

Step into a kaleidoscope of colour, sounds and imagery set against the soundtrack of traditional Chinese instruments in Panda’s Home.

Students will join two dancers alongside a zitar player on this unique, and immersive adventure through the rich cultural landscape of China. On their travels they’ll encounter bamboo forests and ancient traditions as they learn about the Chinese concept of Wu Xing (“Five Elements”) - wood, fire, earth, metal and water – and the harmonious cycle of nature.

Italy’s Compagnie TPO creates interactive theatrical spaces using sensors and digital technology. That technology combined with TONG Productions’ beautiful storytelling results in a performance that goes beyond language and cultural barriers.

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Tues 28 – Fri 31 May 10.30am & 1pm Marion Cultural Centre

50

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Years: 6–8 | Ages: 11–13 | Event Type: Performance | Northern Ireland | Australian Premiere

“Katie's Birthday Party is a hugely relevant and relatable account of a painful process, told with honesty and insight...it is one of the best productions for young people I’ve ever seen.”

Katie’s Birthday Party

Children's Theatre Reviews

It’s no party growing up – but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate!

Life for a 12 year old can be a complicated, confusing time. To help navigate that path, your students are invited to Katie’s Birthday Party.

Internationally acclaimed performer Mary-Frances Doherty gives a stunning solo performance in this insightful show about a young girl’s journey from childhood to adolescence. We follow Katie as she moves from primary to secondary school – there are exams, a new school, and a different friendship group to navigate, but also hope for the future.

Wed 22 – Fri 24 May 10.15am & 12.30pm (Minimal Capacity) John Bishop Room Adelaide Festival Centre

35

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Don’t miss Katie’s Birthday Party. There will be truths, there will be dares, there will be presents and there will be cake!

Image: Monica McNally

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Years: 3–7 | Ages: 8–12 | Event Type: Workshop/Activity | South Australian Premiere

"Thank you for slowing me down."

Participant, Age 8

The Boy Who Loved Tiny Things

By Zoë Barry, Drop Bear Theatre & The Seam There was a boy. The boy who loved tiny things.

He would like to show you some of his collection…

The Boy Who Loved Tiny Things is a unique participatory theatre work that celebrates wonder, curiosity, care taking and story making.

Students are invited to go on a journey together, to take time to slow down and notice, play and share, as they explore the South Australian Museum and contribute to an enormous collection of precious tiny things nestled within The Armoury.

This delightful experience teaches us all to stop and take notice of what is around us – no matter how small.

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Wed 22 – Fri 24 May 10.15am & 12.30pm The Armoury South Australian Museum

60

minutes

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

Years: K–7 | Ages: 4–12 | Event Type: Interactive Installation & Workshop | South Australian Premiere

Imaginary Architecture Concept and design by Lara Tumak Calling all town planners, master builders and architects extraordinaire to come together and create a mega mini city for all to explore.

Is it possible to create architecture out of nothing more than dreams? How about some cardboard, sticky tape and string?

Wed 22 – Fri 31 May 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm

Students will use nothing but their bare hands, wondrous imaginations and a whole lot of recycled materials to help build this interactive wonderland.

(Closed Mon 27 May)

Bring a box or two from school (an empty biscuit, cereal or teabag box), or grab one of ours, and we’ll turn this into a diorama to add to the sprawling cityscape.

Gallery 2 Adelaide Festival Centre

30

minutes

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

Borrow one of our torches and explore our imaginary city. See what stories you can find!

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Years: 4+ | Ages: 9+ | Event Type: Performance

Years: All | Ages: All | Event Type: Installation

Morris Gleitzman Loyal Creatures

Firefly Forest

By Patch Theatre

When the stage hit War Horse was preparing to make its way to Australia, the story's author asked his good friend Morris Gleitzman to write a performance script about Australian horses in WWI, linking it with the play. This is that story.

Australian Children’s Laureate Morris Gleitzman is undisputedly one of Australia’s top writers for young people. DreamBIG is delighted to present an Adelaide actor reading Morris’ monologue, Loyal Creatures, followed by a talk and Q&A with the author. Students will gain a unique insight into the creation of this moving work, and the novel that grew out of it, telling the story of the bond between a boy and his horse, and the unpredictability and horror of war.

Tues 28 May 10.15am & 12.15pm Space Theatre Adelaide Festival Centre

80

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Thanks to the Australia Council and The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund for supporting the Australian Children's Laureate Foundation and Morris' appearance at DreamBIG.

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Firefly Forest is an immersive magical lighting installation created by Patch Theatre's new Artistic Director, Geoff Cobham, and his longtime collaborator Chris Petridis.

This timeless piece, sparked by an unexpected sublime moment in a paddy field under a full moon and next to a volcano, is an inspiration for all ages.

Our fireflies leave trails of ever-changing ember coloured light. Please come and sit beneath them and be transported to another time and place.

Wed 22 May – Sat 1 June Open 10am – 3pm Banquet Room Adelaide Festival Centre FREE EVENT No booking required

Years: 6+ | Ages: 11+ | Event Type: Performance

Workshops, teacher notes and other learning activities available. Please contact Libby Parker at State Opera on 7077 2821 or LParker@saopera.sa.gov.au

Presented by State Opera of South Australia

Cunning Little Vixen Step inside the magical world of opera with this delightful production based on the story of a clever little fox and his friends DreamBIG is thrilled to include a performance of State Opera of South Australia’s Cunning Little Vixen in 2019.

Based on Leoš Janáček’s illustrated story published in a Brno newspaper in the Czech Republic in 1920, Cunning Little Vixen is an enchanting adventure story that examines the cycle of life and the connection between humans and animals. Moravian folk music and rhythms fill the air as this superb production unfolds and children are gently introduced to the magical and moving world of opera.

Tues 21 May 11am Ridley Centre Adelaide Showground

105

minutes

Schools $20 Equity $15

This is an original production by Victorian Opera and is presented by arrangement with West Australian Opera and Victorian Opera.

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Years: Reception+ | Ages: 5+ | Event Type: Activity | South Australian Premiere

"At the beginning we were all dancing just a little bit but by the end of it we were all just pretty much raving and having a good time!"

Participant

10 Minute Dance Parties

By Joseph O'Farrell (JOF) Students have the opportunity to experience the shipping container dance phenomenon that has delighted audiences across Australia and the UK. 10 Minute Dance Parties is an interactive dance party like no other. Enter the converted shipping container and experience an explosion of sound, colour, light and art.

