Exercise Your Creative Muscles
Join our Q Theatre teaching artists and try these fun and creative activities at home by yourself or with your family. Each video is designed with one of our courses in mind, but are suitable for all Studio Q and Stage Door participants to play with and try their hand at.
Try at Home Activities with Studio Q
Starting Out:
Images and Imagination
The Beach Activities with Justin McCormick
Using images, imagination, body and voice to create stories. Designed for young artists aged 5 – 8.
Stepping Up:
Storytelling and Acting
The Beach Activities with Justin McCormick
Using memory, imagination, story structure and creation. Designed for young artists aged 9 – 12.
Starting Out and Stepping Up:
Building A Scene
An Activity with Tania Rose
Using imagination, senses, memory, character-creation, story structure and storytelling. Designed for young artists ages 5 – 12.
Before you start this activity, please download the associated image here
Stepping Up:
Storytelling Activities
“But…So…” and “Yes, and…” with Rowan Bate
Using imagination, listening, body and voice, scene building and story creation ideas. Designed for young artists aged 9 – 12.
Grab one or more family members to help you with this activity!
Stepping Up:
Developing a Character
An Activity with Kate Bobis
Using imagination, costume, your body, your voice, writing, character creation and relationship ideas. Designed for young artists aged 9 – 12.
Stepping Up: Journaling and Script Writing
An Activity with Brianna McCarthy
Using imagination, writing, memory, observation, drawing and scene ideas. Designed for young artists aged 9 – 12.
Ignite: Working With
Text Part 1
The Meaning of A Day with Cloé Fournier
Using reading, voice, imagination, senses and body. Listening to research results and ideas to create. Designed for young artists aged 13 – 15.
Before you start this activity, please download the associated text here
Ignite: Working With
Text Part 2
The Meaning of A Day with Cloé Fournier
Using writing, interpretation, imagination, stream of consciousness and monologue/character creation. Designed for young artists aged 13 – 15.
Before you start this activity, please download the associated text here
Ignite - The Cleopatra Exercise
An Activity with Naree Shields
Using imagination, physicality, props, space, characterisation, story structure and storytelling. Designed for young artists aged 13 – 15.
Access Young Adults:
Props and Music
An Activity with Naree Shields
Using imagination, props, senses, character-creation, story structure and storytelling. Designed for young artists aged 18+ living with disability.
Access Young Adults:
Storytelling with Props
An Activity with Amber Virtue
Using props, imagination, body and voice, story and scene creation, as well as storytelling skills. Designed for young artists aged 18+ living with disability.
Accelerate:
Writing Activities
Stream of Consciousness Writing with Rowan Bate
Using writing, imagination, listening to yourself /your ideas, self-expression, crafting an idea into a poem/monologue/song etc. Designed for young artists aged 16 – 18.
Try at Home Activities with Penrith Regional Gallery
How to Paint an Easter Bunny
How to Make a Clay Bunny