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ALWAYSSURPRISING,ALWAYSVIBRANT.THIS IS JUTE.

jute.com.au

2017

JUTE Theatre Company

JUTE invites you to share our vision. A vision that will see a myriadof new northern Australian stories being told through the compellingritual of theatre; a groundswell of young artists passionate about storytelling and theatre making; knowledge, technique andtheatre craft being delivered to a participant using contemporarymethods and digital channels; a community richer in culture andprouder in place through engagement with the arts; with JUTE.

JUTE Values

True to the values that JUTE was founded on, we are bold, agile,entrepreneurial, responsive, responsible and evermore passionateabout telling the stories that need telling; the stories of northernAustralia.

We are collaborative, conscientious, well governed and extremely hard

working.

We reach further, to create more, to be prolific and as evidenced

through our continued success, to regularly achieve our goals.

"Thanks to JUTEand its partnerorganisations,Cairns is sure toexceed all artisticand culturalexpectations.”

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The Hon Warren Entsch MPFederal Member for Leichhardt

JUTE is a company that iscommitted to the regions and tothe diversity of voices telling ourAustralian stories.

JUTE invests in the developmentof regionally based emergingactors, writers and directors

In 2016 JUTE had a range of

programs on offer for people of all

ages living in the regions who want

to explore their creativity. From

the JUTE Theatre School for

ages 9 - 18 to the writing programs

for 16+, from beginners to

established artists, artists with a

disability, Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Island artists and culturally

and linguistically diverse artists.

JUTE invests in the creativity of

people and unlocks to develop

their craft and their stories.

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In 2016 JUTE toured our

production of Proper Solid by

Steven Oliver (of Black Comedy

fame) and undertook artist

residencies in 19 schools and

communities in regional and

remote North Queensland.

Proper Solid is a comedy that

celebrates successful Indigenous

lives. 2017 will see this essential

program continue touring

throughout regional Queensland

and new indigenous work

commissioned for touring over 4

further years.

JUTE develops new globalmarkets for our IntellectualProperty and for our live theatreproductions.

In 2016 JUTE was seen on the

stage of the Queensland Theatre

Company, when our production of

Bastard Territory by Stephen

Carleton toured to Brisbane,

Ipswich and Townsville finding new

audiences for our work. 2017 we

return to Brisbane and debut 'Joh

For P.M' a musical we are

producing with Brisbane

Powerhouse. This also co-insides

with us bringing to market the first

of our online creativity

development programs into the

global market, 'Write Out Loud'.

Available now on line.

JUTE is a not for profit company withcharity status and is recognised as asignificant company by both State andFederal Arts Funding Bodies.

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JUTE Theatre School

(JTS) supporting youth 9 -

17 years to explore their

creativity

Write Sparks Beginners

and intermediate writing

program

Play Commissions

developing new

Australian stories for the

stage

JUTE Online new global

programs delivered

digitally.

Regional touring to

continue in 2017 to

communities in regional &

remote North

Queensland

My life has been much enriched bywhat JUTE does.Samantha Morgan, Donor,November 2014

I feel that if we want the wonderfulpool of talent and experiences thatJUTE provides then we all need tosupport it Vanessa Allen, AudienceMember, November 2014

I owe so much to JUTE for so manyamazing experiences this yearChris White, Actor, SentinelChickens, November 2014

JUTE Programs 

Theatre Factory provides

state of the art

development programs

that work with beginners,

emerging and established

artists in the craft of

making theatre

SchoolWorkshopsProposal

jute.com.au

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ALWAYSSURPRISING,ALWAYSVIBRANT.THIS IS JUTE.

JUTE Theatre School program ‐  2016 

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What Djarrgun College achieved with JTSWe performed stories written

by the students, relevant to

their social issues and gave

them a voice, sometimes not

acknowledged or heard inside

the school system.

Team story-telling was highly

successful and they found a real

respect for each others work.

Pulling apart their text really

helped the students

understand the construct of

story and how to build a more

powerful piece of writing for

performance.

Behaviour differs to all other

classroom settings and they

were focused on being heard.

