OM M E N T U MFRIDAY 11 MARCH & SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2016

Queensland Theatre Company 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane

DRAMA QUEENSLAND STATE CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE PARTNERS

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Australian education systems are now tasked with educating a generation that faces the unprecedented MOMENTUM of social, economic and technological change. We are working in an exciting era with a newly endorsed national curriculum, a changing tertiary entrance system, and the controversy of STEM versus STEAM. Our major task is to develop resilient students capable of effectively adapting to rapid change.

So what happens when we creatives gather en masse to play, think, explore and expand our dramatic pedagogy? Well the scientists would tell us that the greater the mass the greater the MOMENTUM! So come along and join us at the 2016 conference where we will come together en masse to ensure that our practice propels our 21st century learners with the MOMENTUM to soar!

Come and join colleagues for a conference where we acknowledge the incredible work of teachers, rub shoulders with industry professionals and be inspired by our keynote speakers.

MOMENTUM, are you ready?

Focus areas for MOMENTUM include:• Early Childhood and Primary

• Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary

• Drama in Practice Subject Area Specific

• Curriculum (ACARA / C2C The Arts)

• Indigenous, Asian and International Perspectives

• Research and Innovation in Drama

• Mindfulness & Values Education

Who should attend?• Primary Teachers (Drama Specialists, Cross-Arts

and Generalist Teachers)• Secondary Drama Teachers (Middle and Senior

Years)

ABOUT THE CONFERENCEPRESIDENTS MESSAGEEach year the committee throws around titles for conferences based on what feedback we get from members and where we feel we are in the landscape of arts education. This year MOMENTUM seemed to be the most appropriate title based on a number of things. Firstly, the beginning of the year we (generally) have more energy. We have been to various stationery stores and spent hours planning how we will organise the year ahead. We have colour coded our classes and unit plans. We have printed and laminated and hung pictures, charts, memes … and so much more. We are gearing up to what will be the best year yet. Secondly, we know that the National Curriculum: The Arts can be implemented from this year. Change is inevitable, luckily we are well-informed, flexible and creative people that can take this in our stride and support each other through any obstacle or barrier we may encounter. Lastly, the arts and education, the two fields we work between, with and across have experienced and continue to experience cuts in funding, changes in leadership and developing curriculum.

This could be seen as a difficult time, but I don’t see it that way. I believe that we are fortunate to be involved in what is going to be the future of creative arts in our state. I also know that our community is one of the most passionate and knowledgeable about the evolution of arts education and the important place of Drama. I will forever be an advocate for our subject and its benefit of a holistic education which includes the development of interpersonal skills, empathy, creative problem solving and higher order thinking. We teach the whole student, not just the content.

So come on this journey with us as we build MOMENTUM in 2016. We will design, implement and deliver what is going to be the future of drama education. Let’s get moving!

Dana Holden President, Drama Queensland

• Pre-service Teachers and University Students• Heads of Departments, Heads of Curriculum

and Curriculum Co-ordinators (Drama, the Arts, Creative Industries)

• Junior Secondary Co-ordinators• Heads of Curriculum • Teacher Librarians• Academics and Lecturers

Why should you attend?The MOMENTUM 2016 conference program is a rich, diverse and exciting one. With a range of mini-keynotes and an extensive choice of workshops, panels, papers, performances, launches, trade displays and networking opportunities, MOMENTUM 2016 delegates will enjoy shaping a program that suits their professional interests and needs. Now, more than ever before, it is an important time for our community to come together, network, connect, discuss, debate, learn and propel our pedagogical passion for all things drama and move forward into new, invigorating and inspired Drama practice.

With the quality of our program and expertise of our presenters, we know that MOMENTUM 2016 is going to be a conference not to be missed. For more information and to view a full conference program please visit our website www.dramaqueensland.org.au

We look forward to seeing you in Brisbane for MOMENTUM 2016.

