Holiday Programs

 

Beat the Holiday Blues Workshops with Performing Arts at MLC

Discover all that the Performing Arts have to offer. Workshops are offered during each of the school holidays for primary, middle and senior school students.

Courses range from dance and drama classes that promote self
expression and enjoyment, through to more specialty workshops
for gifted students dedicated to Performing Arts excellence.

Our workshops are open to all and if you’ve been before come back for more because no two workshops are ever the same..

 

Dance/Drama Workshops for Primary Students

Schedule of Fees
MLC Family Open Program
Kindergarten - Year 5 $80.00/day $100.00/day
  $350/week $380/week
Enrol n 4 or more special rate $300.00 per workshop/week $330.00 per workshop /week

Specific details will be published to this site closer to the commencement of each School Holiday period.

Participants will work alongside Performing Arts professionals to discover their own vocal, physical, expressive and artistic abilities. Workshops will include theatre games, dance, voice, movement, storytelling, mask, playbuilding, mime, theatresports, film, clowning, physical theatre, juggling, stilt walking, hoola hoops, slapstick, magic singing, design, performance skills, script writing, acting for camera, prop and scene construction, puppetry, script writing, physical theatre and much more! All these skills will be utilised in the creation of a dance and drama production performed on our final
afternoon for family and friends.

In the past our workshops have included:

HARRY POTTERING Code: 05006
Magic & Mayhem, Witchcraft & Wizardry. An imaginative and spell binding five day workshop that explores the creation of all things. Harry through acting, charms, improvisation, spells and movement!
BIG TOP Code: 05106
Roll up, Roll up, come and be part of our imaginative and creative five day workshop under the Circus big top! This is your chance to run away and learn everything from aerial work to balancing to clowning to balloon sculpting.
FRACTURED FAIRYTALES Code: 05206
Calling all Princes, Princesses, Fairy Godmothers,Genies, Wolves, Witches and Warlocks…this is your time to create your very own fantasy landscape. Using popular characters and storylines we will devise our very own theatrical fairytale.
SHOWTIME! Code: 05306
Showtime is an outstanding opportunity for primary aged students to work with an industry professional to discover what makes theatre work! Each participant will be encouraged and extended in all areas of the Performing Arts as they create a full length production in a mere 5 days.
SING A LONG MUSICAL INSPIRED BY DISNEY Code: 05406
Our exciting MUSICAL THEATRE five day intensive explores everything an actor needs to create a truly great Disney role! Whether it be Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Simba or even Mickey Mouse this workshop will have you singing, dancing and acting up an imaginative creation!
LEWIS' WARDROBE Code: 05506
This workshops opens the door to the world of Narnia. Join us as we create our own kingdom. Play your favourite character and devise your very own interpretation of the great classic tale.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ROALD DAHL Code: 05606
Act your way through the wacky world of Roald Dahl’s plays, poems and stories! Participants will extend their acting skills for stage and screen by working as part of a small ensemble on a script.
MAGIC SHOW Code: 05706
Make your very own magic as we imaginatively create our own show of illusion. Role-play will see you become a self-created magician in a mere 24 hours!
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! Code: 05806
Get ready to roll out the red carpet as you devise, direct and star in your film!

 

Create Your Own Artistic Holiday Adventure

Edward de Bono tells us “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.” and we are lucky enough at THE STUDIO to see living proof of this statement everyday.

These December Holidays The Studio is extending its regular vacation care holiday workshops with a program that offers you the chance to work with a multi-disciplinary artist to craft a program to suit your individual needs.

Primary, Middle & Senior School students (as well as Adults) have the valuable opportunity to not only work alongside leading specialists to enhance their creative talents but to also cultivate their lateral thinking, cognitive flexibility, motivation, presentation skills, freedom of expression and innovation.

Our specialist tutors and directors come from a diverse and experience backgrounds (working everywhere from NIDA to cutting edge G&T learning institutes to Royal Shakespeare Company to Hermann International: Whole Brain education to AFTRS – Australian Film, Television & Radio School to Learning & Development Departments within Australia’s leading corporations to Bell Shakespeare to Neuro Linguistic Programming conferences to London’s National Theatre to psychometric testing centres).

So join us to create your own program: tailored to meet your needs . . . open to anyone & everyone aged 2 to 100 . . . private students and small groups have already enrolled in voice, lateral thinking, audition preparation, whole brain learning, professional coaching, G&T extension courses, presentation skills, learning to learn, voice over prep., collaborative learning projects, playwriting & script assessment, with even a one woman show in rehearsal…the possibilities are endless…so let The Studio ignite outstanding performance, arouse artistry, free your best & optimise your personal talents.

 

Schedule of Fees
MLC Family Open Program
Years 6-8 $80.00/day $100.00/day
  $350/week $380/week
Enrol n 4 or more special rate $300.00 per workshop/week $330.00 per workshop /week

Intensive Performing Arts Workshop for Middle School Students

An enriching series of specialty workshops that allow participants to discover how to be expressive through
experiencing the creative arts and discovering the challenges of creating theatre and film.

In the past our workshops have included:

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Code: 05906
You know the one! In fact you probably know all the words and moves. So here’s your chance to put yourself in the spotlight in an all singing, dancing and acting workshop. Spend 5 days creating the world’s most loved teen musical!
THE BUTLER DID IT! Code: 06006
Or did he? A suspenseful workshop where we create own very own murder mystery with every possible surprise! Twisted tales for stage and screen.
THE DANCER'S TOOLBOX Code: 06106
An innovative exploration of everything the dancer needs. Develop your physicality, rhythm, spatial awareness and performance quality as you discover a wide array of dance forms.
ACTING SCHOOL Code: 06206
So you want to go to Drama School? Spend a week with us and discover the world of full-time actor training. This comprehensive course explores acting, voice, movement, characterisation, script work, film, auditions, singing, dancing and much more!
EVERYTHING BACKSTAGE Code: 06306
Come along and explore how to make theatre happen! Experience lighting, sound, design, makeup, and stage management as you create your own special effects show.
SOAPS Code: 06406
Become a star of the small screen as your rehearse and shoot Australian soapie scripts! Extend your acting to meet the demands of producing daily drama...it isn’t as easy as it looks but it is lots of fun to plunge into the perils of modern melodrama!
HAUNTED HAPPENINGS Code: 06506
A ghostly affair! Will you dare to join us and create your very own ghost story? Participants will extend their acting skills for stage and screen by working as part of a small ensemble.
IMPROVISATION FOR ACTORS Code: 06606
Find the actor within through our dynamic three day workshop that explores the essential tools of acting, theatresports, impro, characterisation, storytelling and impulse work! Exercise your imagination, wit and spontaneity
through this fabulous and fast paced workshop


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