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Apr 24, 2026
Tim Winton's The Shepherd's Hut adapted for the stage

World Premiere - Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA present The Shepherd's Hut adapted by Tim McGarry. May 11 - May 31. Heath Ledger Theatre. Suits Yr 11-12. Details

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Apr 23, 2026
Latest Show Added - Victoria

Workshops That Work have added another multicultural show to their impressive range. The latest is Spirit of Africa & The Indian Ocean, incorporating song, movement and storytelling in an involving incursion, where students learn while having fun.

See all the Workshops That Work incursions here. Vic

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Apr 22, 2026
More back at school

ACT went back to school yesterday, today NSW joins them. Have a great Term 2!

Image: The Troppo Troupe, touring 3 different Italian shows for Years P - 12, NSW, ACT, VIC. Details.

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Apr 20, 2026
Term 2 starts today for Vic, Qld and WA

Term 2 is one of the hard working terms. Enjoy!

Celebrate the hard work in Term 2 & 3 by taking students to the Bugalugs Bum Thief at the Seymour Centre, Sydney in early Sept. Details


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Apr 19, 2026
Favourite images from our finished shows

An occasional series, where we celebrate some of our favourite images.Dance so often have brilliant, dynamic images, like this one from a Sydney Dance Company production.

See this year's education production from Sydney Dance Company here

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Apr 17, 2026
Puppet Making for Sydney and surrounds

School Workshops and Shows take puppet making and performance to the top level

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Apr 16, 2026
Your child's favourite book works linguistic wonders

When my daughter was aged between 8 months and two years, she would want to "read" Harry, the dirty dog by Gene Zion nearly every night for her bed time story. That's alot of readings of a book of about 10 pages. Sometimes we'd hide Harry dog, and suggest all manner of fascinating alternatives, but

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Apr 15, 2026
Lucky Victorian schools - can go to the opera live or online.

Victorian Opera's education season this year, will feature an adaptation of the classic, The Magic Pudding in three Melbourne theatres as well as online, where it is live-streamed to the school at only $1 per student. Hurry, it's on in May.

The company provide online workshops, too. For students P

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Apr 14, 2026
Emus or Cassowaries - who'd win a fight?

Imagine a bout between a Cassowary and an Emu - two left overs from the dinosaur era. They are two of the three largest prehistoric birds left on the planet.

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Apr 13, 2026
Studying music early leads to verbal fluency

Well, we all know this - but here's a quote from a Finnish book we love. They do have the best education results in the world and generally speak between 3 to 5 languages fluently.

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Apr 11, 2026
Finally, all on Term 1 school hols except Tassie

Tassie don't finish Term 1 until April 17, so they're out of step with all other states for the rest of the year.

Image: Cyber Kindness by the Playground Craze, touring all of Australia, including Tassie!

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Apr 10, 2026
Have you booked into Book Week this year?

Shows on several of the short listed books as well as shows on other books. Lots of choice. Available all around Australia.

Many actual book week schedules are already full, so be slightly flexible with dates.

General Waste from 2025, is also available in Term 2, 2026.

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Apr 09, 2026
Still Planning Italian Day?

Check out the live Italian shows on offer in NSW, ACT, VIC and SA along with our online shows.

Image: The Troppo Troupe with 3 different Italian shows suited to different Primary and Secondary levels

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Apr 08, 2026
SA back at school this week before Term break starts on Friday

SA is the only State that has opted not to include Easter in the Term 1 holidays. There are pluses and minuses for the school community, but will a lot of work really happen this week?

Language teachers, no matter the language you teach, your dreams will come true with the wonderful Carrousel T

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Apr 07, 2026
Flying Bookworm Theatre Company

One of Victoria's longstanding touring companies, Flying Bookworm Theatre Company offer productions for both primary and secondary students.

The company tours regularly to Qld, NSW, ACT and well as Victoria and sometimes tours to other states, too.

Check out their shows here

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