Kim Sullivan Conference Convenor/ Vice-President Professional Development Drama Queensland

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OM M E N T U MFRIDAY 11 March 2016 – CONFERENCE LAUNCH 4.30pm REGISTRATION Networking Drinks / Trade Displays

6.00pm CONFERENCE WELCOME + KEYNOTES Brett Howe, Festival Director, QPAC’s Out of the Box Sam Strong, Artistic Director, Queensland Theatre Company

SATURDAY 12 March 20168.30 – 9.00am REGISTRATION

9.00 – 9.15am WELCOME Dana Holden

9.15 – 10.30am KEYNOTES Barbara Baugh, Ron Farmer, Luka Lesson. Facilitated by Josephine Wise

10.30 – 11.15am MORNING TEAStrand A

PRACTICALStrand B

PRACTICALStrand C

PRACTICALStrand D

PRACTICALStrand E

PRESENTATIONStrand F

PAPER / PANEL

11.15am – 12:15pm SESSION 1

A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 F1

When I Grow Up … Shaun Kohlman George Canham Lucy Flook

A Drama Blanket Dr Madonna Stinson Adrianne Jones

Drama-Theatre-Immersion Howard Cassidy Tim Mullooly

Respecting Indigenous Perspectives Nicole Gray Leigh Currie

Practical Forming: What and Why? Sue Pearn Debb Wall Tricia Clark-Fookes

Teaching Creativity Jacqueline Twigg

( Early Childhood – Junior Secondary)(Early Childhood – Primary) (Primary – Junior Secondary) (Junior Secondary – Senior) (Senior)

12:20 – 1:20pm SESSION 2

A2 B2 C2 D2 E2 F2

The Cranky BearDr Sue Davis Kathryn Dolan

Junior Narrative Playbuilding Anna Telford

Superheroes and Villains – A Melodrama Unit Ben Newth Rachel Trolan

Responding: the write stuff Jane Gado Melissa Hughes

Understanding the new 2015 Drama in Practice Subject Area Syllabus Helen Radvan

Drama – The Champion of Change Marthy Watson

(Early Childhood – Primary) (Junior Secondary) (Junior Secondary) (Senior) (Senior)

1:20 – 2:30pm LUNCH

2:30 – 4:00pm SESSION 3

A3 B3 C3 D3 E3 F3

Drama, Literature and Literacy in the Primary ClassroomJohn Saunders

Masters, Players and Advocates Sean Lubbers Dr Tracy Sanders

Absurd: Beginning, Junior Secondary and Endgames shake & stir team

New York Connection Jodie Eva Cook

Getting it Right to get an ‘A’ Shauna Bouel Debb Wall

Theatre of possibilities: MOMENTUM and change in Applied Theatre Prof. Michael Balfour Assoc. Prof. Penny Bundy Assoc. Prof. Julie Dunn Dr Linda Hassall Dr Sarah Woodland

(Primary) (Primary – Junior Secondary) (Junior Secondary – Senior) (Senior) (Senior)

4.00 – 5.00pm CLOSING PANEL Adrianne Jones, Tim O’Connor, Colleen Roche. Hosted by Daniel Evans

5.00 – 6.00pm CLOSING DRINKS

DRAMA QUEENSLAND STATE CONFERENCE PROGRAM @ A GLANCE

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FRIDAY KEYNOTESMomentum in Theatre … What is inspiring our contemporary audiences?

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016

BRETT HOWE

Brett currently holds the Executive Producer – Communities and Family position at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and as part of this role leads the Out of the Box Festival for children 8 years and under.

With significant experience in all areas of performing arts management and producing, Brett has applied his strategic management, organisational efficiency, financial management, project management and tour management experience across a number of local, national and international arts organisations.

Brett has a strong interest in the development of work and opportunities for children and young people, having sat on the board of Backbone Youth Arts, leading a training and young peoples circus program at Circa, delivering on festivals for young people such as Out of the Box and Stage X and having lectured and managed productions at the Queensland University Technology. He has mentored young people through the Youth Arts Mentoring Program, as well as the 2 High festival, and remains committed to working with young people ensuring their voice and capacity is developed and maintained on the national arts landscape.

Brett has been engaged with a number of key organisations in Queensland including General Manager of Brisbane’s leading international circus company Circa, Executive Director of the State Library of Queensland’s Children and Young Peoples Unit, Producer at Brisbane Festival, Queensland Music Festival and Brisbane City Council and engagements with Queensland Theatre Company, Queensland Ballet and La Boite Theatre Company. His work spans theatrical productions, national and international tours, festivals and major events.

Brett has a deep devotion to the Star Wars cannon, and identifies strongly with the Jedi religious belief system.

SAM STRONG

Sam Strong is one of Australia’s leading theatre directors and arts leaders. He commenced as Artistic Director of the Queensland Theatre Company in November 2015. Prior to that, Sam was the Associate Artistic Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company, where he directed multiple sold out productions, reached a paid audience of 145,000, and directed the main stage theatrical debuts of visual artist Callum Morton and screen comedy legends Working Dog.

