The Colonial Show, one of the most popular performances for schools, is now offering this extraordinary resource to schools across Australia.

The Colonial Show was born out of the closure of Old Sydney Town, situated on the Central Coast, 2003. With this event an educational resource which gave students an opportunity to interact with characters and experience life in Sydney Town in the early Colony of New South Wales 1788 - 1809 was no longer accessible.

The Colonial Show written by Vincent Wren, a former employee of Old Sydney Town saw this performance as a way where students could still have access to the nation‘s fledgling beginnings as a penal colony. The show based on the Learning Outcomes of the Unit – “British Colonisation in Australia”, Stage 2 in the Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE) Syllabus. This performance can ALSO be incorporated in the (COGS.) Connected Outcomes Group Support Curriculum. While the show is aimed at Years 3 and 4 it is suitable for the entire primary school.

The show allows students to participate as the colonial time span comes alive with authentic props and professional actors. The Colonial Show brings to life right with utter realism the story of Australia's colonisation.

The Colonial Show begins with the students being introduced to the larrikin Irish convict James Murphy and female convict Ann Fowles and experienced the hardships of the day and the oppression and tyranny they faced at the hands of the soldiers (Redcoats), and the Military Sergeant engages the students in the story of the Military.

The students relive the Voyage of the First Fleet, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, raise the King’s Colours and participate in a recruitment of soldiers into the New South Wales Corp nicknamed the Rum Corps.

This is where the fun begins as your students and school experience the repercussions of the theft of damper and the arrest of the convict right in front of their eyes. The question is...

Can your students accurately become the magistrate for the trial of James Murphy and sentence him to a flogging?

Can they hold their wits and tell the story of the  Black Velvet Band and how the British Government introduced the practise of Cribbing which framed tradesmen for the crime of theft.

Can they bear to hear the serious, yet funny stories of the characters and the reason they were sent to the Colony of NSW?

There is only one way to find out ... Call or Book "The Colonial Show" and let your students experience the most productive educational incursion in Australia.

THE COLONIAL SHOW IS A REVERSE EXCURSION or an INCURSION

Prices start from $14 per child.
Group Discounts* Available:
Between 80-100 children save up to 37.5% per child.
Between 101-159 children save up to 55% per child.
More than 160 children save up to 68% per child.

* Discounts is calculated on the base show price, per child.