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25.01.2022 Our wonderful actors performed 2 shows of -A Bright Light in the Darkness -the Catherine McAuley Story today at St Michaels Primary, Nelson’s Bay! They had a fabulous time with all the children, who asked so many great questions! Here is a wonderful picture of the actors with a special decorative cross in the school.

25.01.2022 ‘Mary- A Story of Courage’ rehearsals in full swing this month with preparations for term 3 performances in NSW schools! #bluewhaletheatre #bluewhaletheatreperformance #maryastoryofcourage #bluewhaletheatreshows #bluewhaletheatretour #bespoketheatreforschools #livinghistoryshows #saintmarymackillop

24.01.2022 Great profile article here on our wonderful costume maker Janelle Fischer. Janelle designed and made the majority of all our wonderful bespoke costumes here at Blue Whale Theatre and we can’t recommend her highly enough! https://www.facebook.com/10176268/posts/10219590148077105/

23.01.2022 Amazing feedback for 'Mary - A Story of Courage' performances at St Christopher's Catholic Primary in Holsworthy on Wednesday - celebrating St Mary MacKillop's Feast day. ''The children really enjoyed the performances yesterday. They liked the history, the singing and being able to question the characters. Laura, Simon and Karli were excellent yesterday with the children. They performed to two big groups and did a wonderful job. Our school Principal Tony Boyd popped in and en...joyed the show also. We would definitely like to have your company back again." Dominique Goode, Teacher St Christopher's Primary, August 6th 2020. See more

19.01.2022 Great rehearsals today for Blue Whale Theatre’s ‘Mary-A Story of Courage The Mary MacKillop Story’. Feeling prepared and excited for our NSW school tour August, in term 3!

17.01.2022 Awesome filming today of ‘Mary - A Story of Courage!’ Brilliant to get back to creativity with this awesome bunch of people!! Restrictions easing meant 5 of us could group together to film the production to assist new actors to distance learn online! Rehearsals in prep for term 3/4 will be virtual with limited face to face, using the filmed production for reference. What a great day of filming and an ever greater team of people!! Jade Alexcein Fuda Jessica Pond Scarini #bluewhaletheatre #bluewhaletheatreperformance #bespoketheatreforschools #saintmarymackillop #maryastoryofcourage

17.01.2022 Wonderful feedback from Monday’s performance at St Michaels Primary Nelsons Bay! What a wonderful story of Catherine McAuley, all the students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the show. A huge thank you to your wonderful actors as they were engaging and entertaining and extremely professional. Sonia Cary, Rec -St Michaels Nelsons Bay. Thank you St Michaels Primary for booking Blue Whale Theatre Productions and we hope to see you all again in the future!

15.01.2022 While we're on lockdown and practising social distancing, we're working hard (individually from home!) to eventually come back to you, bigger and better in terms 3 and 4 (hopefully) to deliver all the previously booked shows to our schools! Many NSW schools have managed to reschedule their bookings to terms 3 and 4 and we're so grateful to all the teachers and schools for rescheduling with us and not cancelling. We sincerely hope the COVID 19 crisis will have abated by late J...uly/ August and we are all back to a relative state of normality by then. In the meantime if you would like one of our productions to visit your school later this year please do still get in touch! We're still taking bookings late July onwards (until we hear otherwise from the government) and can pencil your school in on a date, reserve it for your school with no obligation to pay anything upfront or commit. We then will stay in close communication, until we know better. This way, you don't miss out on the performances that you and the students want! It also means Blue Whale Theatre can continue to work and make a living doing what we all sincerely love: delivering excellence in Theatre in Education direct to your school halls and venues! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch: [email protected] / Tel. 0401 418 323. We look forward to hearing from you! Everyone stay happy and healthy, practise social distancing; together we can 'flatten the curve' and get through this together. Preferably sooner rather than later. www.bluewhaletheatre.com