Sam’s previous roles include: Artistic Director of Australia’s new writing theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, where he tripled subscribers, expanded the program to include the revival of Australian classics, and directed the highest selling show in the company’s thirty-five year history; and the Literary Associate at Belvoir, and the dramaturg in residence at Red Stitch Actors Theatre, where he co-founded Red Stitch Writers.

Sam won Best Direction of a Mainstage Production for The Floating World at the Sydney Theatre Awards, and has received multiple nominations for Best Direction at the Sydney Theatre Awards, the Greenroom Awards, and the Helpmann Awards.

Sam has directed many of Australia’s leading actors including Justine Clarke, Lucy Durack, Colin Friels, Noni Hazlehurst, Asher Keddie, Lachy Hulme, Robyn Nevin, Josh McConville, Luke Mullins, Pamela Rabe, Kat Stewart, Erik Thomson, Hugo Weaving, and David Wenham.

Sam’s directing credits include: Masquerade (Sydney Festival/Griffin/STSA/Melbourne Festival); The Weir, Endgame, The Sublime, The Speechmaker, Private Lives, The Crucible, Other Desert Cities and Madagascar (Melbourne Theatre Company); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Sydney Theatre Company); The Boys (Sydney Festival/Griffin); The Floating World, Between Two Waves, And No More Shall We Part and Speaking in Tongues (Griffin); The Power of Yes (Company B Belvoir); Red Sky Morning, Faces in the Crowd (Red Stitch) and Thom Pain (based on nothing) (B Sharp).

Brett Howe, Festival Director, QPAC’s Out of the Box Festival for Children 8 years and under, and Sam Strong, Artistic Director, Queensland Theatre Company reveal their visions around arts practice and programming for engaged contemporary audiences.

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SATURDAY KEYNOTESShifting Sands – Responding to the Momentum of Contemporary Life

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2016

BARBARA BAUGH

Barbara Baugh has an extensive background in education in the performing arts and also as an actor. Barbara studied at the Aboriginal

Musical Theatre Training Program in Perth and then moved to Brisbane to study at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts. She was awarded a scholarship to study in Film and Television at The Actors Workshop, where she began her career in education.

Barbara has been involved in numerous theatre shows, short films, TVC’s, TV shows and corporate events. She has also worked as Executive Assistant at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Her passion now lies with ACPA where she currently works as the Training Manager. Her involvement at ACPA includes training, events, castings and recruitment. Barbara has an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts (Theatre), Advanced Diploma in Film, Television and Theatre Acting. She has also trained in compliance and holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

LUKA LESSON

Luka Lesson is a spoken word music artist of Greek heritage from Australia.

Luka’s debut book, The Future Ancients is now a best-seller for poetry in Australia twice-over and a part of educational programs from Hong Kong to New York. His performances and writing skills in various arenas have earned him the title of “a sonic literary genius” by USA poet and former president of Poetry Slam Inc., Taylor Mali.

With 4 years of international touring, 14 Writers’ Festivals and 10 years of workshop experience, Luka has written commissions and performed for the likes of The National Gallery of Victoria, Greece’s pioneer Hip-hop group Active Member, South Africa’s OneBlood Festival and China’s most celebrated living poet Xi Chuan in Beijing. He is also the Australian Poetry Slam Champion of 2011 and Melbourne Poetry Slam Champion of 2010.

JOSEPHINE WISE

Ms Josephine Wise is an Assistant Director at Independent Schools Queensland. She leads projects that support school leaders to establish high quality performance and development

cultures and facilitates high quality professional conversations with leaders to assist them to manage organisational change.

Josephine has worked as national Manager of Policy and Programs (Professional Learning) at the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and was responsible for the shaping phase of the Australian Curriculum: the Arts for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

Josephine has a Masters of Education with a focus on Leadership and Management from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She has been published in the areas of digital learning design, and curriculum. She has also worked as an academic and research assistant in the Faculties of Education and Creative Industries at QUT and at Griffith University. Josephine’s commitment to innovation and quality education was recognised by her successful nomination as a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences.

RON FARMER

Beginning 1969, Ron lectured in the Master of Psychology program at University of

New South Wales for the next six years, and has worked as a clinical psychologist in mental health and educational settings in Australia for a further 46 years.

Ron Joined his wife Suwanti in 1998 as a director of Toogoolawa Schools Limited, which established three small secondary schools for boys aged 9 to 14 years whose unacceptable behaviour excludes them from mainstream schools. The therapeutic educational setting utilises mindfulness and cognitive behaviour therapy approaches to assist the students in overcoming the effects of their traumatic background. He facilitates workshops and coaches educators and health professionals.

