WHEN: Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October, 9:30am – 3:30pm
FOR: Ages 8-13
COST: $450
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Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s Make a Mini Musical school holiday program with Mr. Tim and Ms. Nath is giving kids the unique opportunity to co-create and perform an original musical in only 5 days. Running in the upcoming school holidays, participants devise the story, write the script and lyrics, co-write the music, choreograph stage movement, and make props and backdrops for a public performance on the final day.
Providing a platform for young people to express their concerns and find solutions, the musical’s theme comes from the children and is made in response to real-life challenges and as well as learning the various aspects involved in creating a musical, the children learn how to collaborate and work in teams. But the driving force behind the ongoing success of the program, is its capacity to give children a voice, something the program Directors Tim and Nath are passionate about.
Now in its seventh year, participants in TAC’s school holiday program play multiple characters in the production. Creating and sharing a story that conveys their deepest feelings, the production features original songs written by the cast, with music composition and arrangements by Tim and Nathalie Bevitt.
This engaging, high-energy program for students aged 8-13 years, is running at Tuggeranong Arts Centre from Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October. Spaces are limited to 25 students. No experience is required – just an attitude to participate in the creation and development of the musical.
Tim & Nath have created a musical program at TAC for the last seven years, producing four professional children’s musicals as well as several mini musicals. Tim and Nathalie Bevitt are passionate artists and educators with a vision for creating opportunities for people to play together to unleash their limitless creativity. They have been working together in their performing arts business ‘Mr Tim Enterprises’ since 2011 and have been involved in the Canberra community during this time with festivals, workshops and events run throughout the city. They created the ‘Mr Tim Family Choir’ for adults and kids to sing along together in 2013 as well as their adult choir ‘Unexpected Harmony’. Tim runs a children’s rock band called Mr Tim & The Fuzzy Elbows which have recorded several albums over the years. In 2019 Tim was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate ‘Intergenerational play for creating cohesive communities’