Schools on Stage

SPARK2025

The 2025 School Performing Arts Resource Kit (SPARK) is out now.

The free on-line magazine includes a comprehensive national guide to shows that are available for school students for excursion and incursion.

Plus specials features to assist teachers staging a show with chapters on Sound and Light, Choosing a Show, Costumes, Props, Sets and Education Resources.

SPARK is available year round at www.stagewhispers.com.au/spark

Features include:

How to create a ensemble.

Melbourne Theatre Company’s Education Hub

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Article by Nick Tranter, Learning Manager.

A Musical Town Like Alice

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In the outback town of Alice Springs, a husband-and-wife team have just notched up their 25

How AI is Transforming Classrooms

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Amara Jensen​​​​ explains how the integration of Artificial Intelligence into Australian drama classrooms c

Future Thinking Opera

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A New Education, Learning and Participation Program from Opera Australia

The Lyrebird’s Voice

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Victorian Opera will premiere

Meet the Newcastle's Triple Threat Producer

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Newcastle’s Daniel Stoddart is making a unique success of school, community and professional theatre.

The Addams Family

John Curtin College of the Arts

By Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice and Andrew Lippa. Directed by Stephen Carr. The Ellen Street Theatre, John Curtin College of the Arts, Fremantle, WA. Mar 26 - Mar 29, 2025

Anything Goes

By Cole Porter, P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Directed by Tyler Jones. The Judith Cottier Theatre, Perth College, Mt Lawley, WA. Mar 19-22, 2025

Perth College, equipped with its own professional standard theatre, always produces a good show, and their latest offering, the classic musical comedy Anything Goes, was well received by its audience. With high production values and a highly motivated cast, this was a show that sparkled with fun.

High School Musical Brilliance

Leah Crockett explains how Inspired Productions helped a high school take a giant leap in quality, scale and s