As professionals, how do we adapt and evolve our practice in an environment that is constantly changing, both in global and professional contexts? During this session delegates will gain valuable insight into the world of slam poetry, mindfulness and Indigenous performing arts. The keynotes will be facilitated by Josephine Wise.

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A Slight Ache & The Lover

PERFORMANCE FRIDAY 11 MARCH & SATURDAY 12 MARCH

by Harold Pinter directed by Kate Wild with Kerith Atkinson, Daniel Murphy and Zachary Boulton

Afternoon delight. A husband’s growing unease. As Sarah and Richard feint and counter-thrust their way through the murky undercurrents of marital negotiation, The Lover shows us that in the Game of Love, everybody must play their part.

A Slight Ache opens as husband and wife share breakfast in their Garden of Eden. When a stranger appears at the gate, Edward gets ready to defend his territory, but just whose territory is it? And whose side is Flora on?

Following the success of last year’s critically-acclaimed production of The Seagull, and led by Artistic Director Kate Wild, Now Look Here presents two darkly comic tales from one of the twentieth century’s most influential playwrights.

CONFERENCE DELEGATE SPECIAL OFFERNow Look Here are pleased to offer delegates of DQ Momentum, and their guests, discount tickets when they are booked with their conference registration.

FRIDAY 11 MARCH & SATURDAY 12 MARCH, 7.30pm at the Studio, Metro Arts, 109 Edward St Brisbane

DELEGATE SPECIAL: $25.00 (limit 4 per booking)

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A1 When I Grow Up … PRACTICAL (Early Childhood – Primary)

ROCKIT Productions works with students from age 5 to 25 through after school training, in-school workshops, holiday intensives and corporate entertainment. This performance-based workshop will give Early Childhood and Primary educators the MOMENTUM to facilitate a unit on Musical Theatre. Encompassing both practical and theoretical components, the ROCKIT team will inspire teachers to explore Dance, Drama and Music using accessible activities and exercises.

Shaun Kohlman (Artistic Director) is a freelance director and producer and has toured as a performer with Opera Queensland (Nemo, FiZZ!), Harvest Rain (Eddie, Blood Brothers), Echelon and Oscar Theatre Company. As a vocal coach, Shaun has worked with Creative Generation, Entertainment Unlimited and East Coast Music.

George Canham (Choreographer) has choreographed professional productions of Spamalot and Guys And Dolls (Harvest Rain Theatre Company) as well as choreographing major items for Creative Generation (2009–2015), Empire Theatre (Legally Blonde) and ROCKIT Productions (Hairspray, 13).

Lucy Flook (Educational Liaison) has worked extensively as a performer, teacher and choreographer with companies such as Warner Brothers Movie World, Network 10, Harvest Rain Theatre Company and Starlight Theatre. She has a range of curriculum experience having worked in curriculum development, Dance State Panel member and currently as the Performing Arts Coordinator at Brigidine College.

SESSION 1 SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2016

C1 Drama-Theatre-Immersion PRACTICAL (Primary – Junior Secondary)

As our motto is, “Bringing learning alive wherever you are” this workshop will actively explore the mix of forms, styles, skills and techniques of Off Road’s unique and highly successful IMMERSION DRAMA/THEATRE programs. We will share the strategies we use to address the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards in metropolitan, regional and rural schools. Come prepared to dive into the MOMENTUM of a seriously fun practical workshop loaded with useful ideas for preps to seniors.

As head of Drama and Theatre Education at Central Queensland University, Howard Cassidy taught primary and secondary teachers and trained actors for stage and screen. He has toured his Theatre-in- Education and Storybook Theatre production, lectured in Creative Industries and Early Childhood at QUT and has researched, co-created and directed Snagged, Ithaca Road and Fly-In Fly-Out with Robert Kronk.

Tim Mullooly is an educator and theatre/drama practitioner with forty years experience. In the 1980’s he worked with West Community Theatre in Melbourne and was Artistic Director of Queensland’s Kite Theatre for Early Childhood from 1992 to 2006. In 2009 Tim and Howard Cassidy founded Off Road Drama Company.

B1 A Drama Blanket PRACTICAL ( Early Childhood – Junior Secondary)

This practical workshop uses the MOMENTUM of an award-winning picture book My Two Blankets as a stepping off point for dramatic investigations into belonging, connection and how a single friendship can transform lives. My Two Blankets tells the story of a young refugee and her challenges as she learns to adapt to a new life in a new country. The aim of the workshop is to illustrate how a single pre-text can be used at many levels of schooling and Madonna and Adrianne will model planning and practice that connects the text to the Australian Curriculum.

