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GET YOUR GEEK ON
THEATRE WORKSHOPS FOR PRIMARY KIDS
Get Your Geek On by Isaac Drandic is a deadly 30-minute play celebrating First Peoples in STEM for year 3 and 4 primary school students.
It’s all about Djirra, a massive science geek, keen to win a local science competition at all costs, IF she can keep her biggest rival, Kevin, in check!
The performance is accompanied by interactive workshops with the students.
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company took Get Your Geek On to primary schools across Victoria for 1 and 2 day in-school workshops for groups of up to 30 kids, as part of our Ensemble theatre workshop program.
2024 workshop dates:
- Regional Victorian Schools 26 February - 1 March 2024
- Metro Melbourne Schools 19-23 February 2024
The workshop started with a performance of a 30-minute play called GET YOUR GEEK ON by Isaac Drandic, which the whole school is welcome to attend. Themes and activities from the show were then be teased out in the subsequent workshops. The school determines which young people most benefited from participating in these workshops, but we ask that First Peoples participants are prioritised.
ILBIJERRI Ensemble is an artist development program including First Peoples emerging theatre practitioners. 2024 Program Director, Nazaree Dickerson, trained the Ensemble team to lead workshops, collaborate with emerging and established First Peoples theatre artists, and build industry networks and career pathways. Running since 2018, ILBIJERRI’s Ensemble program has been shaped by its participants – and in 2024 the program aimed to equip Ensemble members with the skills to empower a whole new generation of little theatre-makers!
Interested?
Contact Alexandra Paige via [email protected] if you are interested in having Get Your Geek on at your school.
ILBIJERRI Ensemble is supported by City of Melbourne, the Betty Amsden Foundation, the Gandel Foundation and City of Yarra
Creative Credits
Program Director Nazaree Dickerson
Producer Alexandra Paige
- This is a free offer to schools
- We ask that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are prioritised.
- A teacher must be present during these workshops.
- All of the facilitators have an up to date Working with Children Check.
- The team will require access to a space large enough to perform and deliver workshops over the 2 days e.g. gym, multipurpose room, or assembly area
