KEYNOTE SPEAKING AND WORKSHOP PRESENTING AT THIS YEARS STATE DRAMA CONFERENCE

It was such a pleasure to speak with Toby Wilkins and Hayley Gamble-Curran (lead by the amazing Kelly McConville) at this years state Drama Conference (brought to you by Drama Victoria). Being a keynote was a little bit of a life high too! Hopefully some glimmers provided in amongst the harsh realities of in school drama education figures right now (the topic of our discussion).

I also had the pleasure of presenting a live and streamed workshop with Nick Waxman on our Next Stage Program - a free initiative for government schools that teaches 21st century skills through drama games and processes.

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the conference.

A Year of Lanyards

This year I have had the incredible privilege and pleasure of presenting in Iceland, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and my home city of Naarm (Melbourne).

In Iceland I presented at the World Drama Education Congress, championing the work of actors and encouraging the integration of acting skills such as intimacy, pleasure, sensitivity, play and communication in schools education.

In Aotearoa and Naarm (Melbourne), I presented with my incredible colleague Nick Waxman on our work with Drama Victoria and the Department of Education through the Positive Start ‘Bring the Drama’ Initiative. On both occasions we had the opportunity to introduce to people from all over the world, the wonderful education resources we have put together so that ALL kids and teachers have access to drama education (see https://vimeo.com/channels/dramavictoriapresents/page:3 )

I have worn a lot of lanyards, met a lot of incredible people, and spent time in environments we should all be so lucky to have access too.