With student DJ’s (who the artist has trained in advance) no two parties are the same. This is a positive and reaffirming experience that proves the power of music to lift the spirits, motivate the mind and bring people together.

DreamBIG is delighted to be collaborating with Playford City Council and Northern Sound System to present this event. JOF will create the work with young people from the northern suburbs, providing them with skills in DJ-ing, music production and facilitation to support and lead the dance parties.

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Wed 22 May 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm Thurs 23, Fri 24, Tues 28 – Fri 31 May 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30 & 2pm (No performance on Mon 27 May) Elder Park

10

minutes

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

Years: 1+ | Ages: 6+ | Event Type: Performance | Switzerland | South Australian Premiere

Image: Giancarlo Donatini

A student workshop will be available with Joshua Monten.

Game Theory

More information will be added to the website closer to the date.

By Joshua Monten Dance A 20 minute dance performance in which order and precision give way to chaos, havoc and a whole lot of mess.

Game Theory begins simply enough – two men draw chalk squares on the ground and start playing a game of hopscotch. It’s all very structured, repetitive and civilised.

Then things begin to change shape – the basic geometries and rhythms fracture and multiply as the movement becomes increasingly complicated and physically demanding.

Students will be transfixed as this energetic dance and body percussion mash-up evolves bit by bit into a frenetic journey around the world, ending in a haze of hyperactive havoc. See why Game Theory has been performed at the best festivals across Europe, Latin America and the Palestinian Territories.

Wed 22 May 12pm Thurs 23 & Fri 24 May 10am & 12pm Adelaide Festival Centre

20

minutes

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

Supported by: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Kultur Stadt Bern, SWISSLOS / Culture Canton de Berne

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Years: 5+ | Ages: 10+ | Event Type: Performance

Image: Sam Oster

Tutti Arts presents a Company AT production

Impersonal Space 'Nameless’ is a nine-year-old girl who loves her family, stargazing and hot chips. But she isn't like the other children – she’s hyper intelligent but sometimes does strange things, and the bullies call her “dopey” and “weird”. She feels isolated, sad and confused, until she discovers she has autism.

Taking comfort in her scientific heroes and imaginary friends Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton, Nameless sets out on a journey of the imagination to find strength in her differences and confidence in herself. Drawing on the personal experiences of its autistic cast, Impersonal Space offers a warm and funny insight into an experience shared by thousands of school-aged children.

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“An incisive yet affectionate look at how autistic people experience the world.”

The Advertiser

Thurs 23 May 10.30am & 12.30pm Fri 24 May 10.30am Odeon Theatre

60

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Years: K+ | Ages: 4+ | Event Type: Interactive Exhibition | South Australian Premiere

Playable CubbyTOWN Modern technology meets old fashioned storytelling in this interactive cubby house experience bursting with sights and sounds.

We love our CubbyTOWN and this festival Playable Streets and our resident designer Ali Jones are bringing it to life with a magnificent interactive installation direct from the imaginations of children.

Step inside this larger than life storybook, and explore and touch paintings to hear the sounds of this strange and wonderful world. Developed in collaboration with students from Adelaide schools, this work uses bespoke technology developed by Playable Streets to turn their stories into an audio adventure. Students will discover new sounds and stories everywhere they turn in this unique and interactive experience.

In School Workshops To create the artwork for Playable CubbyTOWN artist Glen Walton will run workshops in school for an intensive week during Term 1 2019.

This offer is available for R-5 IoED Cat 1–4 schools. To register your interest please send a half page proposal describing why your class/school would benefit from this experience to dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject line ‘Playable CubbyTOWN’ by Friday 7 December 2018.

IN SCHOOL

Wed 22 – Sat 1 June 10am – 3pm Artspace Adelaide Festival Centre FREE EVENT

No booking required

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Cunning Little Vixen

Dropout

Fear (Not)

Game Theory

Impersonal Space

Junkyard Beats

Katie's Birthday Party

Like Me, Like You

Morris Gleitzman – Loyal Creatures

New Owner

Panda's Home

Responding to Racism

Robot Song

Seashore

The Displaced

The Gruffalo

The Song is You

Who Needs a Conductor, Anyway?

Women In Song

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Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tour

Adelaide Festival Centre

Freemasons

SAHMRI

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Co–Investigators of Creativity

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Dance Like Everyone is Watching

Adelaide Oval

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Adelaide Oval Experience

Elder Park

Adelaide Festival Centre

Grainger Studio

Adelaide Festival Centre

Dunstan Playhouse

Dunstan Playhouse

TBC

Dunstan Playhouse

Migration Museum

Marion Cultural Centre

Space Theatre

Space Theatre

Migration Museum

Adelaide Festival Centre

Dunstan Playhouse

Odeon Theatre

Adelaide Festival Centre

Woodville Town Hall

Tandanya

Ridley Centre

Space Theatre

Adelaide High School Theatre

Telstra Plaza Adelaide Oval

VENUE

10 Minute Dance Parties

WORKSHOP/ACTIVITY

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Beep

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A Hymn to the Hateful

PERFORMANCE

Opening Event - People Together

SPECIAL EVENT

EVENT

Event Calendar

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10.15, 12.45

10.15,12.30

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THURS 23 MAY

10.15

10.15,12.30

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10.30, 12.30

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Art Gallery of South Australia

Artist in Residence

Big Screen, Little Artists

Firefly Forest

For Country, For Nation

Of All The People In All The World

Hello Rajasthan/Hello South Australia

Playable CubbyTOWN

Phil Cummings: Stories Behind the Books

SALA School Awards

Same Like Yesterday

Wonder

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B'tutta

Fly Now

Hello Rajasthan/Hello South Australia

Like Me, Like You

National Simultaneous Storytime

Playable CubbyTOWN

People Together...Dancing!