The pedagogy for teaching

confidence in performance is

very specific and uplifting,

which is an essential experience

needed for these kids often.

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Shame is a huge hurdle for many to

overcome for successful

participation. Much of the lesson is

taken up with tardiness but we

challenged this and started to see

results in breaking that pattern

with more self pride experiences..

We worked closely with staff to

ensure that the skills were

empowering them to produce a

measurable result relevant to

english class work.

Working in smaller cast groups we

gave a voice to many kids that had

never vocally participated prior to

this term.

Drama and performance often

provides a balanced approach to

learning and affords kids the outlet

to say what they want to say and

learn respectfully how to listen and

form courage and pride.

By investing withJUTE, you givevoice toyoung people livingand working ingeographicallyisolatedcommunities.It gives privilege topeople livingoutside of themajor centre's andis responsible forbuilding athriving regionalcommunity.  _________________________________________________________________________________

What is JTS proposing for 2017?

JTS Teaching Artist partners a

teacher for the school term.

Together they explore how drama

strategies can be integrated into any

area of English and literacy as well as

drama, such as narrative writing,

inferential comprehension,

confidence in oracy or descriptive

language.

Over eight weeks the Teaching

Artist team teaches the program

with the teacher in their classroom,

modelling the drama strategies and

empowering the teacher to

confidently integrate these ideas

and strategies into their regular

teaching practice.

Two customised planning sessions

before in-class workshops

commence.

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By investing inJUTE, you partner usin our 2020 vision tocreate an arts culturein our region that is  diverse, inclusive andrevered.  JUTEcreates exceptionalprofessional theatrefor our regionalcentre.

Eight weekly in-class workshops

A wide range of drama strategies to

employ across the curriculum.

Alternative lesson plans can also

include working on published text

and focused drama lessons on

different theatre components to

include all aspects of performance

on and off stage and rehearsed

performance outcomes.

The ability to capitalise on the

groundwork made in the classroom

setting and continue to plan a future

for performing arts at your school

providing the kids a strong

foundation in performance.

Devise a plan / strategy to explore

the true value of a instilled drama

program for the kids in your school

community.

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In term four of 2016 the JUTE Theatre Company ran a weeklytheatre workshop at Djarragun College. The mixed genderedIndigenous group of around thirty year 7,8,9 writing studentswere, at the beginning, timid and self-conscious when it cameto expressing themselves publicly. Under the guidance of actorsand theatre-trained professionals, Susan Prince and PetaCooke, the children grew in confidence and courage over thecourse of the term.

Each week Susan and Peta modelled acting performances,introduced stage settings, audience awareness, characterdevelopment and building, on stage and in character, rapportwith different characters. As the term progressed Susan andPeta started working with smaller groups sharing and passingon more nuanced strategies for performance. The studentsrefined their plays during the week and then worked once aweek with the Jute crew.

At the end of the term we had three plays performed oncamera. The real heroes of the group, the kids that showed theearly courage were many of the shyer girls in class. You mightsay they were the mouses that roared like lions.It was this group who grew exponentially in public speakingand straight out great acting performances.

It was inspiring to watch the young students find their voicesin a public arena. At a curriculum level the children studied theGrime Fairy tale, ‘The Handless Maiden’. In an attempt toteach critical thinking skills, the use of metaphors, symbolismand narrative structures we transformed a fairy tale into a playusing treatments and dialogue. From that exercise thestudents, conceptualising the themes extrapolated from ‘TheHandless Maiden’, wrote their own redemptive stories. In a safeenvironment, the students were able to grapple withcontemporary themes that are affecting their lives today. Asone student quipped in another class to another teacher inpassing, ‘I’m no handless maiden.’

While many of our students can show their flair in the sportingarena, they often struggle with the confronting aspects ofpublic speaking and expressing their creativity on a stage. Thisrecent pilot program run by Jute provided growth for ourstudents in their most stunted area of personal and publicdevelopment. I think it was an outstanding success and I dohope we can continue to build our relationship with Jute. Regards,

Dennis McIntosh