Spirits in Bare Feet

This set of Teachers’ Notes has been prepared to accompany the University of Southern Queensland’s production of Spirits in Bare Feet written by David Burton for the 2009 USQ Children's Theatre Week.

The notes include:

• The Playwright
• The Guest Director
• Complete Story Synopsis
• Characters
• Themes & Values
  • The Lost Voice
  • Shoes
  • The Meeting/Story Place
  • Totems
• Theatre Etiquette
• Activities
  • Dreamtime Stories
  • Folk-forms and Ritual
  • Metamorphosis
  • If I Were You …
  • Personal Totems
  • Freeze Bully!
  • Charades
  • Stone Arranging
  • Discussion Points & Questions
• About the Site
• Other Resources

Complied by students undertaking the Children’s and Young People's Theatre unit in the University’s School of Creative Arts – Kristen Thompson, Emily Curtin, Chloe Davies, Aaron Ducker, Rosie Spiers, Chris White, Blake La Burniy and Jemima Strambini, with assistance from David Burton.