Song For Reconciliation

The Mighty Choir of Small Voices

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The Song Is You

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Jump First, Ask Later

The Gruffalo

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An Anthology of Un–Kept Secrets

Big Screen, Little Artists

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Animate My World

EXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS

Ayers House

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Singing Under Ceilings

Stepping Out and Speaking Up

Centenary Hall

Nautilus Theatre

Various venues

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Statewide

In-School

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Space Theatre

Prospect Gallery

Tandanya

Adelaide Festival Centre

State Library of SA

Adelaide Festival Centre

Dunstan Playhouse Foyer

Torrens Parade Ground

Samstag Museum of Art

Adelaide Festival Centre

Adelaide Festival Centre

Adelaide Festival Centre

Art Gallery of South Australia

Space Theatre Foyer

Adelaide Festival Centre

South Australian Museum

The Brocas

State Library of SA

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Adelaide Festival Centre

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Imaginary Architecture

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12, 12.30, 1, 1.30

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Times arranged when booking

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Years: 5–10 | Ages: 10+ | Event Type: Performance Country Arts SA present

Jump First, Ask Later

By PYT Fairfield & Force Majeure Toured by Performing Lines

Jump First, Ask Later, a hit of DreamBIG 2017, is heading out on the road with a tour of South Australia’s regional centres.

Urban dance meets parkour in this true story about how young people can achieve great things though creative pathways.

Directed by Byron Perry and featuring members of the Dauntless Movement Crew, students will get up close to every flip, trick and drop of sweat in this multi award-winning show.

2017 Winner Helpmann Award Best Presentation for Children Regional Tour Tues 4 – Fri 14 June Noarlunga, Renmark, Port Pirie and Whyalla Visit countryarts.org.au for venue and booking details

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REGIONAL TOUR

Years: All | Ages: All | Event Type: Exhibition / Workshop

Phil Cummings: Stories Behind the Books This is an interactive exhibition with an access all areas pass into the creative mind of awardwinning South Australian author Phil Cummings.

From his first book, Goodness Gracious! to his latest award-winning picture book, Boy, Phil’s career has spanned 30 years and more than 60 publications.

He continues to enchant, entertain and engage young readers today.

Co-designed with children from Peterborough, this interactive exhibition and associated schools programs will delight kids of all ages.

Exhibition Compiled from the State Library collections as well as Phil’s personal materials and manuscripts, this exhibition is a rare opportunity to discover the secrets and stories behind Phil’s approach to the creative process of writing.

Image: Jenny Scott, State Library of South Australia

STATE WIDE

Schools Program | Years: R–7 Your State Library holds in its collection many of the secrets and stories of award-winning South Australian author, Phil Cummings, from books through to copies of his original manuscripts. This free, interactive schools program will give learners invaluable insight into the writing process and inspire them to create their own literary responses. Video conference opportunities will be on offer for regional schools.

18 April – 21 July Mon–Wed 10am – 8pm Thurs & Fri 10am – 6pm State Library of South Australia FREE EVENT Bookings required for Schools Program: slsa.sa.gov.au/communitylearning or contact slsacommunitylearning@sa.gov.au / 8207 7239

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Years: 3+ | Ages: 9+ | Event Type: Exhibition / Artist In Residence

IN SCHOOL

Big Screens, Little Artists The DreamBIG 2019 theme is People Together.

It’s all about exploring and encouraging empathy, understanding and compassion and recognising that harmony and kindness is the best way forward.

Exhibition We invite schools to create short digital artworks around the theme of People Together to be displayed on the new outdoor digital screens at Adelaide Festival Centre. Visit dreambigfestival.com.au for more information on submiting artwork for consideration. The deadline for submissions is Friday 12 April 2019.

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In School Workshops One or two schools will also have the opportunity to work with artist Laura Wills over five weeks (1 day per week) during Term 1 2019. Laura and her assistant will help students create digital artwork for the screens.

This offer is available for Years 3 and up in IoED Cat 1–4 schools. To register your interest please send a half page proposal by Friday 7 December 2018 describing why your class/school would benefit from this experience to dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject line 'Big Screens, Little Artists'.

If you do not fit the category to apply but would like to book and pay for an artist in residence please contact us at the above email and we can assist in facilitating that process.

Wed 22 May – Sat 1 June Adelaide Festival Centre FREE

Years: 3–7 | Ages: 8–12 | Event Type: Workshop

IN SCH Song for OOL Reconciliation A fun and interactive songwriting workshop with celebrated singer-songwriter and Barkindji woman, Nancy Bates.

Years: 5–9 | Ages: 10–14 Event Type: Performance | South Australian Premiere Presented by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Who Needs a Conductor, Anyway?

The mysteries of the conductor are unveiled in this beautiful and funny foray into classical music starring world-class pianist Simon Tedeschi and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Image: Ben Searcy Photography

Considered by Archie Roach as one of Australia's finest singer-songwriters, Nancy Bates is also an experienced workshop facilitator. A Barkindji woman with mixed heritage, she cares deeply about the two stories that have shaped the history of our country. This in-school workshop provides students with an invaluable opportunity to compose an original song with an experienced singer-songwriter, whilst also sharing hope for a reconciled Australia.

How to apply This workshop is available during Term 1 or 2 2019 and is limited to schools with an IoED Category 1–4 rating. To register your interest please send a half page proposal why your class/school would benefit from this experience to dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject line ‘Song for Reconciliation’ by Friday 22 February 2019.

We've got the orchestra and the pianist: what happens if there's no conductor? Why can’t everyone just play how they like? (And seriously, how hard can conducting be, anyway?)

Celebrated Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi actually has no idea, but with the musicians of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and some of the most famous concertos of all time, he’ll put these and other questions to the test.

A captivating concert for curious minds and ears.

Tues 28 May 10am & 11.30am Grainger Studio Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

60

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9 Book at aso.com.au/learning/schools

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Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED Schools Program Keep an eye out for the full centrED program – landing in your school in January 2019.

Years: 3–7 | Ages: 7–12 Event Type: Artist in Residence

IN SCHOOL

Years: 7–11 | Ages: 12–17 Event Type: Workshop

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OOL

Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED Schools Program

Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED Schools Program

Fly Now

People Together...

Dancing!

Explore notions of identity, connection and inclusion – whilst making public artworks.

This is an exciting opportunity for a whole class to work with an artist in residence at their school. During Term 1 2019, the selected class will work with artist and poet Elyas Alavi to build connections with one another and their community through visual arts workshops, focusing on the theme ‘identity’ (particularly connection and inclusion).

Students will be introduced to painting techniques and, using recycled materials such as plastic and cardboard, will create colourful flags and bunting to adorn Adelaide Festival Centre’s Walk of Fame during DreamBIG.

How to apply This offer is available to Year 3–7 students in EDU SA IoED Cat 1–4 schools and would suit a class with cultural and linguistic diversity. To register your interest please send a maximum half page proposal describing why your class would benefit from this experience to centrED@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject line ‘Fly Now’ by Tuesday 20 November 2018.

