Multicultural Storytelling Program – applications

Region: Metro, Metro South and West
Years 7 to 12
Event Application Workshop Drama

Dates

Applications opening: Mon 10 Feb 2025
Applications closing: Fri 9 May 2025

This 3-day workshop gives multicultural and refugee students and their teachers a scriptwriting and performance experience, culminating in a showcase performance that is live streamed back to the student’s home countries.

Workshop information

  • The program will commence with a 1 day teacher professional learning workshop. 
  • Following this workshop, teachers will have the opportunity to have a theatre practitioner mentor come along to their school to work with their students for 1 x 2hr workshop to assist with the preparation and devising of their performances. 
  • These performances form the basis of the piece to be developed throughout the 3 day workshop.
  • The final showcase of the student work is then performed and live streamed to home countries.

Program fees

  • The 3-day workshop fee is $100.00 per participating student.
  • There is no fee for the teacher professional learning session for 1 teacher per school who have students participating in the 3 day program.
  • A fee of $200 for additional teachers attending the professional learning.

Dates

Teacher professional learning

Date: Term 2 Week 5
Tuesday 27 May 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm 
Venue: Bankstown Arts Centre - Studio 1

Mentoring weeks

Term 2 Weeks 4, 5, 6, or 7
Monday – Friday (flexible for attending schools)

Student 3 day workshops

Date: Term 2 Week 8 (Refugee Week)
Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm 
Venue: Bankstown Arts Centre - Theatre  

Application process

  1. Up to 10 students per school can attend the workshop as a group.
  2. Read the information package Multicultural Storytelling Program information package (DOCX 1.81 MB)
  3. Complete this online application form, including all your students' details and contact teacher information
  4. Your school will be charged a fee of $100.00 per participating student in the program and $200 for each additional teacher. Fees are processed as a direct debit via an Intercompany Journal (previously Sundry Tax) after the first session.
  5. Complete the Authority to Film 2025 - Multicultural Storytelling Program (PDF 198.09 KB)

Contact

For more information contact Ashley Napoleoni at artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au.​​​​​

All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If your students require support to participate in the Multicultural Storytelling Program Workshop, please email artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.

Enquiries

The Arts Initiatives team
The Arts Unit
artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au
02 8512 1190

Related programs

Attachments

Information Package - 2025 Multicultural Playwright Program (DOCX 1.81 MB) Authority to Film 2025 - Multicultural Playwright Program (PDF 198.09 KB)

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Important information

In the event of injury, no personal injury insurance cover is provided by the NSW Department of Education for students in relation to school sporting activities, physical education lessons or any other school activity. The department’s public liability cover is fault-based and limited to breaches by the department of its duty of care to students that may result in claims for compensation.

Parents/carers are advised to assess the level and extent of their child’s involvement in the activity when deciding whether additional insurance cover is required prior to their child’s involvement in the program. Personal accident insurance cover is available through normal retail insurance outlets.

Privacy notice

The information requested in this note is being collected by the NSW Department of Education. The department will use the information in connection with your student's participation in this event for the following purposes:

  1. administration;
  2. communication with parents/carers; and
  3. for the health, safety and welfare of your student.

The department might share the information requested in this note with health care providers in the event that your student requires urgent medical attention. All personal information will be held securely and disposed of securely when no longer needed.

You have the right to access and correct the information you provide in this note. If you wish to do so, please contact The Arts Unit on 02 8512 1100 Locked Bag 1500, Petersham NSW 2049 

Specific privacy information

The department will use information about your student's

  • Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status for the purpose of implementing its Aboriginal Education Policy.
  • Identified additional support information to ensure appropriate learning adjustments are in place.

The provision of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander status or gender status is voluntary, and not providing either of them will not impact on your student's participation. All other additional support information requested in this form is voluntary.

School information

Participating students

Year group/s of students attending the program
If space becomes available in the workshop, would you have more students who are able to attend?

Contact teacher information

Mobile number
Teaching position

Second teacher information

Second teacher mobile number
Second teacher position
$

Principal information

Principal endorsement

The principal supports the schools involvements in this workshop.

Permissions

Payment

The following information is to support efficient payment organisation.
$150
I understand that the school will be charged the above fee for participation in the program. Fees are processed as a direct debit via an Intercompany Journal (previously Sundry Tax) after the first session.
The SAM details are collected to support efficient payment organisation.