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Stage adaption of...

Children's Book Council of Australia

"2010 Older Reader's Book of the Year" Shortlisted book

Short list released April 2010

Show title to be announced late April 2010

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

About the play:

In the tradition of the sellout shows When Dogs Cry , Touch Me & Tyro, Tony Bones Entertainment will perform a new short listed Older Reader's Book for Years 9 to 12. 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, slow motion scene, etc.

  • 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 2010 but it is already pre-booking very fast, so be quick to secure a date for your school.

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Cost: $7.70 per student (incl. GST)

Minimum show fee: $770.00 (incl. GST)

Secondary: Years 9 to 12

Duration: 60 minutes + question time

Key Themes:

Key Learning Areas: Drama, Dance, Music, SOSE

Book Week: 21st to 27th August 2010

National Literacy Week: 30th August to 3rd September 2010

Theme: Across the Story Bridge

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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 March 30, 2010. To view the full Shortlist, visit: www.cbc.org.au The winners will be announced on Friday August 2010.

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 2010

About the author: to be updated late April 2010

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Reviews for a past year's play "Touch Me":

James Moloney - Author of 'Touch Me'
"Can take a few minutes to congratulate you once more on your adaptation of "Touch Me" to the stage. Sometimes, when a novel becomes a stage play or a film, the author is tempted to sit back and count the number of changes and omissions to his original story. Not on this occasion. I was completely absorbed by the performance and thoroughly entertained, let me add. You brought the story to life for the audience in a new and exciting way, using all the advantages that stage has over text on the page. The song and dance routines could have been way over the top but they managed instead to add another dimension to the relationship between Xavier and Nuala. Wonderful stuff! More pleasing though, was the way you were able to retain the deeper themes I was trying to explore in my story and through the characters of Xavier, Nuala and Alex. To do so with only three actors was an amazing feat. Thanks again for inviting me to St Catherine's and congratulations on a fabulous performance. Cheers, James Moloney"

St Albans Secondary
"The kids were engaged for the whole time and didn't lose interest... All students and teachers had positive comments... Staff said it was great - lots of laughs and some well thought out scenes to make key points... Themes were relevant and provoked interest... We a certainly interested in having you out again next year!"

Stonnington Library
"The students raved, loved the honest language, actors' directness to audience and the choice of story"

Kilbreda College
"Very entertaining. Good representation of the book. Good interaction with the audience. A good mix of serious and fun scenes to maintain the students' interest. Enjoyed by students who are now keen to read the book. Liked ad-libbing. Pitched well to age group"

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Previous book titles performed by Tony Bones Entertainment:

Shortlisted Picture Books of the Year performed

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

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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