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This is your students’ chance to work with a professional choreographer to create a dance to perform at the festival opening event – which will be attended by 2000 primary school students and teachers from across the state! With Electric Fields as the live soundtrack and People Together as the theme – the choreographer will visit your school in Term 1 to devise a work that will entertain and delight attendees.

How to apply Registrations are limited. This offer is available to Year 7–11 dance classes. EDU SA IoED Cat 1–4 schools and culturally and linguistically diverse classes are encouraged to apply. For more details and to register your interest email centrED@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject line ‘People Together… Dancing!’ by Tuesday 20 November 2018.

Years: K–9 | Ages: 4–14 | Event Type: Workshop

Years: Pre–School | Ages: 4 mths – 3 yrs Event Type: Performance | Adelaide Premiere

Dance Like Everyone Seashore Is Watching

By Sally Chance Dance and Insite Arts

Feel the power of dance with moves to make you feel brave, strong and happy. When you dance like everyone is watching, you can take on the world.

Smell the sea air and imagine the sand beneath your feet as this playful group of children brings the seashore to life through dance.

Image: Prema Lucas

Once there was a little girl who loved to dance. She was always entertaining people with her incredible moves.

Then she grew up and thought people didn’t want to see her dance any more. So she only danced when no one was watching.

But that all changed when she found herself dancing in Rundle Mall one day – it was AMAZING. She realised that much better than dancing like no one is watching is dancing like EVERYONE is watching.

Fun and connectivity is at the core of this sensational dance session from dancer and choreographer Liz Cahalan, which is set in the majestic Freemasons Main Hall.

Wed 22 May 12.30pm Thurs 23 – Fri 31 May 10.30am & 12.30pm (No performance on Mon 27 May) Main Hall Freemasons

60

minutes

Image: Sam Roberts Photography

Through Seashore, DreamBIG is pioneering the cultural lives of very young children. What happens when very young children are the creators of a show? How can adults be artistic collaborators with children? Will it be the same show each time?

More information about this very special production will be available at insitearts.com.au/seashore closer to the time.

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

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Youth of the World is an exciting theatre initiative by AJZ Productions that aims to connect and invigorate the youth theatre sector.

It will bring together a number of youth theatre companies who will perform new and pertinent works during DreamBIG. It will also feature a professional symposium to facilitate the exchange of ideas among practitioners making work with young people. Companies involved include Cirkidz, Prospect Theatre for Young People, True North Youth Theatre Ensemble, Adelaide High School’s Running with Scissors Theatre Company, SAYarts, Australian Theatre for Young People, Carclew, and others. These young makers and performers will have the chance to meet each other and share their stories and ideas with their peers. More information about the symposium will be added to dreambigfestival.com.au closer to the time. Watch this space!

Years: 7+ | Ages: 12+ Event Type: Performance | World Premiere Presented by True North and the Commissioner for Children and Young People

Dropout Directed and devised by Alirio Zavarce At a time when many young people are struggling to finish high school, this play has never been more relevant.

Dropout explores the reasons why students are dropping out and truanting at an alarming rate. It highlights the isolation and stigma that young people feel once they’ve left, and attempts to facilitate this important conversation between young people and find solutions together.

True North is known for its cutting edge theatre experiences. It has a reputation for tackling the tough issues facing our young people and producing highly innovating and moving theatrical performances.

Fri 24 & Mon 27 May 10am & 1pm Tandanya

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Years: 5–9 | Ages: 10–14 Event Type: Performance | World Premiere

Years: 8+ | Ages: 13+ Event Type: Performance | World Premiere

Fear (Not)

Running With Scissors Theatre for Young People presents

By Prospect Theatre for Young People and Cirkidz in association with Woodville Town Hall The world can be a pretty scary place for young people. This show teaches students to Fear (Not)!

From the schoolyard to screens, and with social media bringing everything ever closer, there is little respite for today’s teenagers.

In this highly imaginative and theatrical production, the Woodville Town Hall will transform into a series of strange worlds where young people will face their fears head on.

Fear (Not) has been created through a dynamic collaboration between Prospect Theatre for Young People and Cirkidz, and will be performed by young artists aged 11–16.

Thurs 30 & Fri 31 May 10.30am & 1pm Woodville Town Hall

60

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

A Hymn to the Hateful

By Finegan Kruckemeyer There is no THEM | No THEM vs US | There is only US

A Hymn to the Hateful is a brand new play written by internationally acclaimed playwright for young people, Finegan Kruckemeyer. Currently in development, this emotive and insightful work has been specially commissioned for Adelaide High School’s Running With Scissors Theatre for Young People.

A Hymn to the Hateful is an important inquiry into the spread of hatred in today’s society, performed by students for their peers. Turning negativity on its head, this empowering new work is a how-to guide for the hopeful.

Tues 21 – Thurs 23 May 10.30am & 12.30pm Adelaide High School Theatre

60

minutes

Schools $16 Equity $9

Image: Graphic Designer - Kate van der Horst Photography - JoAnne Bouzianis – Sellick

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Years: 5–9 | Ages: 10–14 Event Type: Exhibition

Years: 5–7 | Ages: 10–12 | Event Type: Workshop

An Anthology of Un-Kept Secrets An emotive and empowering insight into the hearts and minds of young South Australians.

IN SCHOOL

Co-Investigators of Creativity

By Lovelands and Australian Science and Mathmatics School Learn how the arts are a powerful tool for changing the brain (neuroplasticity), as well as promoting mental health, wellbeing and developing a sense of community.

An Anthology of Un-Kept Secrets is a book of real, living feelings, revealed and written by young people and curated by award winning playwright Sally Hardy.

In the months leading up to DreamBIG, Sally will hold creative workshops in metro and regional schools, where students will be invited to uncover the feelings they think no one else would understand. These will become part of An Anthology of Un-Kept Secrets, which will be on display throughout DreamBIG. Students will be able to leaf through this book, discovering the secret feelings of people their own age. It will provide young readers with a powerful insight into the love, fears, hopes and humour that lies within us all no matter how different we may appear to be.

In School Workshops To participate in this project, please send a half page proposal by Friday 1 February 2019 describing why your class would benefit from this experience to dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject line ‘An Anthology of Un-Kept Secrets’ This offer is available for Years 4–9 in IoED category 1–5 schools.

