Company B Belvoir Education Program

2010 School Matinee Performances

Our 2010 Season kicks off in February with two powerful young voices – UK playwright Polly Stenham's in-your-face piece about teenagers with utterly dysfunctional parents, That Face, then Love Me Tender, Tom Holloway’s Australian re-imagining of Euripides’ classic Iphegenia in Aulis.

Next comes a piece of Verbatim Theatre, The Power of Yes, in which David Hare delves into the human side of the recent global financial crisis. Then Benedict Andrews returns for the first time since Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to direct an explosive version of Measure for Measure - Shakespeare’s most subversive play.

Neil Armfield’s first work for his final year is Tommy Murphy’s funny new play Gwen in Purgatory, which explores the grace needed to endure your own family in suburban Queanbeyan.

The team that created Ngapartji Ngapartji present Namatjira, a powerful depiction of the life of artist Albert Namatjira.  Wayne Blair and Scott Rankin co-direct, exploring Namatjira’s predicament of belonging to both Aboriginal and white worlds, while never feeling fully at home in either.

Right at the end of the year Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush revive their extraordinary production of The Diary of a Madman – a hugely theatrical celebration of Gogol’s outrageous buffoon with delusions of grandeur.

2005 sell-out The Sapphires returns in a brand new production starring Christine Anu and Casey Donovan. Eamon Flack also directs Robert Menzies in Beckett’s astonishing The End.

We hold up to four schools performances for each of our subscription season shows:

That Face
Love Me Tender
The Power of Yes
Measure for Measure
Gwen in Purgatory
Namatjira
The Diary of a Madman

Plus we have schools performances for The End in the Downstairs Theatre and The Sapphires at the Seymour Centre.

Don't miss out - book now!

Download a Schools Performance Booking Form

Workshops

Company B Belvoir runs a number of education workshops throughout the year for both students and teachers. Our student workshop program includes workshops in Lighting, Set, and Costume Design as well as in Playwriting, Creating Performance through Improvisation, Group Devising, Monologue Performance, Brecht & Political Theatre, Directing and Stage Management.

Workshops run for 2 hours and can be scheduled for a date and time of your choosing, subject to the availability of the artist. Each workshop costs a total of $340 (including GST).

For Teachers we have Professional Development workshops in Set, Lighting and Costume Design as well as new workshops in Teaching Program and Promotion, Teaching Monologue Performance and Teaching Playwriting in the Classroom.

Details of upcoming 2010 Workshops are available as follows:

ONSTAGE STUDENT WORKSHOPS
$15 per student

PLAYWRITING Sat 6 Feb
With Tommy Murphy
10am-12 noon at Company B's Warehouse, 18 Belvoir Street Surry Hills.

CREATING PERFORMANCE THROUGH IMPROVISATION
Tue 9 & Thu 11 Feb
With Michael Pigott
9.30-11.30am at Company B's Warehouse, 18 Belvoir Street Surry Hills.

BRECHT & POLITICAL THEATRE Sat 13 Feb
With Shannon Murphy
10am-12 noon at Belvoir Street Theatre, 25 Belvoir Street Surry Hills.
(15 places remaining)

Download an info sheet here

For bookings phone 02 8396 6241 or email cathy@belvoir.com.au

If you would like any other type of workshop – Monologue Performance, Group Devising or Costume Design – please get in touch and we’ll do our best to arrange one, depending on availability.

TERM 1 & 2 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Click on workshop title to download more information.

TEACHING MONOLOGUE PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM Sat 20 Feb
TEACHING SET DESIGN IN THE CLASSROOM Sat 27 Feb
TEACHING PLAYWRITING IN THE CLASSROOM Sat 24 Apr

Join our email bulletin for teachers to receive information about other Professional Development workshops for teachers throughout the year, including workshops in Teaching Costume Design, Lighting and Lighting Design and Promotion and Program.

Email jane@belvoir.com.au to find out more.

Priority Schools Program

Through the support of our Education Partner, Freehills, we are able to offer students from priority schools the opportunity to attend our school matinee performances for free.

If you teach at a priority school email jane@belvoir.com.au for more details about the program and download a booking form.

Work Experience

Company B Belvoir runs a work experience program for high school students the aim of which is to give students a first hand experience of our artistic and administrative operations.

We accept one work experience student a month and places go very quickly. To apply, contact Cathy Hunt on (02) 8396 6241 or download and complete a work experience application form.

Work Placement at Company B Belvoir

Company B Belvoir also offers a limited number of work placements to students studying the VET Entertainment Industry Course. Be quick … these places are limited and fill up quickly! For more information call Education Manager Jane May on (02) 8396 6222.

Tours

Bring your students on a tour of the Belvoir St Theatre. Learn about the history of the theatre and how a professional theatre operates, from front of house to backstage. General backstage tours are complimentary and are organised through the Company B Belvoir Education Coordinator.

Techincal Tours

Designed for VET Entertainment Industry students and students interested in theatre production, these two hour comprehensive tours provide an in-depth look at the technical aspects of Belvoir St Theatre. Led by a professional theatre technician, students visit the bio-box, dimmer room, stage door and backstage areas and learn about the process of installing a show from bump in to bump out.

Technical tours cost $15 per student with accompanying teachers free of charge. Tours can be scheduled for a date and time of your choosing, subject to the availability of the theatre and technician.

To book a tour contact our Education Coordinator Cathy Hunt with your preferred dates and times on (02) 8396 6241 or on cathy@belvoir.com.au.

Workshops and tours are subject to the availability of the artists. We will do our best to accommodate requests but cannot guarantee preferred dates.