2017 EDUCATION SEASON
Programs for Young Audiences Support for Educators
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Primary Aged Performances Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with KW & NB Ltd presents
Tuesday, 20th June 2017, 9.45am, 11.30am, 1.30pm Lighthouse Theatre—55 minutes Suitable for ages 2 years – 8 years, both school and family audiences All tickets $10 ————————————————————————————————From Australia’s leading producer of high quality entertainment for kids and families, comes the International Touring Production of WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT – LIVE ON STAGE! with an all Australian cast. WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT is the wonderful story of a family out for walk and on the lookout for a growling bear - they have to march through long swishy grass, wade through thick gloopy mud and even battle a snow storm before entering a big dark cave where maybe they will finally spot the glinty wet eyes of a slobbering, gigantic bear winking at them through the blackness. This 55 minute mini-musical captures the fun and frolics of a father who is clearly still a child at heart, his three children including a tiny intrepid bear hunter in the making – baby is strapped to dad’s back plus the family dog and of course....a BIG BROWN CUDDLY BEAR! Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
A Monkey Baa Theatre Company Production
Based on the book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley Thursday, 27th July 2017, 9.45am, 11.45am Lighthouse Theatre—45 minutes Ages: Kindergarten, Grade 1, 2 & 3 All tickets $10 ————————————————————————————————Meet Mothball, the naughtiest wombat in Australia. Bored with her daily routine, Mothball goes in search of shelter and food, creating chaos in the lives of the humans around her. Doormats, bins and washing lines are no match for this mischievous marsupial. Between a packed schedule of scratching, sleeping and eating Mothball discovers that with a bit of persistence, humans are quite easily trained! Monkey Baa and a team of revered artists including Puppetry and Movement Director, Alice Osborne (War Horse 2012/13), Designer Imogen Ross (Hitler’s Daughter) and accomplished composer/cellist, Oonagh Sherrard use the magic of puppetry and live music to bring this delightful story for ages 3+ to the stage. Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
A Windmill Theatre Co production
Based on the much-loved picture book character created by Ted Prior Wednesday 18th October 2017, 9.45am, 11.30am, 1.30pm Lighthouse Studio—35 minutes Suitable for ages 2 years – 8 years, both school and family All tickets $10 Grug began his life as the grassy top of a Burrawang tree, fascinated by the world around him and never short of an adventure. Embarking on an epic journey to find a rainbow that always seems just beyond his grasp. Grug is full of determination and his adventures are always full of surprises. Featuring exquisite puppetry and gentle storytelling that has delighted audiences around the world, this brand new show has been especially created for the next generation of our littlest theatregoers (and those who just love Grug).
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Family Entertainment & Workshops Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Branch Nebula & Intimate Spectacle present
Snake Sessions Warrnambool Skate Park, Workshops Monday, 27th March to Friday, 31st March from 4pm Warrnambool Skate Park Performances: Saturday 1st April 2017 11am & 2pm, Warrnambool Skate Park—All Welcome
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Snake Sessions provides a connection with young audiences that don’t normally participate or enjoy performing arts. The production provides local young people with an interest in urban culture and freestyle sports to develop their skills and showcase them alongside professional artists in a unique show. Sydney company Branch Nebula will infiltrate the Warrnambool skate park for a whole week, jamming moves and tricks with the locals, and building up for a spectacular improvised performance at the end. A team of professional skaters, BMX riders, dancers and parkourists, bring an audience to a skate park to experience urban culture as a powerful dramatic and artistic expression, and a celebration of its virtuosity and inventiveness. Co-creators - Lee Wilson and Mirabelle Wouters Performers - Danny Campbell (BMX), Antek Marciniec (parkour), Kathryn Puie (dancer), Marnie Palomares (dancer), Kat Williams (skater), Adam Haydec (skater) Composer/Musician - Robbie Avenaim Producer - Harley Stumm for Intimate Spectacle
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Chunky Moves presents
Rule of Thirds Workshop Wednesday, 5th April, 3pm Performance: Thursday, 6th April, 8pm Lighthouse Theatre Approximately 60 minutes, no interval. ————————————————————————————————Chunky Move – Victoria’s flagship contemporary dance company – presents Rule of Thirds, a powerful and intricate piece by Artistic Director and Choreographer Anouk van Dijk. Rule of Thirds is a highly physical performance that celebrates perseverance, audacity and the ongoing desire to reinvent ourselves. Three dancers test and alter a strong force field they have set up amongst each other, gradually deconstructing and dismantling the movement score. All players are needed, but who is eventually in charge? Rule of Thirds promises, and delivers, guts, virtuosity and focused abandon. This is cutting edge contemporary dance from one of Australia’s most respected & acclaimed companies—an exciting insight into a form not often brought to young regional audiences.
