SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AT THE MILL: July 2024

HOLIDAYS AT THE MILL

In July the extremely popular 'Play in a Day' program will be returning and in very exciting news, the July Holidays at the Mill will be run by one of Canberra's most experienced, established and energetic performers and educators - Amy Kowalczuk!

10 - 12 July Play in a day

15 - 16 July Play in a day

AGES: 8 to 14 years

COST: $85 per day

DATES: 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 July 

TIMES: 9am-3.30pm each day 

VENUE: Mill Theatre at Dairy Road, Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick. 

WHAT TO BRING: A packed morning tea and lunch for each day and a water bottle. All materials will be provided and no preparation before each day or week is required. 

If you have any questions please email Lexi at hello@milltheatreatdairyroad.com  

If you require additional time before 9am or after 3.30pm please chat with Lexi and we can make something work out the best arrangement for your family. Please note there may be an additional fee. 

Play in a day 

Getting ready for a performance demands focus, technique and teamwork! Plays to work on include: devised pieces created during the day; murder mystery plays; American comedy (including accent work); Australian history; Australian fantasy. Each day starts fresh with a different play to build and create together as a company so participation in the whole week is not essential. How to approach character, bringing text to life, working with your company members, movement and voice for acting will all be covered.

Tutor: Amy Kowalczuk

Amy’s theatrical work spans the last 25 years. She is an actor, a puppeteer, a director, a musical theatre performer and secondary performing arts educator. She runs her own independent theatre company Alchemy Artistic. Her debut work (Gordon Grahams ‘The Boys’) won top directing awards for the 2023 CAT awards, Ovation awards and Canberra Critics Circle awards. She is a performing arts secondary educator but has taught years four through twelve via the curriculum, and ages four to adult through her workshops. She is a seasonal academic at the University of Canberra, for the Faculty of Education. In this capacity she educates ore service teachers. 

Amy has performed in over seventy productions, several films, training videos and advertisements. As a professional actor/puppeteer and touring presenter, Amy dedicated 10 years of services to national identities, such as Questacon and The Starlight Children’s Foundation. She has toured interstate (NIDA, 2013) and abroad (Monaco, Mondial du Theatre, 2017) with a revival of her acclaimed performance of Nell Gwynn in Pigeonhole Theatres Playhouse Creatures by April de Angelis. Amy holds a Master of Theatre and Performance (Directing) from UNE.

Recent performances include Rose of Sharon in Grapes of Wrath, Jane Hopcroft in Absurd Person Singular (Canberra Rep) and Sandra Gangel in Everyman Theatres Beautiful Thing. Memorable roles across the years include Annelle in Steel Magnolias, Henriette in Casanova, Molly in Home at the End, Pool (No Water) and as a repeat Goldilocks in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

Some notable musical theatre roles in Penny Pingleton in Hairspray, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, April in Company, Anita in West Side Story and Fantine in Les Miserables.

In 2024 Amy appeared as Dr Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest (ACTHub) and as Polina in Seagull for Chaika. She is currently rehearsing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire for Free-Rain Theatre (performing at ACTHub in June) and as Meryl in Bombshells for Echo Theatre (performing at The Q in July). She will also direct Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice (Lexi Sekuless Productions) and The Chalk Pit by Peter Wilkins- both at the Mill Theatre in December/January. 

LOCATION

The Mill Theatre is in Building 3.3, the Screencraft and KeepCo building which is a short walk from Capital Brewing. There are two easy ways to approach the Theatre:

PARK in P3 at the back of the precinct. From there you will see building 3.3 which has a large Screencraft sign. The public entrance is just up from that sign (not underneath it!). Once inside, walk about 5 metres and the theatre is to the right, next to Mojo Guitars.

WALK from Capital Brewing or the Less sculpture into the KeepCo building, pass Ramen Daddy and at the end of the corridor we are on the left. 

PARKING

All parking in the precinct is free with several accessible parking spots in all the parking locations. The best spot to park is P3 at the back of the precinct. If you park elsewhere please be warned that signage and way-finding around the precinct is extremely difficult. Arrive in plenty of time to possibly get lost, possibly be in a bad mood!