Enjoy performances designed for students and educators, all shows are linked to the Victorian Curriculum and highlight important messages for young people today.
For more information contact bowery@brimbank.vic.gov.au
2025 Education Performances
YES YES YES
By Eleanor Bishop & Karin McCracken
Performance: Friday 9 May 2025 from 11am to 12pm
Suitability: Years 9 – 12
Cost: $12 per ticket (1 teacher free for 15 tickets booked)
Running Time: 60 min
Bookings by emailing bowery@brimbank.vic.gov.au
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Yes Yes Yes is a theatre show for young people (14 – 22) about sex, consent and fostering healthy relationships.
Part documentary, part confession, part open conversation, Yes Yes Yes is a theatre show created specifically for young adults exploring the knotty and necessary topics of healthy relationships, desire and consent.
Featuring in-depth interviews with teenagers, Yes Yes Yes is empathic, empowering and engaging for young adult audiences. Humorous, witty and moving, it sparks conversation where conversation can be difficult!
Jamie and Ari like each other. Karin and Tom do too. They might be at two separate parties, but their stories are identical. Until they aren't.
"Funny, thoughtful and entirely relatable… I can't recommend this highly enough; it should be a must for teens." NZ Herald
Content Warning: This show discusses sexual themes and sexual violence
Venue address and access: The Bowery Theatre, 33 Princess Street, St Albans. Access info.
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IMAGINE, LIVE
By Jolyon James based on the book ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester
Performance: Friday 19 September 2025: 11am to 11.55am (last day of Term 3)
Suitability: Years Prep (Foundation) to 4
Cost: $15 per ticket (1 teacher free for 15 tickets booked)
Running Time: 55 min
Bookings by emailing bowery@brimbank.vic.gov.au
Based on Australian author Alison Lester’s bestselling book, IMAGINE LIVE is a beautiful and interactive performance exploring themes around creativity, friendship and the natural world, inspiring audiences to see the world around them in new and surprising ways. At its heart, the show reminds us that creativity is a muscle that loves to be stretched – it helps us to become smart and resilient human beings, and we need this now more than ever.
The show centres on a long-distance video call between a granddaughter and grandmother enjoying a nostalgic connection through their favourite book, Imagine. Featuring a stunning original musical score and oversized props, the performers play and sing through the pages, while digital puppetry allows the illustrations to travel seamlessly between real and animated worlds.
IMAGINE LIVE is a celebration of the profound transformative power of creativity. It encourages young audiences to dream themselves out into the world and see themselves as part of a vast connected space.
Imagine has been a certified bestseller since its 1989 publication. Lester’s body of work is instantly recognisable with a reach that is both geographic and intergenerational.
LINKS:
Early Stage 1 English, Creative Arts and Geography
Stage 1 English, Creative Arts and Geography
Stage 2 English, Creative Arts and Geography
Venue address and access: The Bowery Theatre, 33 Princess Street, St Albans. Access info.
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