As some readers of The Drama Teacher may have noticed, the state teachers’ association for drama education, Drama Victoria, has a brand new website! Alas, most would agree the old website served us well and overstayed its welcome on the web, so about six weeks ago the new website was published.

You should find it visually appealing, functional and easy to navigate. Various sections of the website are now easy to locate with information about the annual conference, other professional learning opportunities throughout the year, the Drama Victoria Committee of Management, resources, networking (Facebook page, teachers’ forum), MASK journal articles, upcoming theatre shows and more. You can now renew your membership online and purchase drama and theatre texts right from the website, as it should be.

All of Drama Victoria’s website functionality is administered from the Drama Victoria office in Abbotsford. It is the culmination of many months work by a number of people behind the scenes building databases, adding thousands of words of content and tweaking designs. As the current President of Drama Victoria, I am very proud of our association’s latest addition. I hope many of you find it a breath of fresh air.

Feel free to throw any feedback about Drama Victoria’s new website in the comments section below (positive or negative) and rest assured your comments will be passed on.

 

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May 042011
 

The Sydney Opera House 2011 youth and education program, House:Ed, is jam-packed with activities ranging from circus skills and Indigenous dance, to film and drama for school students of all ages.

Of particular interest to readers of The Drama Teacher is the upcoming production of Random by British playwright debbie tucker green, suitable for Year 9-12 students. An edgy monodrama about the killing of a schoolboy, Random is one of the most exciting plays for young people to come out of Britain in recent years.

The House:Ed team have also put together an excellent education resource pack for teachers with background notes on the play, themes, curriculum links and numerous classroom activities for students before and after seeing the play.

Additional resources about Random can be found on another post on The Drama Teacher from January this year.

Random is playing at The Studio, Sydney Opera House, from May 17-20.

House:Ed is also offering a number of master classes for teachers in 2011.

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This 1980s documentary on German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht and his staging methods is still a useful resource for Brecht lovers! Posted here in three parts, the video discusses several of Brecht’s plays and how he preferred to stage them based on his epic theatre principles. Includes interview excerpts with Brecht’s wife and actress Helene Weigel, among others.

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