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Black Bear Magic

Candy Bowers and Melbourne rapper P-UniQue on the origins of hip hop fairytale One the Bear.

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Swap screen time for story time

From The Gruffalo to Funny Kid, swap screen time for story time with this ultimate reading list for kids, as picked by our Children, Families and Creative Learning team.

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Three books with a gruffalo, boy and a boy in bed on the covers.

My Inspirational Teacher: Scott Wright

Most of us are lucky enough to have one inspirational teacher. For Scott Wright, Artistic Director of Erth, there was a village. We spoke to Scott about the teachers who gave him space to be himself, and how this continues to impact his work with Erth, ahead of the world premiere of their powerful new work ARC this year.

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My Inspirational Teacher: Angharad Yeo

Angharad (Rad) Yeo was blessed with many inspirational teachers – “I have so many teachers that - looking back - I can see have shifted my entire life's trajectory.” Ahead of this year’s Digital Creative Learning talks at the Sydney Opera House, we spoke to Rad about her schooling experience and the inspirational teachers that helped contribute to the person she is today.

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When I Was Little: Lucky Lartey

In this edition of When I Was Little, we speak to dance artist Lucky Lartey, star of Infusion, No Movement, No Sound, whose work draws from a rich Ghanan upbringing full of rhythm and dance.

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“My sun in dark places”: How theatre saved Hasiba Ebrahimi

Amidst a challenging childhood across three countries, Hasiba Ebrahimi found her calling in theatre and the life-affirming power of storytelling. Now, more than a decade later, Hasiba stars in Dorr-e Dari, a poetic multimedia celebration of love, poetry and classical Persian culture from Afghanistan.

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My Inspirational Teacher: Emily Flannery

These are the stories of the ones who made us care... while caring about us. First up, Wiradjuri performer and choreographer Emily Flannery talks about her mentor Uncle Dujon.

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From stage to story: books for kids

Inspire creative young minds with these children's books whose characters and their authors have appeared on the Opera House stages.

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A selection of three books against an orange background.

When I Was Little: Teeny Tiny Stevies

They may be Teeny Tiny but they’ve made a great big mark on the children’s entertainment world. We spoke to the talented sisters about what it’s like to live your childhood dreams.

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When I Was Little: Tim McGarry

There's a Sea in My Bedroom director Tim McGarry shares his childhood dreams in our new series chatting with the theatre-makers and creatives who bring magic to our stages, and wonder to our little ones.

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