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Programs for children, schools, and excursions

Our program of activities is specially curated for pre-schools, kindergartens, day care, home schooling, primary and secondary schools, alternative learning environments, parents groups, play groups, children and their families. Our audiences will leave captivated, entertained and inspired.

Information for Schools

  • Part sci-fi thriller and part love letter to the resilience of today’s teens, experience the invasion with young people across two states as they hold tight to their friends, with their noise cancelling headphones and whatever scraps of news they can get.

    Content warnings: Contains strong language, sexual references, references to mental illness and alien invasion/apocalypse themes. Utilises theatrical smoke and haze, sound pressure effects (loud noises) and pyrotechnics.

    7 Mar 2025 - 15 Mar 2025
  • Based on the picture book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley, a hilarious musical about the importance of believing in yourself and realising your dreams and... a dancing kangaroo!

    Content warnings: Theatrical haze

    2 Apr 2025 - 3 Apr 2025
  • For the first time, the VCAA is bringing Top Class to Bendigo. Audiences will enjoy a selection of top performing VCE and VCE VET students from 2024. 

    7 May 2025
  • Part documentary, part confession, part open conversation, Yes, Yes, Yes is a theatre show created specifically for young adults, exploring healthy relationships, desire and consent. 

    Content warnings: This show discusses sexual violence.

    14 May 2025
  • Following the journey of three contemporary Australian circus artists with distinct relationships with Country we ask the question, What does it mean to be where we are?

    Content warnings: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that the work contains voices of people who have passed away. Mild swearing is removed for school shows.

    28 May 2025 - 29 May 2025
  • Magical and meaningful, IMAGINE LIVE is a celebration of creativity, friendship and our precious natural world. With the help of the audience, performers play and sing their way through the pages of Alison Lester’s iconic best-selling book, and quickly discover there is WAY more to these pages than they first thought.

    13 Jun 2025 - 14 Jun 2025
  • Mixing historical fact and narrative fiction, Yong takes us on a journey across land and sea, from China to the goldfields of Australia.

    Content warnings: Contains themes of parental death, racism, and simulated violence.

    Yong is a 2025 VCE Theatre Studies selected text.

    26 Aug 2025
  • Playful, visual and poetic. One of those rare stories that dare to tease out complex themes of love, loss and change in a way that allows children to connect with them. A must-see for anyone who has ever cherished a beloved toy!

    18 Sep 2025

BV&E acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands where our venues stand and where we share stories through art and culture.

We acknowledge and pay respect to their Elders past, present and future.