If you do not fit this category but would like to book and pay for an artist in residence with Sally Hardy, please contact us and we can help facilitate this.

Wed 22 May – Sat 1 June Open 10am – 3pm Space Theatre Foyer Adelaide Festival Centre FREE EVENT

No booking required

Image: Jacob Logos

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REGIONAL

This fascinating workshop endeavours to make the invisible visible, integrating the tools of neuroscience and the arts to explore the five pillars of SAHMRI’s positive psychology research, PERMA (Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment).

Year 10, 11 and 12 students from the Australian Science and Mathematics School (ASMS) will spend Term 1 working with teaching artists Eliza Lovell and Kerrin Rowlands to develop the workshop. They will introduce your upper primary students to the wonders of neuroscience through this hands-on inquiry-based workshop.

As Albert Einstein said, “creativity is contagious, pass it on”.

Tues 28 – Thurs 30 May 10am & 12.30pm SAHMRI Auditorium

90

minutes

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

Years: 7+ | Ages: 12+ | Event Type: Performance

Years: All | Ages: All | Event Type: Installation

Women in Song

Animate My World

Join the Women in Song as their nurturing voices help young people tune into the significance and meaning of reconciliation.

Everyone has a story to tell – see the inspiring stories of these young people come to life in animated glory.

Image: Living Arts Program, Life Without Barriers

In honour of National Reconciliation Week 2019, we bring you this exquisite collection of music by Aboriginal women and women in the music industry who stand by them: Nancy Bates, Jessica Wishart, Emily Davis and Tara Carragher.

A post show Q&A will provide powerful insights and facilitate important discussion about how we can all work together with young people to support and achieve true reconciliation.

Tues 28 May 12pm

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Wed 22 May – Sat 1 June Open 10am – 3pm Quartet Bar Adelaide Festival Centre

Quartet Bar Adelaide Festival Centre minutes

Animate My World is a dynamic stop-motion animation project from the Living Arts Program at Life Without Barriers. Working with young people throughout SA Youth Week, plus other events and programs, young people tell their stories about their future, who inspires them and the other people in their lives. Visit the Story Hut and be immersed in their animated worlds, if only for a moment.

FREE EVENT

No booking required

Schools $16 Equity $9 Originally conceived by the four performing artists and supported by Nexus Arts for Reconciliation Week 2018

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Years: 2+ | Ages: 7+ | Event Type: Installation

Image: Sharing Stories Foundation in collaboration with women from the Adnyamathanha community.

Same Like Yesterday Virlkuthalypila and Other Stories from Our Country This colourfully animated visual performance sees six Adnyamathanha women share stories of their ancestors and the memories of growing up on their country.

Same Like Yesterday is a story about six senior Adnyamathanha women and two teenage girls travelling through the Flinders Ranges in the footsteps of Virlkuthalypila, the two women from the Yuramuda (Dreamtime).

Their country is woven together by an endless thread of stories. They are embedded in the land, the sky, the water, and the mountains. Even the animals hold stories from a long time ago. By following the journey of the two women, students will learn to stay safe and respect sacred sites and to help everyone gain a greater appreciation of Adnyamathanha history and culture.

This work is a collaboration between women and children of the Adnyamathanha community and the Sharing Stories Foundation which works with Indigenous communities to protect, maintain and grow language, stories and cultural heritage through digital technologies and artistic forms for this and future generations.

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Wed 22 – Fri 31 May 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 2pm Tandanya

20

minutes

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

Special thanks to Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary and Drapac Capital Partners for their assistance.

Years: 2–9 | Ages: 7–14 | Event Type: Activity

Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tour Get up and get down on a very different tour of Adelaide Festival Centre and Adelaide Riverbank.

STATE WIDE

PARTICIPATE IN DREAMBIG 2019 AND GO IN THE DRAW TO WIN

$500

Simply tell us how your school participated in DreamBIG to go into the draw to win $500 to spend on arts supplies for your classroom.

This could include art consumables, software, video camera, microphone, headphones, or a session with a dance or drama tutor…

We want to hear from you, no matter if you did something back at school, used the Teaching and Learning Resource, or were able to access the festival program. The deadline for entries is Friday 28 June 2019. Visit dreambigfestival.com.au for more information on how to enter.

Years: R+ | Ages: 5+ Event Type: Literary Event Presented by Australian Library and Information Association and Scholastic Australia Image: Kelly Champion (DreamBIG 2017)

Everybody loves a silent disco, but this phenomenon has reached a whole new level with Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tour. Created in Australia but taking the world by storm, anyone who has done this knows what a fantastic experience it is.

Pop on some headphones, feel the beat and follow your funky leader around the Riverbank Precinct – with plenty of stops for dance breaks. Your students will enjoy interpretative dancing around local landmarks, spontaneous flash mob routines and lots of crazy improvised fun.

Wed 22 – Fri 31 May 10.30am & 12.30pm (No tours on Mon 27 May) Meet in Dunstan Playhouse Foyer Adelaide Festival Centre

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National Simultaneous Storytime 2019 Be part of the push to get #1millionkids reading during this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime.

This year the book is the captivating Alpacas with Maracas written and illustrated by Matt Cosgrove.

National Simultaneous Storytime will be a highlight of the DreamBIG Opening Event (see p4). We invite you to join us at Telstra Plaza, Adelaide Oval, to help kick off the 2019 festival. Alternatively, hold your own National Simultaneous Storytime event at your school. Visit alia.org.au/nss for information on registering and fun ideas to support your event.

Wed 22 May, 11am

FREE EVENT

Bookings required, use the booking form on p45

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Years: R+ | Ages: 5+ | Event Type: Exhibition

Years: Primary School Teachers Event Type: Professional Learning

Hello Rajasthan/ Smart Arts Hello South Australia Embedding Creativity in Schools Hello Rajasthan/Hello South Australia is an arts event with an international reach.

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A professional development intensive to inspire the use of creativity and arts practice across curriculum delivery.

“Imagin more p ation is owerf knowle ul than dge.”

Albert E instein

SCHOOL

Connecting local students with children in India, this international initiative breaks down cultural barriers through art, understanding and friendship.

South Australian students will exchange art works about their lives (including postcards, photographs, drawings and stories) with children living in Rajasthan in India. All these artistic contributions will be exhibited during the festival and simultaneously at a location in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

If you are interested in participating, please email dreambig@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au with the subject line “Hello Rajasthan” by Friday 7 December 2018 and we will connect you with a school in Rajasthan with the help of our friends at ThinkArts India.

