Preparing Your Students

We hope teachers will enjoy and value the performance of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress . It is important that supervising teachers are seated so that they can view both the performance and the student audience, as students often look to staff for appropriate responses. Prior to the performance teachers' assistance is needed so students arrive:

• with an awareness of the program's content;
• with a willingness to enjoy the performance and to concentrate on absorbing the ideas being presented;
• ready to understand the art form used to communicate ideas; and
• prepared to accept the performer's interpretation of the material being presented.

Each performance will be unique due to the dynamics of the audience directly impacting on the quality of the performance. By taking note of the following points, you will ensure that your class and the rest of the audience will enjoy the performance:

• not talking in the audience;
• unnecessary movement in the audience;
• obvious disinterest;
• photography during the performance; and
• alarms, beeping watches, pagers, mobile phones.

We sincerely hope that USQ Performance Centre's production of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is both enjoyable and educational for you and your students!