14.01.2022 We are so excited to be back in schools in terms 3 and 4 touring 'Mary - A Story of Courage: The Mary MacKillop Story' and A Bright Light in the Darkness - The Catherine McAuley Story. It's not too late to make a last minute booking for either of these productions for August - November: due to Covid 19 cancellations earlier in the year we do still have some availability! Call Therase on 0401418323 or email: [email protected] to make your booking! www.bluewhaletheatre.com

11.01.2022 Just before the lockdown we auditioned and hired a wonderful new actor for our Early Years Shows- introducing Petronella van Tienen! Petronella will be performing her first shows with Blue Whale Theatre in ‘Storybook Delights’. We’re hoping to be back in schools for term 3 to deliver all our wonderful Book Week shows and we can’t wait to be performing for you all again when it’s safe to do so! You can read more about the fabulous Petronella below!! - - - Petronella is a Sydn...ey-based actor, represented by Mollison Keightley Management. She is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, where she studied music theatre. Since graduating, Petronella has performed the role of Claudia in the musical Nine (Little Triangle) and Aaron/Edward Ashbrook in the period play Coram Boy with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company. She has undertaken two tours with Perform!Education, performing in primary schools as part of Book Week 2018 and 2019, and has recorded vocals for two albums with orchestral composer Nathan Glenn. She loves yoga, Shakespeare and tea parties, and adores working with children, particularly in a storytelling capacity. As a child, Petronella dreamed of one day being on Playschool, so she’s thrilled to be working with Blue Whale Theatre and time be one step closer to that dream! Welcome Petronella! We can’t wait to begin working with you!

10.01.2022 Today the ‘Mary-A Story of Courage’ team had two fabulous performances at St Christopher’s Primary school, Holsworthy! The team of actors performed across two beautiful audiences and had such a fabulous day with the children, wo asked some great questions! Thank you to St Christopher’s Primary School for having Blue Whale Theatre’s production on the life of St Mary MacKillop, you made us so welcome and it was a terrific day. We hope you all enjoyed the shows!

09.01.2022 Fabulous rehearsals today with Petronella van Tienen for Storybook Delights for Childrens Book Week 2020!! Petronella is all set to wow the children with her fabulous singing and dancing in our interactive fairytale adventure l! She can’t wait to get started and we can’t wait to see her shine! http://www.bluewhaletheatre.com/ear/storybook-delights.html

07.01.2022 We’re so excited to be performing both ‘A Bright Light in the Darkness’ and ‘Mary A Story of Courage’ in schools in the Hunter/ Newcastle region next week! We will be performing different versions of the productions for both Primary and secondary school audiences and we can’t wait to share the stories of Catherine McAuley and Saint Mary MacKillop with the amazing schools up there!! Contact [email protected] / tel: 0401418323 to enquire about tour dates in your area. Touring NSW, VIC and Cairns QLD for 2020! www.bluewhaletheatre.com

06.01.2022 We’re so excited to be touring ‘Mary- A Story of Courage’ and ‘A Bright Light in the Darkness The Catherine McAuley Story’ to Cairns QLD June 8th-June 12th 2020! Contact us for a quote for your school to see one of either of these fabulous productions for your students! [email protected] or tel: 0401418323 Website: www.bluewhaletheatre.com

06.01.2022 We're very sad to have had to cancel our shows in NSW and VIC schools this month and next month due to COVID-19 restrictions tightening again in schools. We are very optimistic for 2021 and rescheduling Primary and Secondary shows for then and taking new bookings for 2021 already. If you have any questions regarding a show booking with us, please get in touch on: 0401418323 or email: [email protected]

06.01.2022 Looking fresh!! Ready to perform Mary MacKillop and Catherine McAuley’s life stories to Catholic Schools this month! Our ‘living history’ actors, after fabulous rehearsals ahead of this weeks tour! We’re so excited to be back in our Primary and Secondary Schools this August!