Teaching in and through the arts is proving to be a vital tool improving general capabilities in literacy, numeracy, personal and social capability and critical and creative thinking. Explore the possibilities of creative pedagogy to enhance your confidence and practical teaching resources in this professional development intensive for primary school teachers. This event has something for everyone – part practical showcase, part Q&A, followed by networking drinks and nibbles.

Presenters include Morris Gleitzman, Australian Children’s Laureate; Dr Anita Collins, music educator and researcher; and Eliza Lovell, professional teaching artist.

Visit carclew.com.au for booking and program details.

Exhibition 22 May – 1 June Open 10am – 3pm

Mon 27 May 4pm – 8pm

Dunstan Playhouse Foyer Adelaide Festival Centre

Space Theatre Adelaide Festival Centre

FREE

No booking required

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Certificate of Professional vided.

Learning pro

Years: 3–7 | Ages: 8–12 Event Type: Exhibition | World Premiere

Years: All | Ages: All | Event Type: Exhibition

Wonder

For Country, For Nation

We All Eat Cake An exhibition examining how children see themselves and others, celebrating our difference and commonality.

Honour our First Nations people with these fascinating and revealing stories of wartime and peace.

Gordon BENNETT, Psychotopographical landscape (inversion), 1990, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the Australian War Memorial and the Samstag Museum of Art.

Wonder is an art exhibition by primary school students exploring their thoughts around the concept of “how other people see me.”

Curious about others, children often wonder if others are curious about them - what do others think about me? My clothes, my food, my music, my hobbies, my traditions and my family? Is it the same as the way I see or think about myself?

Wonder is an important reminder that while we may look and behave differently, we all eat cake!

Featuring the work of students from local Prospect Primary Schools: Black Friars Priory School ELC–6, Prospect Primary, Prospect North Primary and Nailsworth Primary.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a long standing tradition of fighting for Country, and continue to serve with honour among our military forces. In a major exhibition from the Australian War Memorial, For Country, For Nation tells stories from the First Nations experience during wartime and peace.

Thurs 25 April – Fri 19 July 10am – 5pm (Tues–Sat) Samstag Museum of Art FREE

No booking required

Thurs 16 May – Sun 23 June Tues 10.15am – 8.30pm Wed–Fri 10.15am – 6pm (Closed Monday) Prospect Gallery FREE

No booking required

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Years: R–7 | Ages: 5–12 | Event Type: Workshop

Singing Under Ceilings If only these walls – and ceilings – could talk!

Years: 5–10 | Ages: 10–15 | Event Type: Workshop

Stepping Out and Speaking Up in the West

Image: National Trust of SA

The ceilings of historic Ayers House have witnessed thousands of soirees, secrets and stories over the years.

Some ceilings are hand painted with gold, some are underground and one supports the weight of a 3000– piece chandelier. Students will step back in time as they are guided around this culturally important building, learning songs and stories of days gone by.

Your host will be the experienced singing teacher Mrs Peters who will introduce students to a range of songs touching on aspects of colonial life such as social stratification, emigration and the British Empire.

Wed 22, Thurs 23, Tues 28, Wed 29 & Thurs 30 May 10.30am & 12.30pm Ayers House

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Leaving a lasting trail of footprints in their local area, students will unite to create messages of safety in their communities. This engaging workshop will culminate in artwork that will contribute to a safety awareness campaign in the western suburbs of Adelaide.

These free workshops are available to classes from within the City of Charles Sturt/Western Adelaide catchment zones. Maximum of 50 students per workshop.

Wed 22 – Fri 31 May The Brocas

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FREE EVENT

For more information and bookings visit charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Years: All | Ages: All | Event Type: Exhibition

Art Gallery of South Australia Explore the New Rehang of Australian Art Step back in time and explore what life was like in the 1800s through these telling and emotive works of art.

Years: All | Ages: All | Event Type: Exhibition

School Awards DreamBIG is thrilled to present an exhibition of the winners from the 2018 SALA (South Australian Living Artists Festival) and Credit Union SA School Visual Art Awards. This is a brand new award introduced in 2018 for primary and secondary schools.

We will remount the winning schools exhibition at Adelaide Festival Centre during DreamBIG. Wed 22 May – Sat 1 June Adelaide Festival Centre

FREE

Image: Nat Rogers

Discover what life was like in the 19th Century by examining works of art that tell stories about Australia’s development, including geographical knowledge, migration and democracy.

Explore the history, stories and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a diverse range of historic and contemporary works of art.

Students will also develop an historical understanding of the movement of people during Australia’s early colonisation, contact between societies and its effect on people and the environment.

Open daily 10am–5pm Art Gallery of South Australia

FREE

Bookings required.

Contact: learning@artgallery.sa.gov.au

Years: All | Ages: All | Event Type: Exhibition

DreamBIG Artist in Residence & Exhibition Once again, DreamBIG will present work from an artist in residence in collaboration with the SALA (South Australian Living Artists Festival). For the 2019 festival, we are looking for an artist who can deliver a temporary large-scale installation in one of the outdoor spaces at Adelaide Festival Centre. If you are an artist interested in applying please keep an eye on the website for when expressions of interest open.

Wed 22 May – Sat 1 June Adelaide Festival Centre

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Years: R–8 | Ages: 5–13 | Event Type: Interactive Performance

B'tutta

IN SCHOOL

A Musica Viva In Schools Performance Program B’tutta are a brilliant percussion ensemble with a gift for immersing everyone in the sheer joy of music. Students are integrated into this musical performance, where they build the courage and confidence to become conductors, composers and players.

In School Workshop Visit musicaviva.com.au/ education/tours/btutta for booking information and prices

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Image: Emmy Etié

Years: 2+ | Ages: 8+ | Event Type: Activity

Image: Che Chorley Photography

Explore Adelaide Oval Imagine running onto the hallowed turf to the roar of a 50,000–strong crowd, climbing the stairs to the heritage scoreboard or gaining insight into match-day preparations.

Adelaide Oval has been a prolific cultural landmark dating back to the 1870s and remains a national icon and world class destination. Students have the unique opportunity to explore behind the scenes and learn about the heritage and significance of the stadium as part of educational tours and enrichment experience.

Submit a booking request form on the Adelaide Oval Education website or contact the Education Officer on 8205 4779 or sam.bolch@adelaideoval.com.au Cost (Tours): $8 per primary student, $11 per secondary student.

