2006 –The year that’s been
Our 2006 program has been incredibly successful. So thankyou to all those
students, teachers and parents who supported us by attending workshops,
seminars, performances, tours and work experience.

Arts Immersion
Our newest and most successful venture in 2006 has been the collaboration
between Malthouse, ACCA and Chunky Move in the development of a new
access program Arts Immersion – Starting Points. The program received a
wonderful gift in March – three year funding from the Ian Potter Foundation.
Arts Immersion is offered to years 9, 10 and 11 students in Government
metropolitan and regional schools and the funding covers the cost of artists,
materials and travel to and from the venue.

Class Clowns
We welcomed with good humour and lots of laughs Class Clowns for the first
time in 2006. Class Clowns is a very successful national stand up comedy
competition for secondary school students under the auspices of the Melbourne
International Comedy Festival. Class Clowns returns to the Malthouse in 2007.

Performing Arts Awards
We recently announced our inaugural Performing Arts Awards. These are
offered to 20 schools across Victoria representing the independent,
government and catholic systems. Schools are requested to select a student
at senior level who has demonstrated excellence in performing arts.
The student receives a special Award Certificate, a double subscription to
Season One ’07 at the Malthouse, an invitation to the launch of Season Two,
and a special opportunity to meet with other recipients and the Artistic Director,
Michael Kantor. The Performing Arts Awards recognise the important role that
the arts play in the overall educational journey of young people. Malthouse
Theatre is committed to the development of young artists and audiences and
anticipates that the awards will be an ongoing project that reflects this
commitment.

3DFest
The fifth 3DFest concluded on the 23 August. We love this project!
Approximately 550 tertiary students have been involved in 3DFest since its
inception in 2002 and it has been a springboard for many emerging theatre
makers. In partnership with Victoria University, 3DFest returns in 2007.
Entry forms available soon.

Resources
We have recently updated our Resources page. This includes a list of
Education Notes from present and past shows, and a list of previously
published Playbox scripts available for purchase. Download an order form
and fax it to us or you can place an order by email. We do need a mailing
address though - as yet, our resources are not available on line.

And onto 2007
Malthouse Program recognises the important partnerships we have with
secondary schools, tertiary institutes, and arts organisations. We are currently
constructing next year’s Education Program that reflects the importance of
these.

The Education Program will be mailing out to all Victorian Secondary
Schools on the 24th January, 2007. For a sneak preview of the workshop
program, see the Malthouse Program Calendar ’07.

EDUCATION ENQUIRIES
Meg Upton, Education Program Manager
Mark Doggett, Education Program Assistant
(03) 9685 5165