School Holiday Workshop Program 2025: Subiaco
Get your creative juices flowing with Barking Gecko Arts' School Holiday Workshops!
Fun-filled four-day workshops designed to fuel imaginations in a joyful, supportive environment during school holiday breaks.
Our workshops are led by Barking Gecko's experienced Teaching Artists, helping your child develop drama and performance-based skills through games, exercises, and creative explorations. Children will make fantastic new friendships in a fun, creative, and inspiring environment.
Please visit the individual programs below for dates, teaching artists, and enrolment details for each school holiday period throughout 2025.
2025 SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Please note:
- Enrolment in the program is for the full 4 days. It is NOT possible to attend single days of the program
- Food and drinks are NOT supplied as part of the program. Participants are required to bring their own food and drinks.
For further information regarding the program, please contact the Learning and Engagement team at learning@barkinggecko.com.au or 6184 4905.
Suitable for Ages 8 - 12
Step into a world of curiosity, imagination and future forecasting where young minds become time travellers on a journey to the world of tomorrow and beyond!
From magical cities in the sky to holographic pets, flying bikes and underwater homes that exist deep at sea, participants will travel forward and use their wildest ideas to envision our world 50 years from now. We ask children to question, imagine, dream and wonder how space, nature, technology and society might evolve in years to come whilst simultaneously exploring a vision of their future selves many years from now. With endless possibilities to explore, participants will use drama, performance and storytelling techniques to devise a world of new inventions, adventures and ideas that could shape the world. With every prediction, they’ll discover that the world is full of possibilities, and their imaginations hold the key to what comes next!
With a focus on fun and creativity and led by Barking Gecko Arts Senior Teaching Artist Michelle Hall, across 4 days, young creatives will learn performance and theatre-making skills such as improvisation, voice, movement, and devising whilst building their confidence and self-expression, all while making fantastic new friendships in a fun, inclusive and nurturing environment. Participants will then share their creative discoveries with an informal showing for family and friends on the final day.
Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre - Rehearsal Room, Level 2, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco
Dates: Tuesday 28 January - Friday 31 January (inclusive)
Times: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm (each day)
Capacity: 16 participants
Focus: Drama, theatre making and performance skills, storytelling, devising, improvisation, collaboration, ensemble work, self-expression and self-confidence
Price: $360 + Transaction Fee
Teaching Artist: Michelle Hall
Teaching Assistant: Kaitlin Okely
Book January workshops here
Suitable for Ages 8 -12
For thousands of years, people have looked up to the night sky and told stories about the stars, with many cultures interpreting these magical formations in their own unique way. These celestial myths tell stories of vengeful gods and goddesses, of monsters and heroes and ancestral spirits. Others try to make sense of the natural world or unravel the mysteries of the universe. They reflect the ways in which different cultures sought to understand their place in the cosmos, weaving mythology, spirituality and natural observation into enduring tales that still captivate us today.
Join us for this exhilarating workshop across 4 days as we journey into the night sky and other universes and look to create our own star stories. Inspired by the many beautiful tales that exist across cultures and led by Barking Gecko Arts Teaching Artists, young creatives will create their own characters and learn performance and theatre-making skills whilst simultaneously building their confidence and self-expression, all while making fantastic new friendships in a fun, inclusive and nurturing environment. Participants will then share their creative discoveries with an informal showing for family and friends on the final day.
Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre - Rehearsal Room, Level 2, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco
Dates: Monday 14 April - Thursday 17 April (inclusive)
Times: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm (each day)
Capacity: 16 participants
Focus: Drama, theatre making and performance skills, storytelling, devising, improvisation, collaboration, ensemble work, self-expression and self-confidence.
Price: $360 + Transaction Fee
Book April workshops here
Suitable for Ages 8 - 12
Sometimes, it might seem like there are a million reasons not to go outside – like sunburn, bad drivers, dog bites, bee stings, cracks in footpaths, tsunamis and umbrellas that turn inside out! Sometimes, our powerful imaginations can convince us that it’s safer just to stay inside…but when we find the courage to step out into the world, we learn that there are so many amazing things out there waiting for us!
Inspired by Barking Gecko Arts upcoming production of Reasons To Stay Inside, this 4 day workshop will explore the power of friendships in the face of adversity and how each of us can find a way to discover our inner courage and bravery in ways we least expect – especially when we have a friend by our side! Using creativity and imagination, we’ll create our own, unique version of a magical space where everyone and anyone feels safe – a place to find comfort until you are ready to step back out into the world again!
Led by Barking Gecko Arts Teaching Artists, young creatives will create their own characters and learn performance and theatre making skills whilst simultaneously building their confidence and self-expression all while making fantastic new friendships in a fun, inclusive and nurturing environment. Participants will then share their creative discoveries with an informal showing for family and friends on the final day.
Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre - Rehearsal Room, Level 2, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco
Dates: Tuesday 15 July - Friday 18 July (inclusive)
Times: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm (each day)
Capacity: 16 participants
Focus: Drama, theatre making and performance skills, storytelling, devising, improvisation, collaboration, ensemble work, self-expression and self-confidence.
Price: $360 + Transaction Fee
Book July workshops here
Suitable for Ages 8 - 12
Pack your bags and bring your explorer's spirit as we set off on an adventure to some of the wildest places on Earth. Imagine what it would be like to step into a world of wild wonder with breathtaking landscapes and fascinating creatures that make our planet so special. Trek through the jungles of the Amazon, explore the icy tundra of Antarctica, journey through the golden deserts of the Sahara, climb the towering peaks of the Himalayas or sail through glorious Galapagos islands and discover a true living laboratory of nature – the world is waiting for you to explore its most hidden corners and incredible places!
Join us for this exciting workshop as we venture across the globe in 4 days, mapping our journey of discovery. Led by Barking Gecko Arts Teaching Artists, young creatives will create their own characters and learn performance and theatre-making skills whilst simultaneously building their confidence and self-expression, all while making fantastic new friendships in a fun, inclusive and nurturing environment. Participants will then share their creative discoveries with an informal showing for family and friends on the final day.
Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre - Rehearsal Room, Level 2, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco
Dates: Tuesday 7 October - Friday 10 October (inclusive)
Times: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm (each day)
Capacity: 16 participants
Focus: Drama, theatre making and performance skills, storytelling, devising, improvisation, collaboration, ensemble work, self-expression and self-confidence.
Price: $360 + Transaction Fee