1:10 supervision ratio required. Prices may be subject to change.

Please check Adelaide Oval website prior to booking.

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Adelaide’s own star-studded walk is yours to explore Visit the Walk of Fame along the River Torrens side of Adelaide Festival Centre and discover over 130 artists who have performed on Festival Centre stages.

Proudly supported by

DreamBIG Venues Adelaide Festival Centre King William Road, Adelaide dreambigfestival.com.au Venues at Adelaide Festival Centre include: Artspace Banquet Room Dunstan Playhouse Elder Park Festival Theatre Foyer (Gallery 2 & 3) John Bishop Room Quartet Bar Space Theatre Adelaide High School Theatre West Terrace, Adelaide adelaidehs.sa.edu.au Adelaide Oval War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide adelaideoval.com.au Adelaide Showgrounds – Ridley Centre Goodwood Road, Wayville adelaideshowground.com.au Art Gallery of South Australia North Terrace, Adelaide artgallery.sa.gov.au Ayers House 288 North Terrace, Adelaide nationaltrust.org.au/places/ ayers-house-museum The Brocas 111 Woodville Road, St Clair charlessturt.sa.gov.au/TheBrocas Centenary Hall 14 Cadell Street, Goolwa visitalexandrina.com/things-to-do/ arts-and-culture/centenary-hall

Chaffey Theatre Seventeenth Street, Renmark countryarts.org.au/ venues/chaffey-theatre Freemasons Hall - Main Hall North Terrace, Adelaide santfreemasons.org.au Grainger Studio Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 91 Hindley Street, Adelaide aso.com.au Hopgood Theatre Ramsay Place, Norlunga Centre countryarts.org.au/venues/ hopgood-theatre Marion Cultural Centre 287 Diagonal Road, Oaklands Park marion.sa.gov.au/ marion-cultural-centre Middleback Arts Centre 141A Nicolson Avenue, Whyalla Norrie countryarts.org.au/venues/ middleback-arts-centre

SAHMRI Auditorium North Terrace, Adelaide sahmri.com Samstag Museum of Art 55 North Terrace, Adelaide unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum South Australian Museum – The Armory North Terrace, Adelaide samuseum.sa.gov.au State Library of South Australia North Terrace, Adelaide slsa.sa.gov.au Tandanya 253 Grenfell Street, Adelaide tandanya.com.au Torrens Parade Ground – Drill Hall Victoria Drive, Adelaide adelaidia.sa.gov.au/places/torrensparade-ground-and-training-depot Woodville Town Hall 74 Woodville Road, Woodville charlessturt.sa.gov.au/wth

Migration Museum 82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide migration.history.sa.gov.au Nautilus Arts Centre 66 Tasman Terrace, Port Lincoln nautilusartcentre.com.au Northern Festival Centre 106 Gertrude Street, Port Pirie countryarts.org.au/venues/ northern-festival-centre Odeon Theatre 57a Queen Street, Norwood adt.org.au Prospect Gallery 1 Thomas Street, Nailsworth prospect.sa.gov.au/prospectgallery

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DreamBIG Opening Event Wednesday 22 May Arrival from 9.30am

Event: 10.50am – 11.30am

Telstra Plaza Adelaide Oval Option A: Opening event and performance Students: $20 Equity: $13 Option B: Opening event and workshop All $5 It is very important that you indicate your three performance or workshop options on the booking form.

Large school bookings may need to be split across more than one performance or workshop.

Performance Options Katie’s Birthday Party 12.30pm New Owner 12.45pm The Gruffalo 1pm A Hymn To the Hateful 12.30pm Workshop/Installation Options Like Me, Like You 12.30pm Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco Walking Tour 12.30pm Imaginary Architecture 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm 10 Minute Dance Parties 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm Game Theory 12pm Dance Like Everyone Is Watching 12.30pm The Boy Who Loved Tiny Things 12.30pm Singing Under Ceilings 12.30pm Phil Cummings: Stories Behind the Books 12.30pm Of All The People In All The World 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm Same Like Yesterday 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 2pm Plus don’t forget there are plenty of other exhibitions and installations you can check out like Playable CubbyTOWN, Firefly Forest and much more.

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Please read the following information prior to completing the booking form on the adjacent page.

• The majority of paid performances are priced the same across the festival (Schools: $16 / Equity: $9).

Exceptions include the Opening Event (p4), Cunning Little Vixen (p19), and Jump First, Ask Later (p26).

• Many shows and workshops have a limited capacity and may book up quickly.

• Please list three performance choices/dates/times and three corresponding workshop times if you also wish to book the latter. If your first choice of performance or workshop is fully booked, you will be automatically booked into your second choice, and so on.

• Priority for free workshops is given to schools booking for a paid performance.

• Some events need to be booked via the performance organisation and these are clearly marked on the relevant page. If you also wish to book a free workshop through BASS, please list the other performance/workshop you have purchased tickets for when completing the booking form.

• We understand that schools booking early will often need to provide estimate numbers. However, it is important that you advise us of exact numbers by the start of the 2019 school year so we can make tickets available for other schools.

How to Book •O nline dreambigfestival.com.au/schoolbookings • F ill in the booking form on the adjacent page Extra forms can be downloaded from dreambigfestival.com.au/schoolbookings Submit the booking form to BASS via: Email: schools@bass.net.au Post: BASS School Bookings, GPO Box 1269, Adelaide SA 5001 Please note: BASS will send you and your finance officer a temporary tax invoice, which will confirm your booking and indicate which of your preferences have been booked. Your booking is not confirmed until you receive this invoice.

No refunds can be provided on paid bookings.

If paying via cheque, BASS will hold tickets for seven (7) days before mailing, to await clearance of the cheque.

A $10 transaction fee is payable for each school booking (through BASS), inclusive of all paid performances/workshops, submitted concurrently.

