These events took place in 2009 as part of the Education programme at Riverside Theatres.

	Theatre Ink Angels In America by Tony Kushner Hailed as the most ambitious American play of our time, Angels in America is a magnificent celebration of survival. Chronicling the horror of HIV/AIDS in New York City during the 1990s, Tony Kushner’s award-winning play explodes... Dates: 11th February - 21st February 2009	MORE INFO
	Christine Harris and HIT Productions Travelling North by David Williamson Frank and Frances are looking for a new life, much to the consternation of their conventional children. Their dream takes them North to the sun, but no sooner do they find their idyll than signs of mortality betray Frank’s lion... Dates: 24th February - 28th February 2009	MORE INFO
	Sydney Theatre Company Tragedy HSC Workshop This HSC Tragedy Workshop, created by the Sydney Theatre Company and directed by Naomi Edwards, will feature Oedipus Tyrannus and Death of a Salesman. Beginning with an explanation of the social and cultural... Dates: 19th March - 20th March 2009	MORE INFO
	Riverside Productions Shakespeare in Performance Shakespeare’s language, characters and themes are explored through both active participation and demonstration under the guidance of professional actors and a skilled director of Shakespeare. Special attention is focused on... Dates: 30th April - 1st May 2009	MORE INFO
	Big Laugh Comedy Attractions Schools Cartoon and Caricature Competition A FREE Event Calling all young artists of cartoons, caricatures and comic strips! The annual Schools Cartoon and Caricature Competition celebrates the creativity and talents of students by encouraging them to enter their work for a chance... Dates: 4th May - 31st May 2009	MORE INFO
	Spoon Tree Productions Letter's End by Wolfe Bowart Wolfe Bowart returns following his success with The Shneedles and LaLaLuna with a new box of stories that will delight the whole family. In Letter’s End we meet the keeper, a man whose job it is to dispose... Dates: 11th May - 14th May 2009	MORE INFO
	Sydney Writers' Festival Primary School Days Sydney Writers’ Festival invites primary teachers and their students to join us for Primary School Days. This is your very own festival of children’s literature, featuring a handpicked line-up of writers for primary... Date: Tuesday 19th May	MORE INFO
	Sydney Writers' Festival Secondary School Days Sydney Writers’ Festival invites high school teachers and their students to join us for Secondary School Days in 2009. This is your very own festival of young adult literature, featuring a handpicked line-up of writers... Date: Wednesday 20th May	MORE INFO
	Newtown Theatre Fast + Fresh Part of the Short & Sweet family (the largest short play festival in the world), Fast + Fresh has been developed to offer young writers, directors and performers the chance to showcase their talents. To... Date: Friday 5th June	MORE INFO
	Riverside Productions Playwriting Workshop Performing and Understanding Students interested in writing a play for the HSC or for school performance will find this workshop a valuable tool for planning and constructing the work. This in-depth workshop provides techniques for developing interesting and... Dates: 9th June - 10th June 2009	MORE INFO
	Christine Dunstan Productions The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is one of the most popular picture story books in the world. London’s Tall Stories Theatre Company adapted the award winning book into a live musical play which has played to... Date: Friday 19th June	MORE INFO
	NAISDA NAISDA Dance Workshops This specially created workshop program presents a rare chance for Indigenous students in Sydney’s west to participate in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island traditional dance workshop, programmed and delivered by Australia’s... Dates: 1st July - 2nd July 2009	MORE INFO
	Big Laugh Comedy Attractions and Melbourne Comedy Festival Class Clowns 2009 Got a comedian in your class? Or a group of students who think of themselves as funny? Why not enter them into the annual Class Clowns Comedy Competition! Class Clowns have opened registrations for students from years 9 to 12... Date: Sunday 5th July	MORE INFO
	Patch Theatre Company The Fastest Boy in the World The Fastest Boy in the World is a whimsical ride on the wings of Henry Horatio Richard O’Dockerty’s fantasy to become the world’s fastest boy. Featuring a four piece pop/rock band, the show is a humorous and engaging... Dates: 28th July - 30th July 2009	MORE INFO
	Gran's Bag by Greg Lissaman and Chrissie Shaw When Gran comes to visit, she brings her beautiful big red bag. It is a treasure trove of secrets and small delights, full of surprises and stories. The best story of all is about how Gran found her magic carpet bag – or did... Dates: 4th August - 7th August 2009	MORE INFO
	Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People Thursday's Child by Sonya Harnett Thursday’s Child is Tin, born on a Thursday and, like the old nursery rhyme ‘has far to go.’ A strange and lonely child who digs, his wanderings take him underneath the earth into the subterranean tunnels that he’s... Dates: 13th August - 14th August 2009	MORE INFO
	Riverside Productions Rainbow's End by Jane Harrison Three generations of Koorie women, Nan Dear, her feisty daughter Gladys and clever teenage Dolly live on the outskirts of a country town in a shack on the river banks. For Nan, even life on ‘the Flats’ represents progress of a... Dates: 28th August - 12th September 2009	MORE INFO
	Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People Susanne Gervay's I Am Jack Jack is a smart, funny, 11 year old boy who’s being badly bullied at school. What starts as an off the cuff joke during a handball comp, soon turns into a set of circumstances where Jack is no longer safe in the playground, his... Dates: 15th September - 18th September 2009	MORE INFO