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Stage adaption of...

Children's Book Council of Australia

"2011 Picture Book of the Year" Shortlisted book

Short list released April 2011

Show title to be announced late April 2011

 

Adapted and directed by "Tony Bones" Appleby B.Ed for Tony Bones Entertainment

Music by Tony Appleby B.Ed, Luke Hunter Dip.Ed & Tim Smith Dip.Ed

 

Cost: $8.25 per student (incl. GST)

Minimum show fee: $825 (incl. GST)

Year levels: Prep/Kinder - Grade 6

Duration: 40 minutes + question time

Key Learning Areas: Drama, Dance, Music, SOSE, English

Book Week: 20th to 26th August 2010

National Literacy Week: 28th August to 3rd September 2010

 

The CBCA Book Week Theme for 2011 is...

"One World, Many Stories"

 

About the play:

In the tradition of the sellout shows Schumann the Shoeman, Nobody Owns the Moon and The Night Garden, Tony Bones Entertainment will perform a new short listed picture book for Prep/Kinder to Grade 6. The book will come to life with original music, song & dance, thrilling drama, puppetry and comedy.

 

  • Audience encouraged to interact and participate.

  • Clever costume characters.

  • Different dramatic genre covered throughout the show including: puppetry, narrative, music theatre, pantomime, slow motion scene, dance class and game show.

  • Curriculum linked with lesson plans.

 

Captivate your students’ imaginations by booking a performance on your day of choice today.

 

All equipment and materials supplied including:

  • a low portable stage
  • full sound system (suitable for up to 400 students)
  • stage lighting
  • free standing back drop curtain & set.

This production will be announced late April but it is already pre-booking very fast, so be quick to secure a date for your school.

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Book Week is an initiative of CBCA - The Children's Book Council of Australia. To visit their website, simply click on the image below.

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The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year shortlist will be released on Tuesday April 12th, 2010. To view the full Shortlist, visit: www.cbc.org.au The winners will be announced on Friday August 19th, 2011.

Each year, Australian schools and public libraries spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians develop activities, offer competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading.

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Reviews for the book:

to be updated late April 2011

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About the author:

to be updated late April 2011

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Reviews for last year's play "Schumann the Shoeman ":

 

    

 

Peter Butler, Lecturer in Music Education at La Trobe University

"Hello Tony, Congratulations on such an entertaining and moving show this morning at California Gully Primary School. Pass on my congrats to Amy...The skill and energy of the performance is something to behold. You have clearly mastered the logistics of doing shows with 2 people doing everything - extraordinary."

Maitland City Library Program, Maitland, NSW

"Hi Michael and Jess, We would just like to extend our warmest thanks for your fantastic stage show of Schumann the Shoeman...It was unlike anything I have already seen and as you noticed on the day, the audience was just as impressed. What was especially impressive was the time you took after the show to answer questions about the production and show the kids how they could do it too! Once again, thanks for the tremendous effort you put in to pull off such an amazing show."

St MacArtans Primary School, Mornington, VIC

"A well presented, professional performance which beautifully told the story. Lots of props, costume changes and interaction with the audience kept the students focussed...Absolutely loved it! Having the book on show and repeatedly referring to it was a good idea. The chat at the end about why you chose that story was great and inspiring also. All children were fully engaged for the entire show...A wonderful performance! The students loved it and were engaged. Great interaction of students. Loved the music, it created a terrific atmosphere...The visual antics, voices, costumes etc were very stimulating...We had a good discussion in the classroom about props used to show the setting of different scenes as well as the different voices used by the various characters."

Mount Pleasant Primary School, Ballarat, VIC

"Amazing! I loved it and so did the children, can't wait for next year...What lovely messages you sent to the children - be individuals, make your mark on the world. I really enjoyed it, well done...The children all loved your show and were full of stories when we returned to the classroom. You were both amazingly funny and talented...Fantastic show - true to the book and it highlighted aspects studied in class. Great audience participation too...Our expectations were well and truly filled. Tony's theatre performance managed to deal with such a difficult concept - death - in such a wonderful child-accessible way!"

Charlton Christian College, Fassifern, NSW

"Great book, great performance! Jess and Michael were wonderful to have at our school. The show was very well done...Absolutely loved it! I was so inspired. The kids said it was really, really fantastic, and to please invite them again."

 

 

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Previous book titles performed by Tony Bones Entertainment:
Theatre In Education - School Shows - Book Week Shows Melbourne, Victoria, Sydney, Newcastle, New South Wales, Brisbane, Queensland, Hobart, Tasmania, Adelaide, South Australia

Shortlisted Picture Books of the Year performed

2010 Schumann the Schumann by John & Stella Danalis

2009 Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle

2008 The Night Garden by Elise Hurst

2007 Water Witcher by Jan Ormerod

2006 Irving the Magician by Tohby Riddle

2005 At the Beach - Postcards from Crabby Spit by Roland Harvey

2004 Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat by Stephen Michael King

2003 Bear and Chook by Lisa Shanahan & Emma Quay

2002 Horrible Harriet by Leigh Hobbs

2001 The Singing Hat by Tohby Riddle

Shortlisted Younger Reader's Book of the Year performed

2010 Matty Forever by Elizabeth Fensham

2009 Audrey of the Outback by Christine Harris

2008 Amelia Dee & the Peacock Lamp by Odo Hirsch

2007 Being Bee by Catherine Bateson

2006 To The Light by Pat Flynn

2005 Billy Mack's War by James Roy

2004 Stella by the Sea by Ruth Starke

2003 Tom Jones Saves the World by Steven Herrick

2002 My Story - A Different Sort of Real, The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne, 1918 by Kerry Greenwood

2001 Something's Fishy, Hazel Green! by Odo Hirsch

2000 Captain Mack by James Roy

Shortlisted Older Reader's Book of the Year performed

2002 When Dogs Cry by Markus Zusak

2001 Touch Me by James Moloney

2000 Tyro by David McRobbie

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