School Booking Form Contact Teacher School name Type of school Please tick relevant boxes

☐Independent ☐Metro

☐Catholic ☐Government ☐Home Schooled ☐Non-Metro ☐Disadvantaged ☐Other

Phone Mobile Essential

☐ Please tick to receive regular DreamBIG Children’s Festival updates

School Email Finance Officer Email (BASS invoice will be sent to this address) Australian Curriculum Learning Areas

Year Levels

Schools IoED Category

Equity price tickets available only to Index of Disadvantaged (IoED) schools category 1 – 4 (where applicable)

How do you plan to travel to the event? Please tick relevant boxes

☐Train ☐Tram ☐Bus ☐Private bus ☐Car ☐On foot ☐Other

ORDER OF PREFERENCE

DATE

TIME

No. of No. of STUDENT ADULT TICKETS TICKETS*

TOTAL COST

OPENING EVENT 22 May 10.50am Option A: Opening event & performance (Schools $20 Equity Schools $13) Option B: Opening event & workshop (All $5) Ticketed performance 1ST CHOICE Ticketed performance 2ND CHOICE Ticketed performance 3RD CHOICE Free Workshop/Activity 1ST CHOICE Free Workshop/Activity 2ND CHOICE Free Workshop/Activity 3RD CHOICE Please note: Priority for free workshops is given to schools booking for paid shows.

Add $10 transaction fee per booking

(This fee is not added if you are only requesting free workshops)

$10.00

TOTAL COST Please record any special needs and numbers of students with disability ie using wheelchairs, vision/hearing impairment:

*Complimentary tickets are issued according to student/teacher ratio: Reception–Yr2 1:6 Yr3–Yr7 1:10 Yr8–Yr12 1:15 Additional teachers/adults above complimentary ratios are charged at the same rate as students Please provide the following information for EDU SA evaluation purposes:

Number of ATSI students (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)

Number of EALD students (English as an additional language or dialect)

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Adelaide Festival Centre staff working on DreamBIG Children’s Festival Programming Susannah Sweeney Creative Producer Ruth Weldon Festival Coordinator Melanie Selwood Special Events Coordinator (Opening Event and Big Family Weekend) Renee Fort Education Officer Kellie Nicol Programming Coordinator Lee Towton Programming Assistant Melissa Centofanti GreenRoom Coordinator Marketing & Communications Gemma Coward Marketing Executive Krystle Aunger Marketing Coordinator Annetta Koutsouridis Marketing Coordinator Simeon Nikolaidis Marketing Assistant Heather Poole Communications Executive Jennifer Salter Publicity Executive Molly Taylor Publicity Coordinator Joshua Osis Graphic Designer Development Teresa Whitehorn Clare Mansfield

Senior Development Executive Development Coordinator

BASS Ralph Varricchio BASS Senior Client Services Executive Dale Menz Database and Digital Projects Executive Linda Mundy Ticketing Infrastructure Executive Dace Howard Digital Content Officer Patron Services Kate Hagan

Operations Coordinator

Production Jane Rosetto Head of Sound Nathan Luscombe Head of Lighting Phil Haddy Head of Lighting Martin Olesk Head of Staging Jane Baird Production Coordinator (Opening Event and Big Family Weekend) Plus Ali Jones

Festival Designer

Sharyn Schell Manager Arts Projects (inc.

DreamBIG Children’s Festival), Department for Education

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DreamBIG teaching and learning resource writers and contributors Michael Aquilina Valerie Harrold Steve Bartholomew Margot Hayter Kym Bell Sue Jones Janet Burrow Susie Jones Gail Carragher Christine Keynes Pauline Carter Amanda Kimber Britt Chatburn Margaret Lynch Michele Chigwidden Larissa Maher Carmel Dineen Marika Marlow Elizabeth Eland Max Mastrosavas Ruth Flaherty Christine McKenzie Rosa Garcia Kristen Morgan

Christine Narroway Kylie Neagle Marianne Norman Sam O'Connell Kerrin Rowlands Sharyn Schell Ann Shepherdson Donna Shillingford Bev White Brenton Wilson Claire Wood Linda Woolcock

We also acknowledge our wonderful DreamBIG volunteers, as well as the venue staff working on DreamBIG shows at venues throughout Adelaide and across the state.

Trustees Michael Abbott AO QC, Chair

Jim Hazel Deputy Chair

Mary Hamilton Phil Hoffmann AM Carolyn Mitchell

Tony Smith Kate Thiele Sandy Verschoor

Management CEO & Artistic Director Chief Operating Officer Director of Programming, Development & Venue Sales Director of Ticketing & Digital Projects Head of Public Affairs Associate Director of Programming Executive Producer Cabaret & Commercial Ventures Technical Manager Manager Philanthropy Manager Food & Beverage Manager Finance & Business Support Manager Human Resources Manager WHS & Risk Manager Marketing & Customer Experience

Douglas Gautier AM Carlo D’Ortenzio Liz Hawkins Greg Adams Ruth Sibley Beck Pearce Ebony Bott Chris Searle Robyn Brown Ashlesha Chandran Christine Dunthorne Claire George Carolyn Laffin Yolanda Sulser

Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Board Legh Davis Chair Angela Condous Penny Johnson Louisa McClurg Sue Pearce

John Taplin QC Marion Tropeano Joe Verco AM Lauren Zwaans Joan Hardy OAM (Patron)

Adelaide Festival Centre respects your privacy and meets Government policy requirements. Every effort has been made to ensure that performance dates, times, prices and all other information are correct at time of publication.

Refer to dreambigfestival.com.au for the most current information.

Partners DreamBIG Children’s Festival is produced and presented by

Proudly Supported By

Arts South Australia Department for Education

Festival Partners

Regional Touring Partners

Program Partners

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Pack your compass and put away the screens.

Discover the city’s unique playspaces. cityofadelaide.com.au

2019 DreamBIG Festival proudly supported by City of Adelaide

FA M I LY W E E K E N D 2 5 & 2 6 M AY 2 0 1 9 This FREE family event for children of all ages will take over the North Terrace Cultural Boulevard for two fun-filled days.

Theatres, galleries, museums, universities, libraries, and gardens will be full to the brim with hundreds of children and families immersed in arts activities and dreaming BIG. Follow the trail for your age group and discover a world of art and wonder around every turn. More information about the Big Family Weekend will be available in April 2019. dreambigfestival.com.au

Images: Cath Leo and Claudio Raschella

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Adelaide Festival Centre is the heart of the arts in South Australia. Established in 1973, it is Australia’s first capital city arts venue and hosts more than one million people annually. As well as presenting theatre, dance, music, and exhibitions, Adelaide Festival Centre creates diverse festivals to inspire, challenge, educate, and entertain. We welcome audiences of all ages, experience, and cultures.

To discover more, visit adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au DreamBIG Children’s Festival celebrates Adelaide’s designation as a UNESCO City of Music

DreamBIG Children’s Festival is supported by

Arts South Australia Department for Education