The sneaky marketing ploy actually turned out to be a marvellous way of spreading the word about what we do and how we do it at USQ.  We played in the week starting 16 October, and on our first morning at St Saviour’s (above) the Year 12 drama class wanted to know all about auditions before the show.  The actors and SMs were delighted to give them the inside information, and so we found another use for our schools’ outreach.  The rest of the week fairly flew by as we visited two schools in Warwick and another three in town.  The show was very well received and teachers are keen to have us back next year ... all very exciting and a great experience for the students in our course.  They have learned about the focus and energy needed for touring and how to play “up close and personal” with up to 160 students seated around.

 

The school students were terrific in their appreciation of the show and the screen focus (thanks Sojourn Theatre) worked very well with descriptors of the scene and focus questions to get them thinking.

 

I spoke at at breakfast meeting to the ETAQ group on the following Saturday, and the word had got around to teachers who are keen to see us do more of the in-school work that BBS in Schools piloted.  The Department endorsed the idea and so it looks as though it’s on again next year.  Great when a good idea gets up and stays up.