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Erth
Friday, 11 August—6.30pm Access Friendly Performance: Saturday, 12 August, 10.30am Saturday, 12 August, 2pm Lighthouse Theatre Approximately 55 minutes, no interval Deep below the surface, submerged below time, swam some of the world’s most amazing prehistoric marine reptiles. Following the internationally loved and applauded show Erth's Dinosaur Zoo™, the team at Erth have spent years scouring the seven seas, collecting playful prehistoric creatures of the deep in their giant aquarium. For the very first time, you are invited to dive in and meet these aquatic critters in person. What does a Plesiosaurs skin feel like? How big are a Kronosaurus teeth? And do Kimberella even wear shoes? Our skilled handlers will be able to answer all these questions and more in this once in a lifetime interactive theatre experience at Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium. Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium invites children to step into the action of the performance; each show performers will invite a small number of carefully selected young divers to join them on their quest to the bottom of the ocean, to ‘swim’ with an amazing array of aquatic creatures from bygone eras. Connecting young audiences to the real science of palaeontology, Erth’s prehistoric creatures are unmistakably ‘alive’ and mostly friendly, in this fun, educational and unique performance that will delight all audiences from ages 5 years and up. Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Access Friendly Performances The purpose of the session is to create a welcoming and friendly environment so that those children feel relaxed and at ease during the performance. It has been created for children and families living with autism and other special needs. Prior to the show families will be invited to a Touch Tank session where they’ll meet some of the puppets and have the opportunity to experience the soundscape and lighting effects.
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Secondary Audiences Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Christine Harris & HIT Productions presents
Wednesday, 1st March 2017, 8:00 PM Lighthouse Theatre Approx. 2 hours inc. interval
Always...Patsy Cline is more than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963. The show is based on a true story about Cline’s endearing friendship with Houston fan Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in l961 and continued a correspondence with Cline until her death. The musical play, complete with down home country humour, true emotion and even some audience participation, includes 27 of Patsy unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight. This new production directed by AFI award winning Denny Lawrence stars award winning Australian Country Music singing sensation Courtney Conway as Patsy Cline and popular stage star Mandi Lodge. Musical Director Ross Sermons who has performed with greats such Steve Winwood, will feature as the guitarist in the live on stage band, The Bobacious Bobcats Band.
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Ilbijerri Theatre Company & Belvoir present
Coranderrk Thursday 27th April, 1.00pm & 7.30pm 70 minutes, no interval Written by: Andrea James & Giordano Nanni Directed by: Eva Grace Mullaley Designed By: Ruby Langton-Batty & Ralph Myers (Set & Costume), Damien Cooper (Lighting), Ben Grant (Sound) & Peter Worland (Audio Visual) Starring: Trevor Jamieson
CORANDERRK is about what might have been. At a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve went head-to-head with the Aboriginal Protection Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed to continue the brilliant experiment in self-determination they had pioneered for themselves on the scrap of country left to them. CORANDERRK recreates the Inquiry. This is both great theatre and great history. It revives the voices of all those, black and white, who fought for a better pact between the country’s oldest and newest inhabitants. This special production pays tribute to the resilience and adaptability of a people who rose to the challenge despite the odds, appropriating the power of the written word to make their own voices ring loud and clear. “It is honest, open, raw, emotional, poignant; true. There is a strong spirit in Coranderrk. And to sit in a crowded darkened theatre and witness it, is a truly humbling experience.” - The Spell of Waking Hours Warnings: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are warned that this production contains images of deceased persons Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
shake and stir theatre co present
Dracula Monday, 15th May 2017, 8.00pm Lighthouse Theatre 100 mins (no interval)
Another bloody classic. The Gothic horror story swoops the country in a gripping, criticallyacclaimed production created by shake & stir. When young Lawyer Jonathan Harker visits Castle Dracula deep within the Carpathian mountains, he's not expecting the strange hospitality he receives from his mysterious host. Alone and trapped within the castle walls, Jonathan discovers that Dracula wants more than his presence at the dinner table - he might also be the main course. Leaving Jonathan for dead and his castle behind, Dracula travels to London on a quest for seduction, true love and above all blood. From the company behind the multi-award winning, national touring productions of 1984 and Animal Farm comes this new adaptation of Stoker's twisted tale. WARNINGS: Infrequent coarse language, sexual themes, supernatural elements
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Melbourne Theatre Company present
Melbourne Talam Thursday 25th May 2017, 1.00pm & 7.30pm Lighthouse Theatre 100 mins (no interval) Suitable for ages 14+ You have to time it right. If you follow the beat of the city, your life never goes off-key. Three young people see each other across a crowded city station. They just missed the train. Now they wait. And think. They think about home: Punjab, Delhi, Hyderabad. And how they just can’t seem to get the city’s talam – its rhythm – right. A sudden and calamitous event changes the lives of all three, and their future in Australia. A timely and vibrant new work that’s both poignant and full of humour, Melbourne Talam puts contemporary social issues centre stage. Warning: Contains coarse language, mature themes and references to suicide.
