Q Theatre | EOI Form for Teaching Artists
Q Theatre is looking for teaching artists to facilitate our range of workshop projects for 2023 theatre workshop program, including:
* The Riff: Youth Theatre Festival 2023 - mentor teachers and their drama groups from 1 or more Penrith or Blue Mountains based high schools for our annual festival, now entering its 30th year with Q Theatre. Schools choose a familiar theatrical style and respond to the festival's provocation in creating a 10-minute performance. With 20 hours of engagement at the school and The Joan over 6 weeks, teaching artists will support the group's creative discovery, development and rehearsals of their performance piece at key milestones in their journey, and lead the technical & dress rehearsals in production week. Key dates:
- Stagecraft Workshop: 1x3 hr session during the week of 13-17 March 2023.
- Performance Development & Rehearsals (26 contact hours with students): 20 March – 1 June 2023.
- Technical Rehearsal: 1x3 hr session during 29 May – 1 June 2023.
- The Riff: Youth Theatre Festival performances: Friday 2 June 2023 (12pm & 7pm).
* Studio Q theatre training courses - engage local young artists aged 5-18 and/or people identifying with disability. Our term-based programs trains participants in skills development (basic acting, stagecraft and ensemble skills), and creative expression (creating and developing ideas/story, with presentation outcomes at the end of each semester). 2-3 hour weekly classes on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Commitment is for a semester (2 terms), ideal commitment is for the year for continuity and stability for each course group. Key dates:
- Term 1 from 10 February to 06 April
- Term 2 from 28 April to 22 June, working toward an informal mid-year presentation 23-24 June
- Term 3 from 28 July to 28 September
- Term 4 from 13 October to 07 December, working towards an Annual Showcase presentation on the Q Theatre stage, Saturday 25 November.
For those who can only commit to short-term or intermittent teaching schedules, there are also opportunities to join our pool of teaching artists as substitute teachers, which you can indicate below.
* New Q Theatre projects - teaching artists may be sought for additional projects that arise during the year.
We encourage both experienced and non-experienced Teaching Artists to apply (Assistant Teaching Artists are sought to support and learn from Teaching Artists in larger classes).
We're keen to hear from you if you are interested in teaching artist roles for our 2023 workshops. Please complete the form below to let us know of your theatre practices and interests for the year ahead at Q Theatre.
If you have any questions please contact our Theatre Coordinator Adis Regar on creativelearning@penrith.city
EOI Due date: Saturday 31 December 2022
