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Students will stay on campus at Stuartholme School in its boarding facilities, and spend each day developing their acting skills through workshops conducted by Core Group Artists who have a speciality in a particular style of theatre. Each Core Group will work towards a performance on the final day for a live audience of family and friends.
The evenings are spent engaged in an exciting social and cultural program supervised by live-in House Parents, who are also all Queensland Theatre staff and Teaching Artists.
Participants will choose groups to join and work with each day to build their live performance outcome together. These are called Core Groups and usually have 15-20 students each. They are facilitated by experienced Teaching Artists, who are carefully selected by Queensland Theatre.
For their pastoral care, participants are divided into House Parent Groups of approximately 15 students. All the House Parents are highly experienced in working with young people. During the day, the week is supervised by Day Staff, who are also Queensland Theatre staff members. All staff onsite have a Working with Children Check by the Queensland Government, and several staff will be trained in first aid. Students are supervised at all times and staff exercise their utmost duty of care in the undertaking of the week. In return we also require students to exhibit their best self-care and respect for others.
Cost: $1100 incl. GST
Inclusions:
- Core Group (theatre devising masterclasses) and Creative Workshop tuition
- 5 nights’ accommodation in dorm style rooms at Stuartholme School
- All meals catered for, including morning and afternoon tea
- Tickets to a live theatre production and a touring performance
- All-inclusive social and cultural program, including networking opportunities, a panel with theatre artists, and other social activities
Payment plans are available
A number of scholarships are available to cover the fee to attend Theatre Residency Week. These scholarships support students who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Straight Islander; live regionally; are experiencing financial hardship, and display Artistic Excellence.
To apply for a scholarship, an additional short (150 word) statement is requested in the registration form.
An additional scholarship is awarded to the winner of the Young Playwrights Award.
Queensland Theatre gratefully acknowledges donors of the Bille Brown Scholarship, The Gough Family Education Scholarships, and The Empire Theatre Toowoomba.
