The Collectors

Brought to you by LittleLeaf Productions and inspired by The Last Tree, a short story from celebrated Australian author Bruce Pascoe, The Colllectors is an immersive narrative experience crafted for children in a primary school setting that explores themes of community and environment through the art of story telling and letter writing.

Incorporating supported classroom activities, crafted visual installations, whimsical costuming, props and an interative presentation/workshop, children will experience various types of oral and written stories, rhyming verse, songs and an immersive narrative of exceptional quality.

Children will be actively engaged to create texts using speaking, writing and drawing that celebrate and explore their own experiences, ideas and stories.

To fully appreciate what this new initiative has to offer, please follow the link on the right hand side to The Collectors - Schools Information 2019.

My Imagination Eats Eggs

Once upon a time there was a little girl who discovered her colourful imagination… Join acclaimed children’s writer, performer and comedienne Nadia Sunde as she takes a journey into the world of imagination. Learn how to speak in ‘Nadia-nese’, how to recognise when your imagination is playing a trick on you and what to ‘feed’ your imagination to grow it strong. This workshop will involve laughter, a guitar, songwriting, silly voices, storytelling, dramatic play, giggling, puppets and a fluffy teapot. Students are guaranteed to leave this workshop full of creative ideas, bubbling conversation and stories to share.

It's All About The Song

(most suitable for older grades including High School)

Brainstorms, rhythm, rhyme, mash-ups, character, emotion, action, word play! All elements of a great song. A multi-award winning songwriter, Nadia takes students on a song writing adventure and offers them the lead. Nadia records herself and the children singing their masterpiece and emails it straight to their teacher to enjoy and review with their class. In every workshop with Nadia you can be sure there will be singing, drama, musical instruments, storytelling, movement and a lot of laughter. She believes that the best way to nurture a child's heart and mind is to laugh and engage joyfully with them. This understanding and unique ability to create comedy and music for children endears her to audiences of all ages.

KEYNOTE: The Art of Creative Confidence

(High School)

With 20 years experience as a multi-platform artist and writer across theatre, cabaret and concert performances Nadia explores the habits of creatively confident people and explodes the myth that nerves are something to ‘overcome’.

Sharing her own personal journey as a performing artist, Nadia shares insights, skills and techniques that have helped her traverse a harrowing relationship with stage fright and finally quieted the little voice that kept questioning…’what if I’m not good enough?’. Participants will walk away with a heart full of humour and hope…and a tool bag full of skills and techniques for engaging their own creative confidence.