I have very little words other than "Wow!". Your ability to transform the students from one place to another, simply through performance was both seamless and mesmerising.I am just in awe of you both and feel very grateful to have experienced this magic!St Gregory's Primary School, Queanbeyan
Hands down the best incursion we have had this year! Thank you so much.Good Shepherd Primary School, Amaroo
The ‘Illuminate’ series of drama workshops provides students with a unique experience, offering valuable opportunities for imaginative play, teamwork, and story building, while exploring narrative structure.
Stage One
Spark! The Magic of Storytelling.
Ready Set Go! The Storyland players are in trouble! The Big Big ideas book has been destroyed and so has the ‘Best story of the year!’ They’ve got the start of a great story but…… they need help.
Spark! The Magic of Storytelling is a curriculum linked, 90-minute workshop that supports the development of creative, unique, story ideas. Students will be encouraged in a fun, imaginative way to learn about narrative structures using oral language and non-verbal communication skills, songs, games and improvisational play.
Two professional storytellers will guide the students through the creation of a jointly composed story, encouraging shared participation and collaboration. This workshop seeks to support the development of their imaginative inner world as well as their collaborative development, oral language and communication skills and critical listening skills- which are an essential part of the learning process.
Stage Two
Ignite! A story is Born
Storyland is in deep trouble! The King and Queen are expected any minute and the royal performers have disappeared! How will they put on a show?!!
Ignite: A story is Born is a 90 minute curriculum based workshop explores storytelling frameworks, improvisational play as well as verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Lead by industry trained instructors, this workshop encourages students to step into the workings of a story. To interpret, analyse and evaluate characters and their dramatic journeys as well as explore the structural and grammatical features and purposes for a range of written, visual and multimodal texts.
Students to explore a variety of roles and interact in pairs and groups, integrating a range of oral language and communication skills and strategies as they recognise the representation of characters, settings and events in dramatic play.
Stage Three
Blaze! The Power of Performance Through Play
The storytelling Olympics is on and ready to go…… but the team is missing! If only there were some extra special, creative storytelling genius’s about, they just might win the ‘Cup of Imagination!’
Blaze! The Power of Performance Through Play is a 90 min workshop that encourages students to delve deeper into improvisational frameworks as a means to problem solve narrative structure when the dreaded ‘blank’ happens. Two professionally trained instructors will invite learners to create characters, explore genres and play within improvisational structures as they journey into the world of storytelling.
Dramatic elements of tension, contrast, shape, ensemble work, articulation, time and space will be investigated as they prepare and perform their own stories at ‘The Storytellers Olympics!’
Works for all age groups - lot’s of fun and very engaging!Palmerston Primary School
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