Our Speech and Drama course inspires children to find their voice and express themselves.
ABOUT THE COACH
Simon Storey
Simon has been making theatre for 30 years. His love of theatre began in Sydney where he studied with NIDA then moved to London to study Expressive Mime with Adam Darius, and Acting at the London Academy Drama School.
After living and performing in London for three years, Simon returned to Australia where he became a founding member of the Chapel of Change theatre company based in Melbourne whilst studying Small Theatre Companies and Community Theatre at NMIT in Melbourne.
In Europe he founded Footslog English Language Theatre in Hamburg, Germany. Footslog was dedicated to bringing curriculum-based, intelligent and fascinating theatre to children in schools in Europe and operated for six years between 2003 and 2009.
Upon his return to Australia, Simon founded The Storey Players with Tina Storey and began creating theatre in Australia. They launched the company in 2017 with a 17,000-kilometre tour of ‘The Ghost of John King’ which tells the story of King, the only survivor of the Burke and Wills expedition. Since this tour the company has regularly visited remote Indigenous communities facilitating drama workshops and creating stories through theatre with the local children.
speech & drama
Grades P-6
Children who enjoy drama typically develop greater skills to: