The document summarizes the 2005 Shakespeare Festival which took place from May 11-21 in Queen's Gardens, North Ward. It included a program of free Elizabethan workshops from May 12-18 for schools, with morning and afternoon sessions that covered topics like music, dance, costumes, and interpreting Shakespeare. Over 800 students from 11 schools participated in the 54 workshops. The performances of Henry IV also occurred during the festival. Plans were discussed for the 2006 festival.

1. 2005
Shakespeare Festival
May 11 - 21
Queens Gardens
Gregory St, North Ward
A programme of FREE Elizabethan workshops
May 12, 13, 17, & 18, 2005

2. The schools program offered two different workshops in the morning and
two in the afternoon; classes visited for either the entire morning or entire
afternoon session ie two workshops. Each workshop was 50 minutes long
2005 Shakespeare Festival Education Program Overview
A free education programme was presented in
Queens Gardens, Gregory Street, North Ward.
The performances of Henry IV by Tropic Sun Theatre also took place there.

3. 2005 Shakespeare Festival Format
Lady’s Costume layers
A catalogue of good taste
Exceptions were specialist senior
music and dance workshops which
spent the first session in either
music or dance, before combining
for the second session.
Classes were split into two groups
with half undertaking Activity 1 in
one pavilion, and the other half
undertaking Activity 2 in another
pavilion.
After a 20 minute refreshment
break, each group swapped
workshops.

4. 2005 Shakespeare Festival Syllabus links
The participating classes were mailed an education kit linked to
Education Qld syllabi, relevant to the two workshops
the class would be attending.
This contained background information, activities
and links to the relevant curriculum

5. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
Music workshops with the
Telemann Early Music
Ensemble - recorders,
Baroque violin, tambour
Elizabethan Courtly Dance
with the Early Dance Consort
Early Dance Consort from
Sydney
Early Dance Consort accompanied by
the Telemann Ensemble
Half of the
Telemann Early
Music Ensemble
The ‘Parthenia’ or
The Maydenhead of
the first musicke

6. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
MODEL VILLAGE HOUSE OF WATTLE AND DAUB
Wattle and Daub cottage were made from cardboard boxes, brown paper,
plaster, paddle pop sticks, and coloured cellophane

7. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
DISEASE
ELIZABETHAN COSTUME MASKS

8. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
HERBS – POTIONS, LOTIONS AND TUSSIE MUSSIES

9. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
SWORD PLAY
Fleur de Lys

10. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
THEATRE SKILLS: LA FUMIERE - ELIZABETHAN FINISHING SCHOOL
THEATRE SKILLS - INTERPRETATION OF EXCEPT FROM HENRY IV

11. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
Warming up the vocal chords for Henry IV
11 different Schools attended
6 Primary, 5 Secondary
C.800 Students participated
54 x 50 min. workshops were held

12. 2005 Shakespeare Festival WORKSHOP TOPICS
Elizabeth’s Banner
HERALDRY

13. 2005 Shakespeare Festival Elizabethan Fair
Liz arrives with bodyguards (wrong period but…)
The Arrival of Her Majesty

14. 2005 Shakespeare Festival Elizabethan Fair
A blushing Elizabethan bride and her groom
at their wedding feast Another Elizabethan banquet
Wrongdoers were punished harshly

15. 2005 Shakespeare Festival Elizabethan Fair
Puppets by John and Lisa
Goodson
Punch and Judy Show

16. 2005 Shakespeare Festival Elizabethan Fair
Council Event staff and offspring

17. 2006Shakespeare Festival
Wollaton Hall The Globe Theatre Longleat Hall Bodleian Library
2006 Dates
Elizabethan Fair and opening night of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Sunday, May 7th
Elizabethan School Program will run on
Tuesday, 9th – Friday, May 12th.
Bookings and education kits will be available
towards the end of November 2005
Contact – Community Development – 4727 9680