Illuminate Theatre Making Toolkit

January 12, 2014/in Illuminate, Past Projects, Uncategorized, Wakool Shire /by Outback Theatre For Young People

Illuminate: Theatre Making Toolkit

Outback Theatre for Young People have developed a toolkit and associated video documentary, informed by Illuminate Stage 2 in 2013, a celebratory theatre project, engaging young people and their communities from across the Wakool Shire of NSW. Young people were mentored by OTYP artists, in all aspects of the documentary making process. This is the resulting toolkit; an accessible living resource that supports creative learning technologies, and clearly articulates the theatre making process.

This project was made possible through support from Arts NSW, Regional Arts NSW and the Australia Council.

Illuminate Toolkit Documentary

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Illuminate Toolkit (Entire Downloadable Resource)

Please find below the resources as separate files for easy download. Should you wish to obtain the full Toolkit (with resources as usable excel files) please contact claire@outbacktheatre.com and we will post you a disk.

ACTING RESOURCES

ACT 1 – Character Background Check

ACT 2 – Character background Check Blank

ACT 3 – Example Headshot

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

PROD 1 – Blank Contact List

PROD 2 – Schedule Example – WBTC Tour

PROD 3 – Schedule Example – Tiddalik

PROD 4 – Schedule Example Blank

PROD 5 – Production Timeline Example

PROD 6 – Budget

PROD 7 – Petty Cash Expenditure Blank

PROD 8 – Production Meeting Agenda

PROD 9 – Production Meeting Minutes Example

PROD 10 – Risk Assessment

PROD 11 – Incident Accident Report Form

PROD 12 – Bump Out Checklist

PROD 13 – Venue Induction

STAGE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

SM 1 – Running Order Example

SM 2 – Scene Breakdown Example

SM 3 – Scene Breakdown Blank

SM 4 – Script with Cues

SM 5 – Props List Example

SM 6 – Props List Blank

SM 7 – Costume List Example

SM 8 – Costume List Blank

SM 9 – Show Report Example

SM 10 – Show Report Blank

DESIGN RESOURCES

DES 1 – Set Drawing – The Flood

DES 2 – Set Drawing – Muck Heap

DES 3 – Venue Plan – Fortyfivedownstairs

DES 4 – Venue Specifications – Fortyfivedownstairs

DES 5 – Props and Set Breakdown – A Little Princess

DES 6 – Props and Set Breakdown Blank

DES 7 – Props List – The Flood

DES 8 – Costume Breakdown Example

DES 9 – Costume Measurement Sheet

DES 10 – Cue Synopsis Example

DES 11 – Lantern Schedule

DES 12 – Lantern Schedule Blank

DES 13 – Lighting Plan – The Flood

DES 14 – Lighting Cues – Example

DES 15 – Lighting Cues Blank

DES 16 – Sound Cues Blank

DES 17 – Basic Sound Setup

DES 18 – Marketing Collateral Example

FRONT OF HOUSE RESOURCES

FOH 1 – Reconciliation

FOH 2 – Ushers Duty List

FOH 3 – Signage Examples

Illuminate presents ‘A Town Called Mills Acre’

August 15, 2013/in Illuminate, News, Past Projects, Uncategorized, Wakool Shire /by Outback Theatre For Young People

[wzslider autoplay=”true” info=”true”]Outback Theatre for Young People’s ILLUMINATE project presents a new Australian play featuring 130 Young people from across the Wakool Shire

Outback Theatre for Young People’s Illuminate project is connecting the towns of Barham, Wakool and Moulamein with performances over a three-week period, with a new Australian play entitled, A Town Called Mills Acre. This project is designed to bring everyone from the Wakool Shire together, to show the communities what young people can do and have some fun.

Through collaboration and conversations with local communities and their young people, professional theatre artists Angela Frost and Richie Hallal have developed a play that captures what lies in the heart of the communities of the Wakool Shire. Featuring a core cast of 5 teenagers and an ensemble cast of over 100 students, A Town Called Mills Acre is the young people’s gift to their community.

The main character, Shelby McCoy and her family run an irrigation rice farm. Their livelihood comes under pressure due to changes in water access, environmental concerns, and the growing fear of an uncertain future. The McCoys are forced to question their own lifestyle and the very fabric that holds their community together.

This is a heartwarming story of a family paving their way forward through innovation, creativity and courage. Alongside their community they remain resilient, hopeful and connected.

Artistic Director Angela Frost says “This play presents a message of hope, and a celebratory presentation by the young people of the Wakool Shire and the bush and the rivers that are our lifeblood.”

Richie Hallal foresees that “This play will be an unforgettable experience, don’t miss it”.

Here is some more information:

Illuminate 2013

May 7, 2013/in Illuminate, Past Projects, Uncategorized, Wakool Shire /by Outback Theatre For Young People

Illuminate Summary 2012 from Outback Theatre for Young People on Vimeo.

Check out this short documentary of ideas and interviews collected in Illuminate Stage 1, 2012.

