EDUCATION SEASON 2026
WELCOME
A MESSAGE FROM EDUCATION COORDINATOR
GEORGE BANDERS
Welcome!
The 2026 season of Sport for Jove Education is upon us, and I am thrilled to welcome you all. We are dedicated to giving your schools a wide range of Shakespeare learning resources and strategies to keep these plays current, engaging and relevant for today’s youth.
We kick off the year with the return of our smash hit production of Macbeth. Seen by over 10,000 students in 2025 this production is dangerous, modern and thought provoking. A short season so get in fast.
From April to June we re-imagine A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a fast-paced and vital show that is guaranteed to entertain and delight.
The Symposium Season from March to June gives students the opportunity to think deeply and feel the power of the plays they are studying, as we present key moments on stage and explore the ideas and techniques in use, and the variety of interpretive potential that hides amongst their pages.
Unlocking these stories and rekindling our emotional connection to these remarkable characters and what they have to say to us in 2026 is more crucial than ever as the landscape of human connection is increasingly overrun with clicks, likes, swipes, and subs. Throughout NSW, we provide a comprehensive Shakespeare education program that includes theatre productions, symposiums, and specially designed workshops for both junior and senior schools.
We are excited to spend a few hours exploring the depths of these remarkable plays with your students, whether in the theatre or the classroom. To learn how we can help with your educational pathways, contact us right now.
Warm regards,
The Education Support Team at Sport for Jove
“ The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. ”
- William S. Burroughs
A huge thanks to our Principal Education Partner, Seymour Centre and all our other venues that will be hosting us throughout the year.
2026 Productions
For well over a decade, our Education Program has been where teachers turn to so their students can experience rich and engaging productions, deepening their understanding and relationship to the text.
In 2026 we offer 3 mainstage productions: Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the new Australian work written and directed by Damien Ryan, Prometheus.
Performances will take place for school audiences at:
NSW
The Seymour Centre, Sydney
Riverside Live at PHIVE
The Joan, Penrith
Orange Civic Theatre, Orange
We will offer detailed Student Resource Kits for all works in the season.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S
DAMIEN RYAN'S
STUDENT RESOURCE KIT INCLUDED IN ALL BOOKINGS
2026 HSC & YEAR 11 SYMPOSIUMS
"It is always a pleasure to attend Sport for Jove symposiums as they are aimed at the right level for students to understand and yet challenging enough to get them thinking more critically about
the texts."
Jackie Doman, Teacher, Rouse Hill Anglican College
Sport for Jove’s HSC Performance Symposiums series in 2026 offers a powerful theatrical experience of the plays’ major scenes and characters in performance, coupled with theatrical analysis and curriculum-based insights into how they work.
Join Damien Ryan and the team to explore the plays’ multiple meanings, open up diverse critical readings, unlock language and character, hear actors discuss the plays’ famous ambiguities and challenges, and respond to students’ questions. A complete, hands-on experience that combines the unfiltered relationship students need with the plays’ action and narrative, while also ensuring they are watching with understanding.
We extract the key ingredients and critical thinking required to write on plays under exam conditions. Every aspect of the work is geared toward the curriculum and the specific needs of students studying these plays.
EACH SESSION IS 2.5 HOURS IN DURATION
including performance, analysis, discussion and a brief interval.
Detailed Student Resource Kit included with each Symposium.
In 2026, we invite you and your students to explore the following plays with us:
The Tempest | Hagseed
The Crucible
Henry IV Part 1
Richard III
The Merchant of Venice
Waiting for Godot
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
THE SHAKESPEARE CARNIVAL
Join us for our Lucky 10th year! Raise the profile of the arts in your school, give your students a challenge with a chance to shine and unite the school arts community with our links to English, Drama, Dance, Visual Art Curriculum.
The Shakespeare Carnival is a chance for students to develop literacy and collaboration skills, complex problem solving and leadership abilities, confidence and resilience as they act, dance, perform music or make short films on a smartphone.
youth WORKSHOP SERIES
Throughout 2026, Sport for Jove will offer a series of workshops for secondary school students.
Whether it be demystifying Shakespeare, scene work, improvisation, or working on your HSC monologue pieces, you can be sure Sport for Jove will have something on offer for you.
As a participant in our Pre-Professional Series, you will experience first-hand what it is like to be a Jove-actor, extending your range, uncovering tension, and playing imaginatively with your peers.
Workshops will be led by Sport for Jove staff members and industry professionals, giving you access to world-class theatre training in a safe, supportive environment.
We will release details about each workshop on our website throughout the year. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to receive information.
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Booking WITH OUR VENUE PARTNERS
To reserve seats or request more information on Sport For Jove’s 2025 Education Season, contact our venue partners below...
PRINCIPAL EDUCATION, VENUE & PRESENTING PARTNER
SEYMOUR CENTRE
Cnr City Road & Cleveland Street, Sydney
(02) 9351 7940
w: seymourcentre.com
e: schoolbookings@seymour.sydney.edu.au
VENUE PARTNERS
Reserve
Head to the relevant booking location and reserve your tickets (venues will be COVID-safe and you will be updated with all the latest health advice in 2024)
Confirm
Confirm your numbers and pay the deposit or full payment based on the venue booking policy. Please check in with the relevant venue directly in regards to their policy. If you are on a wait list, you will be contacted to lock in your booking.
Attend
Come along with your students on the day, aim to arrive at the venue 30 minutes prior to the start time. Seating for schools is by general admission, each school is asked to enter the theatre as a group. And please enjoy the show!