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Australian Chamber Orchestra present
ACO Collective Thursday, June 22 2017 1.00pm Lighthouse Theatre 60 minutes
ACO’s fun and interactive concerts for secondary students provide them with tools to understand and appreciate music. Specially created for schools, these vibrant performances introduce students to musical concepts by inviting them to explore and discover their own responses to the music. To complement these performances, the ACO offers curriculum aligned resources including worksheets to be completed in class, and videos of the musicians discussing the music and specific listening points for students to focus on. ACO Collective Schools’ Concerts are 1 hour in duration.
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Bell Shakespeare present
The Merchant of Venice Tuesday, 11th July 2017, 7.30pm Lighthouse Theatre 2 hours 30 minutes, including interval Money makes the world go around…Portia has it, Bassanio wants it, Shylock lends it and Antonio owes the value of it. Love also plays a part…Portia offers it, Bassanio wants it and Antonio may lose a pound of flesh for it. This uncompromising and dark production explores the tense relationship and prejudices between those that have, and those that don’t. Dark in its humour and bawdy in its romantic hijinks, The Merchant Of Venice takes audiences on a journey of love, mercy and justice. Featuring 3 time Helpmann Award winner, Mitchell Butel (Janet King and Rake) as the defiant Shylock, and Jessica Tovey (Wolf Creek and Wonderland) as Portia, the production will be directed by AnneLouise Sarks (Belvoir’s Jasper Jones and Medea), this masterfully envisioned production tackles the prejudices and preconceived notions of one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays. By William Shakespeare Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
The Tasmanian Theatre Company & Straightjacket Productions present
By Stephen Sachs Friday 25th August 2017, 8.00pm Lighthouse Theatre 2 hours, including interval
Starring John Wood & Julie Nihill Is the true value of art in the eyes of the beholder? Maude (Julie Nihill), an unemployed bartender, has bought a painting for a few bucks from an opp shop. Despite almost trashing it, she now thinks it’s a Jackson Pollock worth millions. In fact she’s certain it is. But when world-class art expert, Lionel Percy (John Wood), flies over from New York and arrives at her trailer park home in Bakersfield to authenticate the painting, he really has no idea what he’s about to discover. Based on a true story, Bakersfield Mist is a comedy set in the present day.
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Bookings From 2017, the Lighthouse Theatre will move to processing Education bookings via the Education Portal on the Lighthouse Theatre website. Phone and Box Office bookings will be directed to the online Education Portal.
To Make a Booking for any Education Performances: 1.
Go to the Lighthouse Theatre Education page online at www.lighthousetheatre.com.au/education
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Enter details for your group and the details of the performance you wish to book
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Accept the booking request terms and conditions and submit your request
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A Lighthouse Theatre representative will contact you within a week to confirm your booking
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Four weeks prior to the event, a Lighthouse Theatre representative will contact you to confirm final numbers and issue a Booking Confirmation.
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Two weeks prior to the performance, a Tax Invoice will be issued for payment. This must be paid prior to the performance.
Please note: Changes to numbers of attendees cannot be made after the invoice is issued for your booking.
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017
Lighthouse Theatre Education Season 2017