Illuminate Stage 2, 2013 is underway! Artists Angela Frost and Richie Hallal will work with 6 students from Braham High school to develop a new original touring theatre show based on local themes and ideas such as small town culture, farming, environmental changes, population decline, creativity and resilience, leadership and responsibility. The new work will showcase and celebrate the extraordinary young people growing up in the Wakool Shire. Primary school students from Barham, Moulamein and Wakool will work alongside the artists throughout the project to develop sequences and scenes for the play that they will perform alongside the core cast when it tours to their town.

Rehearsals will commence in the week of the 20th May.
Proposed dates for touring are 26th August to the 14th September.
For more information contact:
Angela Frost, Artistic Director Illuminate
angela@outbacktheatre.com
0433 911 766

Opportunity of Everything

February 18, 2013/in Illuminate, News, Uncategorized, Wakool Shire /by Outback Theatre For Young People

Opportunity of Everything from Outback Theatre for Young People on Vimeo.

Last year brought some very special achievements for us as a company however nothing is as special as the communities we get to work with and the people we meet. This documentary, “Opportunity of Everything” gives a unique insight to four exceptional young people from Mallan Public School, which closed it’s doors for good last year.

This film is a story of community, strength and resilience.

The short film, which a part of our Illuminate project based in the Wakool Shire, was directed by Artistic Director, Ange Frost and shot and produced by our guest artist, Richie Hallal.

“Opportunity of Everything is the final testament from Mallan Public School students. We were privileged enough to be invited to work with Mallan Public School in its final weeks before closure, and we soon realised a film would be the most fitting art-form to celebrate this wonderful community and capture the school for the last time, ” said Richie.

“This film is a final tour of Mallan Public School. It was launched at presentation night to an audience of families, Principals, Government Officials and past students. ‘Opportunity of Everything’ represents the successes and joys of the school and the hopes of what the future may hold.”

Richie Hallal

February 18, 2013/in About, Guest Artist, Illuminate, Past Projects, Uncategorized, Wakool Shire /by Outback Theatre For Young People

Illuminate 2013…

Richie Hallal is a theatre maker who dedicates his skills as a researcher, writer, director and actor to make new theatre work with a diverse range of communities across Australia.

As a committed Community Cultural Development Practitioner, Richie has had a wild adventure over the past ten years. He’s worked with over twenty-five communities; from Middle Eastern Youth in Western Sydney to homeless people in Melbourne’s CBD. He’s also worked in the Mornington Peninsula with new migrants, farming communities in outback New South Wales and Tasmania; and on the streets of St Kilda. Richie brings enormous enthusiasm and joy to his work and as a leader he provides a creative space where community members can come together to share a uniting and energising experience of making and performing theatre.

“I feel like last year was just a taster for what will come this year with Illuminate. I can’t wait to get started on the 2013 project which will bring together young people from across the Wakool Shire to make one epic touring show together,” Richie said.

What is Illuminate?

October 31, 2012/in Illuminate, Past Projects, Uncategorized /by Outback Theatre For Young People

Illuminate is a celebratory theatre project designed to bring young people together from the isolated townships of the Wakool Shire of NSW. This project will work with participants to create art that reflects the strengths, and encourages the resilience, of the communities they belong to. Each two-week intensive will create its own distinct outcome, but also generate ideas, themes and frameworks for a large-scale visual theatre work, which will be produced at the end of the second stage in 2013; and will see each community feeding into one performance outcome that will tour the communities in the Shire.

For more information contact:
Angela Frost, Artistic Director Illuminate
angela@outbacktheatre.com
0433 911 766

Illuminate – Wakool Shire

October 2, 2012/in Illuminate, Past Projects, Uncategorized, Wakool Shire /by Outback Theatre For Young People

Illuminate Stage 1 – Wakool Shire

8 Oct – 23 Dec 2012

Artists:

Angela Frost – Artistic Director

Richie Hallal – Production Manager and Video Documentation

Project Partners: Mallan Public School, Tooleybuc Central School, Barham Public School, Barham High School, Wakool-Burraboi Public School, Wakool Shire Council, Golden Rivers Theatre Group.

Outback Theatre for Young People’s Illuminate is a celebratory theatre project designed to bring young people together from the isolated townships of the Wakool Shire of NSW.

Resilience has become a key theme in rural communities all over Australia, and the Wakool Shire is no exception. The Wakool Shire stretches across 7550 square km in South West NSW with 4300 residents spread across 10 small villages and many farming properties. The shire has been hit successively by drought, flood and the closure of industry due to forestry legislation. The six schools participating in ‘Illuminate’ are extremely small.

This project will work with participants to create art that reflects the strengths, and encourages the resilience, of the communities they belong to. We will explore the strengths and virtues of people in their own communities and of the young people themselves. We will express personal and collective storytelling using the themes of courage, identity, history, belonging, community, hope, home and happiness as part of the overarching theme of resilience. This theme will be explored through skills-based program in storytelling, drama, shadow puppetry, and digital communications.

Each two-week intensive will create its own distinct outcome, but also generate ideas, themes and frameworks for a large-scale visual theatre work, which will be produced at the end of the second stage in 2013; and will see each community feeding into one performance outcome that will tour the communities in the Shire.