Schools Programs 2010

Redland Performing Arts Centre is dedicated to offering high quality live theatre experiences for school children of all ages as part of the Arts Centre’s annual performance program.

Productions that are part of the schools program will be held on school weekdays and will be marketed directly to schools with groups attending as part of organised visits to the Redland Performing Arts Centre.

Tickets will be available to the general public depending on availability and the number of schools attending.

Primary Schools Program 2010

In 2010 we are pleased to present Patch Theatre Companies production of “Special Delivery”, which has been created especially for young children aged 3 – 8 years old’s and their families.

We are delighted to be able to bring a production created by Patch Theatre Company to the Redlands, as the company are well known for the high quality of their works.

In its 37 year history, Patch Theatre Company has produced 100 new works and performed to over 1.5 million children and their families nationally and internationally. Patch have developed and refined their productions, each of which features the company’s trademark elegance, simplicity and theatrical invention. Over the last six years, Patch has performed at sixteen international children’s festivals and venues (in Korea, Japan, Singapore, USA, New Zealand and Canada) and been regularly featured in Australia’s most prestigious venues including the Sydney Opera House, the Victorian Arts Centre, the Adelaide Festival Centre and the Canberra Theatre Centre.

We invite you to enrich the lives of children by sharing with them the wonderment and joy of children’s theatre at its best.

Special Delivery will be performing at the centre in the October school term, the production is a visual theatre work, perfectly pitched at its 3-8 year old target group…delightfully mischievous…beautifully performed...a wonderland of surprises…the children were engrossed. Special Delivery is a hilarious, physical comedy in the style of Mr Bean.

Information on the 2010 Primary Schools program has been sent to primary schools in Redland area. Teachers education resource kits are available with the performance of “Special Delivery”. For further enquiries please phone: 3829 8131.

Special Delivery

Picture Presenter: Redland Performing Arts Centre
Venue: The Concert Hall
Performance Times: Tues 12 Oct. – 10am & 12 midday
Duration: 50 minutes

Description:  
All children know how much fun it is to play in boxes but Dan, the Delivery Man, has forgotten! Then, on one special day, everything ordinary in Dan’s world turns into an extra-ordinary, topsy turvy adventure of magic, surprise, friendship and boxes! Special Delivery is a hilarious, physical comedy in the style of Mr Bean. From physical comedy to sophisticated illusions, this show has something for everybody!

“a visual theatre work, perfectly pitched at its 3-8 year old target group…delightfully mischievous…beautifully performed...a wonderland of surprises…the children were engrossed.” Advertiser Newspaper

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Productions of interest for primary aged children and their families

High Schools Program 2010

In June 2010 we are pleased to present “I Don’t Wanna Play House”, produced by Australia’s leading Indigenous theatre company, Yirra Yaakin Theatre, and written, created & performed by Tammy Anderson.    
I Don’t Wanna Play House is a gripping and ultimately celebratory one-woman show peopled with boisterous characters each played with consummate skill by Tammy Anderson. Based on Anderson’s own peripatetic childhood growing up in Tasmania and Victoria, Anderson’s self-devised show I Don’t Wanna Play House is a kinetic swirl of monologue, movement and song. A whirlwind of family yarns, harrowing recollections and hilarious energetic impersonations of family members - often heartbreaking, as Anderson relives the abuse she and her family endured, this is also a story of love, told with a singular lack of sentiment and wry humour.  As she says in the play’s opening moments: “In the first 15 years of my life I lived in 16 houses, 3 caravans and went to 12 schools.”

Since the play’s first Sydney season at the Stables in 2001, Tammy Anderson’s one-woman tour de force has played to packed audiences around the globe.  The show was invited to The Women’s International Playwrights Conference in Manila and has played to audiences in schools, prisons, safety houses, universities and hospitals.

It is with great pride that the Redland Performing Arts Centre presents this powerful and classic piece of Aboriginal theatre.

Important Note for teachers and caregivers:

“I Don’t Wanna Play House” is not suitable for children under 14. Teachers and caregivers are warned that Tammy Anderson’s play I DON’T WANNA PLAY HOUSE contains coarse language and contains strong themes such as alcoholism, violence and sexual abuse.
Information has been sent to High schools in Redland area. Teachers can request a copy of the script by contacting RPAC. For further enquiries please phone: 3829 8131.
Redland Performing Arts Centre looks to offer diverse and exciting productions for children and young adults!

I Don’t’ Wanna Play House

Picture Presenter: Redland Performing Arts Centre presents I Don’t Wanna Play House written & performed by Tammy Anderson.
Genre: Drama/Physical Theatre
Schools Performance times: Fri. 11 June – 9.30am & 1.30pm
Venue: The Concert Hall
Duration: 50 minutes – no interval

Description:
“In the first 15 years of my life I lived in 16 houses, 3 caravans and I went to 12 schools”. I Don't Wanna Play House is a gripping and ultimately celebratory one-woman-show peopled with boisterous characters. Tammy Anderson’s skill in evoking and differentiating the members of her family is consummate. “One night my Dad came home and he got a screwdriver and he undid the back of the TV and he pulled out these huge blocks of Cadbury chocolate. He was real magic, my Dad. Real clever”.  I Don’t Wanna Play House is a kinetic swirl of monologue, movement, and song. Often heartbreaking as Anderson relives the abuse she and her family endured, this is predominantly a story of love, told with a singular lack of sentiment and wry humour.

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Productions of interest for high school aged children and their families

Simple Guidelines for Theatre Attendance

We ask teachers bringing students to performances at Redland Performing Arts Centre to prepare their students for theatre attendance.  Here a few notes for you to use when discussing theatre etiquette with your students.

• Eating or drinking is not permitted in the theatre
• The theatre is designed for acoustic sound. All sounds from the stage and people in their seats are amplified and can be clearly heard. Audience members sometimes make the mistake of thinking that they cannot be seen and heard. They can! Please do not talk or whisper during the performance
• Please turn off all mobile phones, pagers, watch alarms or other electronic devices, that might cause a disturbance during the production
• Laser light pointers are prohibited from the auditorium
• Please remain in your seat for the entire performance. Moving in and out of the theatre during the performance disturbs other patrons and the performers and, during the day, lets light into the auditorium
• Theatre staff have the right to ask any member of the audience to leave the performance if that person is disrupting other people’s enjoyment of the show

We appreciate your assistance in making your visit to the theatre enjoyable for everyone.