04.01.2022 One of our super sonic teams, on the road today to their accomodation in Bathurst to tour school shows in Bathurst and Orange next week! The team will be performing ‘Mary- A Story of Courage’ and ‘A Bright Light in the Darkness’ for high school students all next week finishing the week back here in Sydney high schools!! We wish them the best of luck and can’t wait to hear of their performances and travels!

02.01.2022 In light of the COVID 19 crisis Blue whale Theatre have had to make the inevitable and devastating decision to cancel the MAY interstate tour to VIC and JUNE interstate tour to CAIRNS. All schools booked onto these tours have now been contacted with some performances in VIC rescheduled for Oct 2020. If you are unsure of how to proceed with your show booking please contact our office to discuss options to reschedule at a later date. In addition to these tours, we are in the p...rocess of postponing and rescheduling all performances in Primary Schools and Secondary Schools until terms 3 and 4. For now Blue Whale Theatre are planning for performances booked term 3 and 4 to go ahead August onwards, unless advised otherwise by social distancing/ government policies. In this time of uncertainty this decision will be reviewed as and when we receive further information. If you had a pending booking with us, we ask you to please support the Arts and feel free to pencil a show in with us for August to December with no obligation to commit. We will not be taking any deposits on any new performance enquiries for August onwards and you have no obligation or commitment to stick to the booking, but if we are all fit and healthy and allowed to perform for you - we will be there with bells on! We will be keeping all communications open with schools and teachers to assess the situation as it unfolds over the coming months. If you need clarification on a show booking and how to proceed, please contact Therase on: 0401 418 323 or email: [email protected] See more

02.01.2022 On Thursday Blue Whale Theatre performed ‘Mary-A Story of Courage- The Mary MacKillop Story’ for the year 9 students at Our Lady of Mercy College in Burraneer! The actors had a great time with the students at this fantastic school, thank you for having us OLOMC Burraneer. We look forward to returning later this year, to perform ‘A Bright Light in the Darkness’ The Catherine McAuley Story for Year 7. To details of our performances go to: http://www.bluewhaletheatre.com/m/mary-mackillop-story.html

02.01.2022 Thursday 19th of March is St Joseph’s Feast day. To celebrate St Joseph’s Feast date we will be performing our original production, Mary-A Story of Courage- The Mary MacKillop Story in schools next week. Along with Father Julian Tenison Woods, Mary MacKillop was the founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Our play ‘Mary -A Story of Courage’ captures the heart and soul of Mary MacKillop on her incredible life journey helping the poor, underprivileged and less fortunate. A captivating and engaging production for students from start to finish, this is one show not to be missed. For tour dates and availability in your area for 2020 contact: [email protected] or call 0401418323 To read more see our website: http://www.bluewhaletheatre.com/m/mary-mackillop-story.html

01.01.2022 We're so excited to introduce our fabulous new actor Karli Evans! Karli auditioned via Skype last month (a first for Blue Whale Theatre!) amidst COVID - 19 restrictions and wowed us with her beautiful audition. When we are able to return to schools (we hope in term 3, COVID 19 restrictions pending) Karli will be playing Catherine McAuley in 'A Bright Light in the Darkness - The Catherine McAuley Story touring Mercy schools and she will also play Flora MacKillop in 'Mary - A ...Story of Courage, the Mary MacKillop Story. Here's a little bit about the wonderful Karli Evans Karli trained as an actor at ACS in Glasgow, Scotland and also received a BCA Theatre Performance from Wollongong University. She has always had a love for children’s theatre and that love has grown, as she is now navigating life with two children of her own. Karli has toured the whole of the UK performing Cinderella and The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe and as an acting coach. She has facilitated workshops for children in acting and devising for theatre, in both Australia and the UK. Karli is also a writer and has a strong interest in historical stories about inspiring women. She is very excited to be joining the Blue Whale Theatre team to help share these beautiful stories of Catherine McAuley and Saint Mary MacKillop.