The Aside Podcast

In this 60 second drama brain break Tim and Nick talk about Theatre of the Absurd, and how drama can present complex issues simply. As always we give you a question to consider and a drama activity to do! This is Facting Class - 60 second drama! Thank you to Tim Roach, ELTHAM College and Drama Victoria Music is kindly created and supplied by Aaron Searle. This podcast is proudly supported by Drama...

In this 60 second drama brain break Tim and Nick talk about two different acting ideas - acting and reacting. As always we give you a question to consider and a drama activity to do! This is Facting Class - 60 second drama! MONOLOGUE You can’t keep them! They don't belong to you! And if you take those books I won't come with you. I cry out. I'll shout! Everyone will know. These books are important...

In this 60 second drama brain break Tim and Nick talk about the emotions that the whole word feels! As always we give you a question to consider and a drama activity to do! This is Facting Class - 60 second drama! Thank you to Tim Roach, ELTHAM College and Drama Victoria Music is kindly created and supplied by Aaron Searle. This podcast is proudly supported by Drama Victoria.

In this 60 second drama brain break Tim and Nick talk about the 4000 year old Ancient Egyptian 'Abydos' play. As always we give you a question to consider and a drama activity to do! This is Facting Class - 60 second drama! Thank you to Tim Roach, ELTHAM College and Drama Victoria Music is kindly created and supplied by Aaron Searle. This podcast is proudly supported by Drama Victoria.

In this 60 second drama brain break Tim and Nick talk about that strange phrase actors use 'break a leg', what does that even mean? As always we give you a question to consider and a drama activity to do! This is Facting Class - 60 second drama! Thank you to Tim Roach, ELTHAM College and Drama Victoria Music is kindly created and supplied by Aaron Searle. This podcast is proudly supported by Drama...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we bring you a conversation with Suzie Thomas, a Teaching Artist at Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) who has recently toured Regionla Victoria offering Teacher as Artist workshops with MTC. We hear about her process and what she does when preparing a show. Please fe...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we bring you a conversation with Professor Richard Broome the author of fourteen books and many articles in Australian and Indigenous History. We speak about Jimmy Sharmans' Boxing Troupe, life on the road, who came to box and why this was a unique opportunity for...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association This is a Script Tease playlist where we talk through some of the world’s greatest plays. Jump through the major plot points, give some background and of course, spoil the endings – all in less than 5 minutes. We do the hard work so you can do the easy listening. In this episode we do Our Town...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association This is a Script Tease playlist where we talk through some of the world’s greatest plays. Jump through the major plot points, give some background and of course, spoil the endings – all in less than 5 minutes. We do the hard work so you can do the easy listening. In this episode we do Faith He...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association This is a Script Tease playlist where we talk through some of the world’s greatest plays. Jump through the major plot points, give some background and of course, spoil the endings – all in less than 5 minutes. We do the hard work so you can do the easy listening. In this episode we do Into The...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we discuss the history of Musical Theatre. This episod ewas originally released in 2018, but has ben re-released for the 2020 VCE Drama solo and Theatre Studies monologue students.

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association This is a Script Tease playlist where we talk through some of the world’s greatest plays. Jump through the major plot points, give some background and of course, spoil the endings – all in less than 5 minutes. We do the hard work so you can do the easy listening. In this episode we do Medea by...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we discuss Brecht and Epic Theatre. This episode was originally released in 2018, and is being re-released for VCE Drama solo preparation.

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we discuss ways to approach creating in solo work in 2020. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try and answer on a future podcast.

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we discuss the 2020 Solos structures and how you might go about choosing one! Here are the solos: https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/drama/2020/2020dramasoloperf-w.pdf Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try and an...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we discuss a new resoruce from Drama Victoria caled 'Drama Victoria Presents...' a range fo videos for drama teachers that are aligned with the Victorian Curriculum level 5-8 and also some Core Concepts for VCE. VCE https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dramavictoriapresents/...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we bring you a conversation withTim Roach from Brunswick Secondary College and Drama Victoria about how he is using improvisation in the online drama space. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try answer on a future podcast...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we bring you a conversation with Zac Alaimo about a co-curricular film project that is continuing using remote learning. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try answer on a future podcast. This podcast is proudly supported...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we bring you a conversation with Lyndy Clarke about how she is managing productions online. Online Play link: https://www.playscripts.com/play/3186 Theatre Without Theatre https://www.instagram.com/theatrewithouttheater/?hl=en Please feel free to email asidepodcast...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this unofficial episode of The Aside we bring you a conversation between two Victorian Drama educators brainstorming some ways to scaffold online primary drama. Thank you to Sarah Harrison. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try answer on a future...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this unofficial episode of The Aside we bring you a conversation between a few Victorian Drama educators brainstorming some House Music Festival ideas. Thanks to all the participants. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try answer on a future podcas...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we talk to Brendan Carroll from Peninsula Grammar (and one of the coordinators of the VCE Drama and Theatre Studies Network) about Safe and Ethical practices. We talk through a document created for teachers and students as a beginners guide to approaching this topi...

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we talk to Andrew Stocker, drama teacher and member of the Drama Victoria Committee of Management about his '10 Rules for the Theatre'. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question. We will try answer on a future podcast.

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we talk through some activities from our Online Primary Drama resource pack. These activities are aligned with the Victorian Curriculum and include First Nations theatre actvities at every level. Please feel free to email asidepodcast@outlook.com to ask a question....

The Aside Podcasts are a free resource supported by Drama Victoria - Australia’s oldest Drama Association In this episode of The Aside we talk remote learning and online learning. We also give tips of how to sctructure a lesson and provide some helpful links. MTC https://www.mtc.com.au/discover-more/education/resources/?fbclid=IwAR38VSbledaPsL-U-OV79e1CoblBBaPyjwvRNSsydXjZD184FsCmfjE_p7o ZOOM http...