Dr Madonna Stinson is an experienced and world-recognised drama educator. Her writings and research have influenced a generation of drama teachers. She is passionate about drama’s capacity to support young people to develop critical hope and agency in their lives.

Adrianne Jones is one of the most treasured people in the Queensland drama community. Adrianne has worked with QAC, Out of the Box, in pre-service teacher education and, most recently, as one of the writers of the C2C materials for drama.

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D1 Respecting Indigenous Perspectives PRACTICAL (Junior Secondary – Senior)

Drama provides the MOMENTUM to engage with, explore and emphasise with the stories and voices or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in a deep and meaningful way which can propel us towards a more respectful understanding of Australia’s many different experiences and histories. At times, an almost crippling fear of inadvertently causing offence through a lack of cultural understanding threatens to hold us back. We need to push past this fear and harness the potential of the Drama classroom to move towards respect, recognition and reconciliation.

Nicole Gray believes that Drama gives students the opportunity to learn about themselves and the world around them so that they can be engaged and thoughtful members of society. She’s often a source of crazy ideas and if someone tells her she can’t, she’ll probably try anyway.

Leigh Currie is highly experienced drama educator. Her role supporting our indigenous students means that she is the go to person for staff with questions when they’re working to integrate indigenous perspectives into the curriculum. If she doesn’t know the answer – she’ll know someone who does!

E1 Practical Forming: What and Why? PRESENTATION (Senior)

As the new Drama syllabus gains its own MOMENTUM, workshop participants will have opportunities to engage with Practical Forming tasks such as Directing and Demonstrating a Devised Concept. Advantages and disadvantages of various Forming assessment instruments will be explored along with what these instruments might look, sound and feel like. Participants will have opportunities to practice applying syllabus standards to live and recorded examples.

Sue Pearn is a highly experienced teacher and is the Brisbane Central District Panel Chair for Drama.

Debb Wall is the Head of the Arts and Languages at Capalaba State College(P-12) where she teachers Drama and German; she is QCAA’s State Review Panel Chair for Senior Drama and she is the co-author of Dramactive 1 & 2 with Madonna Stinson.

Tricia Clark-Fookes is a highly experienced teacher, State Panel member and is the Associate Lecturer for Drama Curriculum at QUT.

F1 Teaching Creativity PAPER / PANEL

In school education the Arts exist to develop the creative MOMENTUM of all students. But what does it mean to ‘teach creativity’ and do we ensure that Arts education can capitalise on a curriculum and industry that increasingly values creative thought? This workshop re-examines arts pedagogies and the assumption that teaching and learning styles that have traditionally developed around the Arts are conducive to creativity. Delegates will connect Arts education to creativity research, then engage in a dialogue about pedagogy by demonstrating an approach to learning that facilitates confident creative thinking, in order to better position the Drama teacher in leading the ‘teaching of creativity’.

Jacqueline Twigg’s extensive experience in the Performing Arts has included working as a Head of Department, curriculum writing for the Board of Studies NSW, establishing a business in Arts Project Management, implementing the Sunshine Coast TAFE first Creative Industries Live Performance program onstage and lecturing in Creative Industries for CQU and QUT. Jacqueline and has now returned to secondary education, committed to creating cultural change through innovative arts education and community engagement.

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SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2016

C2 Superheroes and Villains – A Melodrama Unit PRACTICAL (Junior Secondary)

Superheroes & Villains is a practical workshop that explores key learning experiences from a Year 8 Melodrama Unit. This workshop encourages participants to take their shoes off, don a metaphorical cape and confess to their villainous past through the guise of a highly imaginative Villain Reintegration Program. The aim of the workshop is to demonstrate how a classic dramatic style can be reinvigorated by implementing a contemporary spin through famous Marvel and DC characters. Be prepared to engage in the MOMENTUM of numerous practical activities!

Ben Newth is currently a Teacher of Drama at Brisbane Grammar School educating students across year levels 5–12. He has previously collaborated with Dead Puppet Society as an educator and performer, facilitating workshops and performing across Australia and America. He has had extended performance seasons with The Gremlins, travelling to numerous festivals across Queensland.

Rachel Trolan joined the Brisbane Grammar School community in 2014 as a Drama specialist. She has a range of experiences teaching in the Creative Arts, including a professional sabbatical in Upstate New York working at French Woods Festival of Performing Arts. Rachel has a wealth of experience directing school productions, from plays to Broadway musicals.

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B2 Junior Narrative Playbuilding PRACTICAL (Junior Secondary)

This practical workshop will take participants through the MOMENTUM of a Junior Secondary improvisation unit focusing on an indigenous narrative from Dust Echoes. Combined with their improvisation skills delegates will learn how students can create a short play, which can be enhanced with a deeper theme or moral. Delegates will receive the scope and sequence of the unit, assessment task and relevant resources. Come and join in the fun to explore a unit which uses Indigenous Australian stories or can be easily adapted to include Asian/South Pacific stories as well!

Anna Telford is a specialist drama teacher at Good Shepherd Catholic College. She is facilitator of the Harlequins of Mount Isa Theatrical Society and champion for MetroArts New ERA project. Some of Anna’s successes include; the re-introduction of Speech and Drama Mt Isa Eisteddfod, school musicals and plays and Townsville’s Festival of One Act Plays.

A2 The Cranky Bear PRACTICAL (Early Childhood – Primary)

This workshop is based on The Open Storybox program developed for The Very Cranky Bear book and Cranky Bear performance toured by Patch Theatre. The workshop will guide participants through segments from a dramatic inquiry process to explore the story using different dramatic conventions and art-based strategies. Links will be made to educational curriculum frameworks and literacies and social and emotional wellbeing. Come join in the MOMENTUM of this valuable session!

Dr Susan Davis is a Senior Lecturer in education and the arts at CQ University Noosa, with 30 years experience in drama and education. She was previously a Drama Teacher and Head of Department for The Arts and for the last 10 years has worked in teacher education engaging in multiple projects with primary schools and early childhood centres.

Kathryn Dolan has fourteen year’s experience as an Early Childhood Educator working in classrooms from Prep to Year Three. She is currently working as a kindergarten teacher in an Early Learning Centre. Kathryn is currently doing her Masters of Education in the Arts by Research exploring drama, story, imagination and social learning.

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D2 Responding: the write stuff PRACTICAL (Senior)

Our aim for this session is to support teachers in creating highly effective Responding tasks and opportunities for student success in the Responding dimension. Participants will match student responses to the Responding criteria in a four stage approach. There will also be the opportunity for teachers to workshop and receive feedback on their current Responding tasks within their program.

Jane Gado has been teaching Drama for twelve years and is currently a Senior Drama teacher at Redeemer Lutheran College. Jane is the QCAA District Review Panel Chair for Drama, Brisbane South and has previously been a member of the Drama Australia Board. Jane has worked as a freelance facilitator with QPAC and Sentio Education Services.

Melissa Hughes studied Drama at QUT and has been teaching Senior Drama at Redeemer Lutheran College for the past ten years. Melissa has worked as a freelance facilitator in her local community, QPAC, and tutors Drama Curriculum at Griffith University. Melissa has been a QCAA Drama Panel and Drama Queensland member for many years.

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E2 Understanding the new 2015 Drama in Practice Subject Area Syllabus PRESENTATION (Senior)

Do you need to build on your MOMENTUM for implementing the 2015 Drama in Practice Subject Area Syllabus? This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to further deepen their knowledge and understanding of the requirements of the new syllabus, including the content, course organisation, core and elective, assessment techniques and exit folio requirements. Participants will examine the standards of the syllabus as a reference for improving teaching, learning and assessment. Delegates will also have the opportunity to examine a sample study plan and unit of work, as well as network with other teachers to share ideas and practices.

Helen Radvan is an experienced Drama teacher who currently holds the position of Principal Project Officer in the Curriculum Services Unit at QCAA after recently holding the position of Drama Senior Project Officer in the Quality Assurance Unit. She has served as District Panel Chair for the Brisbane East District and was a member of the writing team for the rewrite of the 2013 Syllabus.

F2 Drama – The Champion of Change PAPER / PANEL

What is happening in Queensland drama classrooms as educational reform sweeps our nation with the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts? The first part of the session investigates the new drama curriculum as it filters through from educational policy into the lived experience of curriculum in the classroom. In the second part of the session, delegates will get an opportunity to share their experience of teaching the new drama curriculum with other teachers. This presentation welcomes primary and middle school drama teachers currently implementing the new drama curriculum.

Marthy Watson is a PhD candidate in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University in Brisbane. Her research focus on the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. She has been in the role of teacher, Head of Department and Assistant Principal during her teaching career in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

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SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2016SESSION 3

A3 Drama, Literature and Literacy in the Primary Classroom PRACTICAL (Primary)

C3 Absurd: Beginning, Junior Secondary and EndgamesPRACTICAL (Junior Secondary – Senior)

This workshop will break down the features commonly found in Theatre of the Absurd, including the unique role of language, symbol, plot and character. Using various Absurd texts including Beckett’s End Game, participants will be encouraged to consider current political events and the way they affect their own place in the world and in turn, their contemporary relevance. By using an assortment of familiar drama activities re-imagined with an Absurdist twist, this workshop will give you the MOMENTUM to help ease your students into the genre before encouraging deeper understanding and appreciation of the complex world of Absurdism.

Established in 2006, shake & stir is one of Australia’s leading contemporary theatre companies specialising in the creation of new work. shake & stir produces an annual season of in-school and Mainstage productions and a suite of in-school master-classes and in-residencies for primary and secondary students.

B3 Master, Players and AdvocatesPRACTICAL (Primary – Junior Secondary)

Are you ready for the MOMENTUM of the game? Can you defend the district? It is the year 2016, we are constantly under siege by the Capitol, to eliminate or broadside drama education as we know it. In this workshop, participants are invited to consider the words of contemporary drama game masters, reconsider their personal stance on the essentiality of drama education praxis and engage in a process that invites participation, momentum, advocacy and action. This workshop challenges participants to partake in role play, movement, ritual and mask whilst considering their personal stance as drama ‘gamemakers’ in the new millennium.

Sean Lubbers is Head of Performing Arts at Victoria Point SHS. Sean is a State Panellist for the QCAA in Senior Drama, a member of YERG (Youth Education Reference Group) for Qld Theatre Company and guests lectures at QUT and ACU. Sean is currently the Director of Communications and National Liaison for Drama Australia.

Dr Tracey Sanders is a specialist in drama education and theatre studies with over 30 years experience. Her research and teaching fields are educational drama, applied theatre and sociology. Tracey is a recipient of an ACU ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’ and a prestigious ‘Australian Learning and Teaching Council’ citation.

This practical workshop will share the methodology of Sydney Theatre Company’s ‘School Drama program’. School Drama is a professional development program for primary school teachers, which demonstrates the increased learning MOMENTUM when using drama pedagogy for teaching English and literacy to young learners. Developed over six years with leading academic Professor Robyn Ewing from the University of Sydney, teachers will leave the workshop with a range of process drama-based strategies to use when teaching literature in their classrooms.

John Saunders is a former secondary school teacher and the current Education Manager at Sydney Theatre Company. John has extensive experience in Arts Education, leading a Performing Arts department and is an Honorary Associate at University of Sydney. He currently holds positions as President, Drama NSW; Board Director, Drama Australia, National Advocates for Arts Education; and Board Member, Playlab Press.

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F3 Theatre of possibilities: MOMENTUM and change in Applied TheatrePAPER / PANEL

Please see following page for details.

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D3 New York ConnectionPRACTICAL (Senior)

Give your senior students a momentous challenge! In 2012, while teaching Drama in Switzerland, Jodie Eva Cook devised a project for her senior Drama students whereby they worked alongside New York playwright David Rimmer. The project was highly successful and received regional and national acclaim. This workshop will show how senior students can achieve their very best while working with the works of an international Pulitzer prize finalist playwright! The workshop will be highly practical, offer teachers the opportunity to connect with the works of two international artists and provide resources to challenge and extend their senior Drama students.

Jodie Eva Cook is a professional theatre performer and educator. She has taught Drama at The International School of Lausanne in Switzerland, written, directed, performed and toured her own show Speak Up for Artslink Queensland, performed puppet and magic shows throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as teaching Drama in Queensland High schools.

E3 Getting it Right to get an ‘A’PRESENTATION (Senior)

Back by popular demand with an added bonus! Revisiting the 2015 workshop with opportunity to also see student work matched to standards for Responding. There is opportunity for teachers to ask questions as they gain MOMENTUM with their Drama work program, assessment design and using the Drama syllabus (2013) exit standards. Specific requirements of the 2013 Drama Syllabus will be addressed with particular emphasis on using the standards, matching qualities of student work to the standards, effective assessment and as well as verification and exit processes. This presentation will include opportunities for group discussion and access for one-on-one questions with QA officers and available DRPCs and state panellists. Bring copies of your school work program, units, assessment tasks and the 2013 Drama Syllabus.

