2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama
NIDA – Parade Theatre
215 Anzac Parade, Kensington NSW 2033
24 - 27 July 2017
To:The Principal
Head CAPA
K-12 Teachers
Drama Teachers
AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
The Arts AliveCombined Schools Drama Festival has a long tradition of drama excellence and is regarded as one of the premier school drama festivals in the state. The 2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama provides an opportunity for your school to showcase the outstanding work achieved by students and staff.Students will benefit from an excellent performance venue and be enthused through interaction with other drama students.
The 2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama will be held at NIDA’s “Parade Theatre”. This venue gives students the experience of performing in the main theatre of a premier performance venue.
Improvisation, movement, mime, storytelling, readers’ theatre, puppetry, mask, and playbuilding are eligible genres to audition with for the festival.
Please complete and return by Friday 31March 2017
Auditions will be held in Term 2, Week 6.
Details for ticket bookings will be sent to all successful schools in Term 2. School groups are encouraged to attend as audience members.
Technical rehearsals:Thursday 20 Julyand Monday 24 July
Evening performances 7pm:Tuesday 25 July, Wednesday 26 July and Thursday 27 July
Matinee performance 11am:Wednesday 26 July (TBC)and Thursday 27 July
We look forward to your school participating in the 2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama.
For more information regarding this exciting festival please contact Tess Doyle, Arts Coordination Officer, at
Yours sincerely,
Tess Doyle
Arts Coordination Officer
2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama
Guidelines for Participation
- School years
Students/school groups from Year K to 12 are eligible to participate.
- Number of students in each item
There is a maximum of 30 students per item.
- Number of Items per school
Each school is eligible to nominate up to 3 items. Only the nominated performances will be auditioned by the visiting panel.
- Copyright
The Department is now covered for schools to perform published scripts and recorded music as part of a dramatic work. For further copyright queries contact Elizabeth Stanton at APRA:
5.Participation
There is a participation fee of $15.00 per student accepted to perform in the festival following the audition.
6. Time limit
There is an 8minute maximum time limit per item.
Items over 8 minutes at the auditions will not be accepted into the festival!
7. Drama Styles
All forms of drama performances are eligible to audition. For example, improvisation, mime, play building, puppetry and storytelling. ALL performances presented should be suitable for audiences of ALL ages. Please keep this in mind as young children may be present at each performance.
8. Auditions
These will be conducted in your school in Term 2, week 6 (Monday 30 May – Friday 3 June).
DVDs and YouTube links will be accepted, but must be received at the address in the footer below by Friday 26 May (Week 5).
9. Future Information
Whenever possible, future correspondence will be by email. Please complete email details on the Nomination Form.
10.Further assistance
Arts Coordination Officer:Tess Doyle, Macquarie Park Office:
9886 7066 / 0419 446 357
2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama
NIDA – Parade Theatre
215 Anzac Parade, Kensington NSW 2033
24 - 27 July 2017
Nomination Form
School auditions will be conducted:
Week 6 Term 2 Week beginning Monday 29 May 2017
A schedule will be prepared following receipt of all nominations.
Items over 8 minutes at auditions will not be accepted!
School:______
Address:______P/Code
Phone:______Fax
Principal:______
Contact teacher/ director______
Teacher Email: ______
Teacher Mobile: ______
Signature of Teacher:______
I understand acceptance into the festival performances will incur a $15 per student participation fee. Each school will be invoiced once final numbers are confirmed.
Principal Name: ______
Signature of Principal:______
Date: ______
Please complete and return the following to Tess Doyle at
or Fax: 02 9886 7070byFri 31 March 2017:
- Nomination Form
- All Item Details (2 pages)
2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama
NIDA – Parade Theatre
215 Anzac Parade, Kensington NSW 2033
24 - 27 July 2017
Item details (2 Pages)
A maximum number of 3 items per school may be nominated.
Items over 8 minutes at audition will not be accepted!
Nomination closing date:Friday31 March2017
School: ______
Contact teacher:
Contact teacher email:______
Teacher phone number:______
Signature:______Date: ______
Auditions will take place in Week 6, Term 2 ONLY.
Please number the following audition dates in order of preference.
If your school is unavailable for any of the dates, please put N/A in the corresponding box/es. Once times are allocated, it is very difficult to swap days.
If your school is unavailable to audition on any of these dates, your school will need to send in auditions via DVD or YouTubeby Friday 26 May.
Audition Dates
29/05/17 30/05/17 31/06/17 1/06/17 2/06/17
Rehearsal and Performance Dates
20/07/17 24/07/17 25/07/17 26/07/17 27/07/17
(Rehearsal only) (Rehearsal only)
Please indicate if you are unavailable for any of these dates as per the instructions above.
2017 Arts Alive Festival of Drama
School:______
Teacher/director:______
Name of item:______
Year of performers:______
Number of performers (max 30):______
Length of time (max 8 mins):______
Description of piece for program:______
The overall mood of the piece:______
Costume description:______
Staging requirements (e.g., props, number of boxes, chairs)
- A maximum of 6 drama blocks will be provided.
- You are responsible for providing all other stage props
- No glass, knives, water or lit flames will be allowed on stage.
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_______
_______
MUSIC
Title of music:______
Composer:______
Publisher:______
CD Title:______
Track No:______
Duration:______
How is the music used? (e.g., interpolated, curtain, exit, incidental):
______
______
______
NB: If accepted into the Festival, music will be required to be recorded chronologically on a separate USB (or CD but USB is preferable) for each item.
Arts Coordination Officer NSW Department of Education
Level 2, 75 Talavera Rd MACQUARIE PARK NSW 2113
Ph: 9886 7066 fax 9886 7070 email: