A day of mourning on the Christian calendar, strangely remembered with hot cross buns.
A holiday for all. We hope you enjoy your Easter break. Many people go away into nature this weekend now the petrol price is coming down.
For all states and territories today heralds the start of the Term 1 holidays, except for SA and Tassie.
Enjoy your break.
Image: Kids having fun at the Enviro Beats Workshop from Junkyard Beats NSW. Adapted to suit students from K - Yr 12.
The amazing Carrousel Theatre are offering Puss in Boots, Aladdin & the Magic Lamp The Jungle Book and Cinderella in Victoria, in so many languages! Jungle Book & Cinderella will also tour into South Australia (August only).
They tell classic stories through e
The tradition of playing tricks on 1st April goes back hundreds of years, but the exact derivation is unknown. Theories are it came from Spring Rites, a shift to the Gregorian calendar, one of Chaucer's stories. There's also the French tradition of April Fish.
So, pinch and a punch for first
Bell Shakespeare is presenting school matinees of Julius Caesar at Arts Centre Melbourne on 26 April & 6 May at 2pm.
The last schools matinee in Sydney at the Opera House, is on tomorrow at 11 am.
Most states incorporate Easter into the Term 1 break, but not all! Whichever one applies to you, enjoy this short week.
Many will be at school near ANZAC day - make the most of Australian History expert and musician, Jan Wositzky's Cannakale. Gallipoli. Lest We Forget. Incursion Yrs 3-12. Vic and S
Black Swan is continuing their excellent productions appropriate to schools. The wonderful RBG: Of Many. One is on now (image above) and finishes next Saturday 4 April.
There are two more shows in Term 2 including a reimagining of Tim Winton's story, The Shepherd's Hu
An ancient Artform, marionettes, black light, modern developments, such as Sesame Street type puppets, all resonate with audiences as they have for hundreds of years.
Puppets can say and do what people often can't. Students empathise with them. You forget they're puppets.
Queensland based, Mashed Theatre & Films are an incursion company touring shows for secondary students in Queensland, ACT, NSW, SA, Tasmania and Victoria.
See all 8 of their 2026 productions here.
Image: Othello, Yrs 11-12, incursion
Seymour Centre has the perfect event for you.
See Michelle Law in conversation about her smash hit play Single Asian Female, which was recently added to the Stage 6 Drama Course Prescriptions for Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice. Details.
With Harmony Day falling on a Saturday this year, along with it being in the middle of NALAN, we hope you've managed to celebrate it.
Now the next big one schools try to be involved in, is NAIDOC week. This year on 5-12 July, when all Australian schools are on holiday. The only time to celeb
Victoria's well-established Complete Works Theatre Company offers some classic plays and Australian Poetry both live and online as well as Literature workshops and live only plays. Check them all out here.
Image: Romeo & Juliet - online and live touring Vic only
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A few more days of Naplan testing to go. All are finished on Monday 23rd, then back to real life.