Workshops

Barking Gecko provides quality educational and recreational drama workshop sessions for schools and groups. All workshops can be adapted for specific age groups, abilities and time frames. All Barking Gecko Tutors have a current Working with Children Check, and are arts professionals.

Workshops run with a maximum of 30 students per tutor, and a supervising teacher/group leader must be present at all times during the workshop. More tutors are available for larger groups on request.

Workshop Themes

Improvisation

Barking Gecko’s hit show Improvilcious (2007 & 2008) provides the inspiration for your students to create their own unique performance. Explore the art of improvisation through a wide variety of games and exercises to develop skills for creating fast, funny and physical theatre on the spot.

Learning Area Outcomes - The Arts: Arts Ideas; English: Listening, Speaking, Understanding Language.

One hour workshop. Suitable for Primary, High Schools & Vacation Care groups.

Movement / Physical Theatre

Gecko shows such as Dolphin Talk, Frog Opera and The Feather Surfers created new worlds through movement based theatre. In this workshop participants look at the basics of movement and explore the way they move, learning how this can be used in performance to create scenes and characters.

Learning Area Outcomes -  The Arts: Arts Ideas, Arts Skills & Responses; HPE: Skills for Physical Activity.

One hour workshop. Suitbale for Primary and High Schools.

Script writing

Participants work together with a tutor to explore script writing techniques and write their own piece of theatre. Suitable for high school students working on their solo performance as well as an outlet for creative thinking by all participants.

Learning Area Outcomes - The Arts: Arts Ideas; English: Writing, Listening, Speaking, Viewing, Reading.

Two hour workshop. Suitable for Upper Primary and High School.

Issue-based workshops

Participants use a variety of theatre techniques such as image theatre and forum theatre to explore issues facing them in today’s society.

Learning Area Outcomes -  HPE: Attitudes and Values; S & E: Interpersonal Skills, Investigation, Communication, Participation & Culture.

Two hour workshop. Suitable for High Schools.

Professsional Development, Project Residencies and Show Specific Workshops are also available for teachers - please visit the for teachers section of the site for more details.