Shauna Bouel is a Principal Education Officer in the Quality Assurance Unit at the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Shauna’s responsibilities include training review panels, advising schools on syllabus implementation, assessment design and moderation processes. She has had twenty years of experience teaching Drama.

Debb Wall is the Head of The Arts and Languages at Capalaba State College (P-12) where she teaches Drama & German. Debb is Queensland Studies Authority’s State Review Panel Chair for Senior Drama. She is co-author of Dramactive 1 & 2 with Madonna Stinson.

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F3 Theatre of possibilities: MOMENTUM and change in Applied TheatrePAPER / PANEL

Chaired by Madonna Stinson, this symposium panel will consider innovation and social action through Applied Theatre. Michael will draw on two examples of theatre work in unusual spaces and places, to encourage debate about the importance of connecting theatre to the social and vice versa. Penny will discuss some of the drama work that she and other colleagues have engaged in to support the well-being of newly arrived children and young people from refugee backgrounds. Julie will discuss her work on a recent project using Applied Theatre with people dealing with dementia. Linda will share her scripting and production work on The Return, a performance research project based on veterans experiences of PTSD. Finally, Sarah will discuss her project ‘Daughters of the Floating Brothel’ as an innovative model of applied theatre in a prison context. The project uses live performance and radio drama to explore the experience of women prisoners through the lens of Australia’s penal history.

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Dr Madonna Stinson is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University. She is a Life Member of Drama Queensland, Director of Publications for Drama Australia, and co-editor of NJ. Madonna has worked as a Primary Teacher, a Secondary Teacher and Head of Department, and she has also been a writer/performer/director for TIE, Children’s Theater and a founding member of the Red Jam ensemble. She specialises in the use of drama as pedagogy, and curriculum design.

Professor Michael Balfour is Chair and Professor of Applied Theatre at Griffith University. Michael’s research explores theatre and multi-arts approaches in a range of social and community contexts. He has a particular interest in how theatre responds to war and conflict, and has worked in sites of war, with newly arrived refugees, and with returning veterans and their families.

Dr Penny Bundy is an associate professor and member of the Applied Theatre team at Griffith University. Penny’s interests (as practitioner and researcher) include the use of drama with people who have faced multiple and complex challenges in their lives. She is currently working on a project titled, Creating Connections: building self-efficacy through the 100 languages of youth.

Dr Julie Dunn is an associate professor at Griffith University and a member of the Applied Theatre Team. She is well known for her work in arts education in primary years and has contributed enormously to understanding the possibilities of drama pedagogy in early years settings.

Dr Linda Hassall is a Lecturer at Griffith University in the Contemporary and Applied Theatre Department. She has a strong research profile in creative and practice-led research as well as in traditional research publications. Linda has over 20 years experience as a director, playwright and dramaturge and applies her knowledge of performance to her teaching and research disciplines at Griffith University.

Dr Sarah Woodland is a practitioner, educator and researcher in Applied Theatre. Sarah has worked extensively in both the UK and Australia. She recently completed a PhD in prison theatre, exploring devised drama with women and Indigenous participants. Sarah is interested in forms that draw on personal experiences and narratives. Sarah teaches Applied Theatre at Griffith University.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

HOW DO I REGISTER?You can register and pay for the conference two ways:

1. Register Online via the DQ website and Pay by Credit Card

2. Download a Registration Form from the DQ website and Pay by Cheque

For both options visit: www.dramaqueensland.org.au and choose: MOMENTUM 2016: Drama Queensland State Conference

CAN I REGISTER FOR ONE OR BOTH DAYS?Yes – you can choose your program via the online or manual registration program.

KEY DATES• Registration Opens: MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2016• Early Bird Rates Close: 19 FEBRUARY 2016• Registration Closes: 4 MARCH 2016

WHAT IS INCLUDED WITH MY REGISTRATION FEE?• Registration Fees includes: Conference Program including keynotes, workshops,

performances; Conference satchel and materials, Trade Displays, Morning tea and lunch, closing drinks

• Individual, Corporate and Concession (student/unemployed) rates are for all Drama Queensland Members

ARE REGIONAL FUNDING GRANTS AVAILABLE?Regional Funding grants are available to Drama Queensland members. Please visit the DQ website for application details.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ACCOMODATION RECOMMENDATIONS?Special accommodation packages with discounted rates have been arranged for Drama Queensland Delegates. Please see the DQ website for more details.

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PRESENTERS $160

All conference registration fees include GST.

For more information email: conference@dramaqueensland.org.au