Creating the Magic – behind the scenes
Come behind the scenes and experience what it takes to create the magic on stage.
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Come behind the scenes and experience what it takes to create the magic on stage.
Discover the rigours, joys and journey of a featured artist and learn about the incredible support they get from the Spec team, their mentors and most importantly, their families.
Meet the master puppet maker, the puppeteers wrangling this year's impressive puppets, and learn who our student's everyday heroes are.
Mary Poppins is a magical story, but you will be even more impressed by the production magic behind this segment. Oh, and join our experts in trying supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards!
Meet first-time Spec participants brought together through the inclusive signing choir, understand how choreographers evolved Auslan into a whole-stage dancing, singing and signing extravaganza and congratulate the dedicated teachers and schools without whom none of this would be possible.
I hope the nation understands there are so many more avenues for performing arts for kids who are like me and want to do something with the performing arts and share their passion for Auslan. Performing arts is for everyone.
– Josie Woods, featured artist.
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