Windmill Theatre Company

Education Program

At Windmill, we often have the privilege of being (one of) a child’s first experiences in the theatre. So, we want to make it count. We offer a range of opportunities for students and educators to take our stories further throughout the year.

In addition to providing dedicated schools’ performances and pricing for all South Australian seasons, we collaborate with an incredible community of artists, educators and creatives to create free resources that deepen engagement with our work.

Read on to discover what we’ve got coming up!

2025 Education Season

Moss Piglet

SA Regional Touring + Sydney Opera House

An explosive portrait of the basically indestructible tardigrade. For Year 1 – Year 4.

Heading across South Australia in May (hit the button below to book), followed by a season in Term 3, from 24-26 September at the Sydney Opera House. Be sure to check out the ‘Be your own Moss Piglet’ 90 minute making workshop.

Click here to access our digital study guide. Click here for booking FAQs

Project Westall

Work Experience Program

Project Westall is exciting opportunity for Year 10 students that’s (possibly) out of this world.

Over two, week-long intensive workshops, up to 24 students from schools across Adelaide will be selected to take part in the very first development of our next new work, inspired by one of Australia’s most famous and intriguing UFO sightings.

Applications are now open – closing: 2 May 2025
Week one: 23 – 27 June 2025
Week two: 25 – 29 August 2025

Little Board

A new initiative for students in Years 5-10

Launching in 2025, the Little Board aims to empower young members as leaders and artists to articulate opinions, enhance leadership skills and foster a sense of ownership, as they use their voice to help shape our future operations.

Applications are now open – closing: Tuesday 25 March 2025

Click below to read the full details on the program and how to apply.

Study Guides

Education is at the core of what we do here at Windmill. We work with artists, industry-leading educators, hip designers and the brainiest software developers to create digital education resources for deep engagement with our stories. Our resources include exclusive behind the scenes content, dedicated study guides linked to the Australian Curriculum and (award-winning!) immersive digital experiences that plunge users into the ideas that inspire our original repertoire of work.

Come learn with us.

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Interactive Resources

Camp Windmill

A digital campsite dedicated to the art of the pose. Led by our super camp drag queen camp guides, step into the tents of some of Australia’s finest purveyor’s of camp to learn about all things artifice, camp aesthetics and why fun and frivolity are serious business.

Creation Creation Mini Docs

In celebration of Creation Creation, we asked a team of artists and animators to work with a team of students to create their own documentary works that attempt to answer lives most burning questions… sort of.

Grug Storytime

A team of Windmill artists hit the books and read some of Ted Prior’s iconic original picture books so you can get to know Grug on the page before you meet him on the stage. Featuring Ellen Steele, Elizabeth Hay, Kidaan Zelleke and Ezra Juanta among others!

Girl Asleep: Digital Education Package

Girl Asleep was Windmill’s first foray into the world of screen. To celebrate, we’ve created a series of interactive resources that take you into the adaptation process and how we took our award-winning play from page to stage to screen.

Across Land & Sea

Muzafar Ali’s real life experience as a refugee to Australia inspired our show Amphibian. In this interactive experience, we blend documentary, illustration and Muzafar’s own photography to document his journey and create a portrait of his epic resilience.

Hans and Gret - AiR Project

After seeing Hans and Gret two groups of high school students worked with Director Corey McMahon to create their own stage adaptations if the classic Grimm Fairytale. Get an insight into their creative process and meet the stars of tomorrow.

Free Seats Program

Windmill’s Free Seats Program provides 15% of seats to every performance season free of charge to South Australian schools ranked 1-4 on the Department for Education’s Index of Disadvantage. This enables us to provide equitable access to the transformative impact that theatre and live performance has on young people.

For more information, please send us an email.

Access and Inclusion

At Windmill, we want to ensure that theatre remains accessible and caters to the needs of young people from all over South Australia. Access services, including Auslan interpretation and audio description, are available upon request to all schools’ performances.

If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Work Experience

In 2025, our Work Experience Program looks a little different, with applications open for a new initiative, Project Westall.

Two, week-long intensive workshops, available for up to 24 x Year 10 students from schools across Adelaide will be selected to take part in the very first development of our next new work.

Click here for the full details.

Professional Learning

Windmill hosts professional development workshops for educators periodically throughout the year.

For upcoming opportunities, subscribe to our education e/news here.

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