DQ Chats

Stephanie Tudor and Sam Neill continue their chat with very special guests, Julie Nolan, Artistic Director, and Ella Becroft, Associate Director and performer from Red Leap Theatre, discussing all things, The Arrival.

With the announcement of the QCAA prescribed recorded live performance list for the 2022 external assessment, Stephanie Tudor and Sam Neill chat with very special guests from Red Leap Theatre to discuss all things The Arrival. Julie Nolan, Red Leap’s Artistic Director and co-director of The Arrival and Ella Becroft, Red Leap’s Associate Director and performer,…

In this episode of DQ Chats, DQ Committee members Matthew Kopelke and Tavia Seymour sit down to discuss their experiences with students who suffer from anxiety in Performing Arts subjects, and what strategies they use to support them. Our theme music is by Simon Jomphe Lepine, and is used under a Creative Commons License.

In this episode of DQ Chats, recorded at our recent Nuts and Bolts workshop, DQ President Stephanie Tudor talks with the team from Shock Therapy, Hayden and Sam about their session from the workshop and how a professional company devises a piece of theatre, from conception of the idea to development, rehearsal and performance. We…

In this episode of DQ Chats, Katrina Hasthorpe chats with Kath Cadd about her engaging and immersive introductory lessons to her Reimagining Shakespeare Unit for Year 10 students. Settle down for a wonderful discussion of practice, introducing Shakespeare, and Elizabethan Theatre Conventions through a Contemporary theatre lens. Our theme music is by Simon Jomphe Lepine,…

On this episode of DQ Chats, Dana Holden sits down with Associate Professor and DQ Life Member, Madonna Stinson, to discuss Drama Queensland’s first major book, Dramatic Encounters: Artistry, Community and Scholarship in Drama Teaching. Written by teachers and academics in partnership, Dramatic Encounters shares stories of incredible collaborations across Queensland. Dana and Madonna discuss…

On this episode of DQ Chats, Katrina Hasthorpe sits down with Debb Wall and Mark Deere to discuss all things Who killed Romeo and Juliet?, an innovative web series created by staff and students at Capalaba State College. The five-part series follows the cast of a school production of Romeo and Juliet as they unravel…

In this episode of DQ Chats, we begin with a snapshot of the upcoming DQ 2020 VISION conference and last-minute registration details. Tavia Seymour and Katrina Hasthorpe then discuss how data has influenced their classroom practice and how they use it effectively and positively to advocate for Drama in their schools. A key focus at…

And we’re back! In this episode of DQ Chats, VP Planning and Finance Sam Neill and DQ President Stephanie Tudor talk all things The Scene Project with Queensland Theatre’s Education Co-Ordinator Emma Funnell. With Sam completing the project in Mackay last year, and Stephanie in Brisbane Metro, we get two quite different perspectives on how…

In this mini episode of DQ Chats, DQ President Dana Holden discusses the importance and significance of NAIDOC Week, and offers all Drama teachers a chance to reflect on how they can celebrate Indigenous culture inside the classroom. Our theme music is by Simon Jomphe Lepine, and is used under a Creative Commons License.