Darwin Festival
Schools Program
Booking Information
Embracing the rich multicultural nature of Darwin and its surrounding areas, shows from local and international theatre companies, Australian and internationally renowned directors, actors, writers and visual artists have come together to bring Northern Territory students a program that will expand the imagination and intrigue enquiring minds.
The Schools Program has many curriculum links, not just Theatre or Dance, but to Music, Science, Art, SOSE, English, Indigenous studies and many more. Shows are relevant for Band levels from KGP 3 to Band 5 in the NTCF, and into Senior Stage One and Two Courses.
Bookings: 08 8980 3333.
Further enquiries: contact Sarah Price at Darwin Festival on 08 8943 4200 or email
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After Hours at The Dinosaurs' Museum
What really happens after hours at the museum when the grown-ups have gone home? Kids will join an expedition into the museum collection accompanied by dinosaurs, other prehistoric creatures and their keepers.
Djalkiri: We are standing on their names Blue Mud Bay
From an extraordinary fusion of people, cultures and knowledge comes an exhibition that informs, inspires and promotes the sharing of scientific and traditional knowledge. In October 2009, Nomad Art Productions invited prominent artists from around Australia to join a cross-cultural exchange at Blue Mud Bay in Eastern Arnhem Land.
Read more: Djalkiri: We are standing on their names Blue Mud Bay
Goose Lagoon
Goose Lagoon tells a beautiful tale of love, magic and mysticism, set against the spectacular backdrop of Arnhem Land’s northern floodplains during the annual goose hunting season. We follow the fate of a young girl caught between two worlds, thwarted by evil.
Head Full of Love
World Premiere
Written by Alana Valentine
Extraordinary friendships. Extraordinary women.
An intricately woven play, Head Full of Love draws a portrait of the relationships that develop at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival. This renowned Central Australian event is an annual pilgrimage for women as diverse and distant as the Anangu and Tjanpi weavers, and Western women from all over the world.
Ngurru-milmarramiriw (Wrong Skin)
Elcho Island’s YouTube sensation, the Chooky Dancers, have transported their talents from the broken asphalt of the Galiwinku Saturday night disco, to major concert hall stages across Australia. Now, after highly successful seasons in Adelaide and Melbourne they perform close to home before jetting to the Sydney Opera House.
The Bougainville Photoplay Project
In this compelling and intimate work of political theatre, writer, academic and performer Paul Dwyer retraces three journeys made by his father Dr Allan Dwyer, a world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon, to Bougainville (PNG) during the 1960s, healing dozens of crippled children.
When His Watch Stopped
Sadari Theatre Company (Korea)
A beautiful and moving story about the conflict of war, When His Watch Stopped is simply and specifically told for children. A newly married couple are forced to part at the outbreak of war; accompanied by the ticking sounds of a watch, their parting gift to each other. Their separate journeys are followed from life, to death, to the final ticking of the watch.
Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui
Echoing the tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and using Tiwi language in rhyming verse, music and song, this play brings to life the dreamtime story of a young girl called Wulamanayuwi and her adventures with the spirit beings of this mystical, dreamtime land. A story told to Tiwi Islander children for hundreds of years, Wula’s tale bears a conspicuous resemblance to the famous western fairytale.
Booking Information
Embracing the rich multicultural nature of Darwin and its surrounding areas, shows from local and international theatre companies, Australian and internationally renowned directors, actors, writers and visual artists have come together to bring Northern Territory students a program that will expand the imagination and intrigue enquiring minds.
The Schools Program has many curriculum links, not just Theatre or Dance, but to Music, Science, Art, SOSE, English, Indigenous studies and many more. Shows are relevant for Band levels from KGP 3 to Band 5 in the NTCF, and into Senior Stage One and Two Courses.
Bookings: 08 8980 3333.
Further enquiries: contact Sarah Price at Darwin Festival on 08 8943 4200 or email
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
After Hours at The Dinosaurs' Museum
Djalkiri: We are standing on their names Blue Mud Bay
From an extraordinary fusion of people, cultures and knowledge comes an exhibition that informs, inspires and promotes the sharing of scientific and traditional knowledge. In October 2009, Nomad Art Productions invited prominent artists from around Australia to join a cross-cultural exchange at Blue Mud Bay in Eastern Arnhem Land.
Read more: Djalkiri: We are standing on their names Blue Mud Bay
Goose Lagoon
Goose Lagoon tells a beautiful tale of love, magic and mysticism, set against the spectacular backdrop of Arnhem Land’s northern floodplains during the annual goose hunting season. We follow the fate of a young girl caught between two worlds, thwarted by evil.
Head Full of Love
World Premiere
Written by Alana Valentine
Extraordinary friendships. Extraordinary women.
An intricately woven play, Head Full of Love draws a portrait of the relationships that develop at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival. This renowned Central Australian event is an annual pilgrimage for women as diverse and distant as the Anangu and Tjanpi weavers, and Western women from all over the world.
Ngurru-milmarramiriw (Wrong Skin)
Elcho Island’s YouTube sensation, the Chooky Dancers, have transported their talents from the broken asphalt of the Galiwinku Saturday night disco, to major concert hall stages across Australia. Now, after highly successful seasons in Adelaide and Melbourne they perform close to home before jetting to the Sydney Opera House.
The Bougainville Photoplay Project
In this compelling and intimate work of political theatre, writer, academic and performer Paul Dwyer retraces three journeys made by his father Dr Allan Dwyer, a world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon, to Bougainville (PNG) during the 1960s, healing dozens of crippled children.
When His Watch Stopped
Sadari Theatre Company (Korea)
A beautiful and moving story about the conflict of war, When His Watch Stopped is simply and specifically told for children. A newly married couple are forced to part at the outbreak of war; accompanied by the ticking sounds of a watch, their parting gift to each other. Their separate journeys are followed from life, to death, to the final ticking of the watch.
Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui
Echoing the tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and using Tiwi language in rhyming verse, music and song, this play brings to life the dreamtime story of a young girl called Wulamanayuwi and her adventures with the spirit beings of this mystical, dreamtime land. A story told to Tiwi Islander children for hundreds of years, Wula’s tale bears a conspicuous resemblance to the famous western fairytale.
