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PlaceMakers

Tuesday 13th January  | Live Performance | Snacks Provided

A Holiday workshop for children aged 7–12 to explore site-responsive storytelling, dreaming up scenes inspired by the outdoor environment and bringing them into life using our creative playkit.

We’ll explore place, uncover story possibilities, and shape spaces into settings. Then we’ll step into the story with drama games, character creation, and playful performance.

Guided by two experienced arts educators, this workshop invites performers, makers, and dreamers to follow their imagination wherever it leads, across logs, under trees, or into secret forest worlds.

Then, after lunch, we will watch a live, interactive comedy Theatre show:  Professor Bobbit Knows All of the Things and Most of the Stuff by Robbie O'Brien. 

Professor Bobbit is a man of science. He wants to know everything. He’s so smart he was able to surgically implant more brains inside his own brain like a cerebral turducken. And now he wants to come and share all he knows with you! Absolutely ridiculous, full of physical comedy, and warmly interactive Professor Bobbit Knows All of the Things and Most of the Stuff is a comedy for kids about knowledge, expertise, and healthy skepticism. You may even learn something!

There is a full day option or half day option ( no live performance included)

Where : Samford Village

When: Tuesday 13th Jan

from $60.00

Meet the Facilitators

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Katie Fletcher

Katie Fletcher is a passionate drama educator with over a decade of experience teaching a variety of drama curriculums across Queensland and NSW, including the International Baccalaureate. Holding a First Class Honours degree in Creative Industries (Drama) and Education, she has taught at a variety of schools, including Queensland Academies Creative Industries Campus, where she led students in projects such as The Howl, Girls Like That, The Laramie Project, and The Ark Project. Katie has also worked with companies like Sydney Theatre Company and Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. She is dedicated to inspiring young people to build resilience, creativity, and self-expression.

Co- Director
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Emma Che Raethke 

Co -Director

Emma Che is passionate about working with young people and fostering their creativity. She is a creative producer and participatory artist with a rich history of creating work with and for young people. She has worked with regional communities across WA, in regional QLD, and for Queensland Theatre Co, LaBoite Theatre Company, Barking Geko Theatre, Backbone Youth Arts, etc. Emma Che holds a Masters Degree in Theatre practices from WAAPA and BA ( Hons) Acting from Rose Bruford College London. https://www.emmache.com/

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Robbie O’Brien

Artist & Educator

Robbie is a theatre maker, performer and educator with over 20 years experience working with young people. He’s made shows with high school students (Value:in use, 2014), designed interactive play spaces for toddlers (Webe Robot Lab, 2018), and worked with internationally renowned companies like Polyglot (Ants, 2015) and Ludo (Bluey World, 2024). He completed a masters degree researching playful performance and tutors regularly at QUT. But he spends most of his time bringing play and laughter to kids and families in hospital as a Clown Doctor with The Humour Foundation.

Movescape

Friday 16th Jan  | 9-12pm | $60 | Snacks Provided

A half-day outdoor drama and movement workshop with Playscape!

In this workshop children explore how movement, imagination, and nature connect. Through playful drama, storytelling, and circus-inspired activities, they’ll transform the space around them, turning parks into stages, trees into scene partners, and movement into story. Near the end of the workshop parents and carers will be invited to a short creation showing.

Perfect for curious movers, dreamers, and creators aged 7–12.

Location: Witton Barracks, Indooroopilly

$60.00
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Meet the Facilitators

A woman with long, wavy blond hair and blue eyes smiling outdoors in a garden with lush green plants and outdoor furniture in the background.

Katie Fletcher

Katie Fletcher is a passionate drama educator with over a decade of experience teaching a variety of drama curriculums across Queensland and NSW, including the International Baccalaureate. Holding a First Class Honours degree in Creative Industries (Drama) and Education, she has taught at a variety of schools, including Queensland Academies Creative Industries Campus, where she led students in projects such as The Howl, Girls Like That, The Laramie Project, and The Ark Project. Katie has also worked with companies like Sydney Theatre Company and Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. She is dedicated to inspiring young people to build resilience, creativity, and self-expression.

Co- Director
A woman with short dark hair wearing a yellow, pink, and blue tie-dye shirt and denim overalls, standing outdoors with a blurred background of trees and rocks.

Emma Che Raethke 

Co -Director

Emma Che is passionate about working with young people and fostering their creativity. She is a creative producer and participatory artist with a rich history of creating work with and for young people. She has worked with regional communities across WA, in regional QLD, and for Queensland Theatre Co, LaBoite Theatre Company, Barking Geko Theatre, Backbone Youth Arts, etc. Emma Che holds a Masters Degree in Theatre practices from WAAPA and BA ( Hons) Acting from Rose Bruford College London. https://www.emmache.com/