"I’ve had many observations of children’s performances over the years, but none have come close to yours... energetic, professional and extremely humourous"

Merriwa Central School, NSW

2009 Prices (click here)

Bully Show

Picture Book of the Year Show

Christmas Show

• We are a national touring theatre company owned and operated by qualified teachers, with the industry's finest performers on stage.
• We perform Theatre in Education stage shows at schools, libraries, festivals and public events across Australia & abroad - VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, ACT & TAS!
• All our original shows are fully staged musicals with a cast of 2 to 3 experienced industry professionals each performing multiple roles, with strong singing,   dancing & acting throughout.
• Our top quality music is written by Tony Appleby B.Ed with Tim Smith Dip.Ed (children's Musical Director for "Lion King", "Billy Elliot", etc) & Luke Hunter Dip.Ed (Musical Director for "Rocky Horror", "Jersey Boys", etc).

Our shows are performed with:

• A low portable stage;
• Full sound system (recommended for 350 students per session);
• Stage lighting;
• Free standing back drop curtain & set;
• Original song & dance numbers of varying music styles;
• Audience interaction (dance class where the kids all stand up & join in, game show, special helpers, etc);
• Puppetry;
• Different masks;
• Different costume characters varying costume, voice, posture & movement.
• Different props;
• Varying drama genre throughout the show - Narrative, Music Theatre, Pantomime, Puppetry, Slow Motion Scene, Dance class, Game Show, etc.
• Full question time at the end where all of the above aspects of the show's creation are shown to the students with an emphasis on how they could do it themselves.

All we need from you is a space and an audience!

We are committed to presenting both entertaining and memorable shows, but also to working closely with the curricula of all Australian schools.

Tony has practical experience in teaching every year level at some time in his career from levels Prep/Kinder through to Year 12. Therefore every show he produces is sure to relate to each student on both an educational and entertaining level.

Having taught Drama, English and in Libraries in both Primary and Secondary schools, Tony saw a need for dramatic curriculum to help students explore themes and ideas in a new and engaging way.

TBE use a variety of different dramatic genre within each show to explore themes and ideas.

We cast the finest children's entertainers, actors & music theatre performers in the country who bring with them a world of experience in both Children's and Musical Theatre.

All our shows are adaptable to a broad range of ages to ensure every student in your school can benefit from the TBE experience.

With follow up activities for each year level provided in worksheets and lesson plans for teachers, we ensure every student's individual learning style is completely catered to in each show.

Where it all began ... Book Week

Tony Appleby B.Ed created the company in 1998. Since then "TBE" has been growing from strength to strength.

We began with an extremely popular series of shows designed to showcase short listed books from The Children's Book Council Of Australia 'Book Of The Year Awards' during Book Week & throughout Term 3. Our aim was not to come to schools as a traditional 'story-teller', but in fact to turn each year's most performance friendly short-listed books into full-length plays. As a result, students can discover the books in an entirely different way.