Welcome to Common Thread
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES - BUILDING COMMUNITIES - THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS
COMMON THREAD is a journey of discovery for this community's youth. It engages them in a process of invention & expression to develop a multi-media performance project exploring their responses to the Common Threads of human experience.
Each year adolescent students of the Gateway Learning Community schools join with arts teachers, local artists & related industry professionals to create a unique & original multi-media performance project.
The Gateway Learning Community comprises 7 State Schools in Brisbane's Inner South East:
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Balmoral State High School www.balmoralshs.eq.edu.au |
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Bulimba State School |
Cannon Hill State School |
Morningside State School |
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Murarrie State School |
Norman Park State School |
Seven Hills State School |
COMMON THREAD is about teenagers, by teenagers for teenagers, but takes them beyond their own experience to discover and explore common threads across social, cultural and age barriers. It enables them to find a voice for their discoveries to share with and challenge the wider community.
BREAKING NEWS......
Common Thread Intensive Returns in 2012 - 2 Awesome Days of Discovery & Creativity
at the Old Museum Bowen Hills. What a great way to finish the Term!!!
We now have all our Artists on Board & doing amazing work with the students - Check out our Artists Page.
Common Thread Trivia Night returns Saturday April 21, 7pm at Balmoral SHS Hall .
Don't miss this excellent night of Family Fun & Community Spirit.
Mark your Diaries NOW! (see NEWS page for more details)
Check out our Facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Common-Thread/107171026012222
Some Comments from the Audience:
"A Triumph!! The show was so tight. I loved the diversity of the theme and what the students were able to do with it.”
“I came out smiling from ear to ear.”
“Nothing less than outstanding! It is an exceptional production - way up there with the best!”
“Really wonderful.”
“I have 5 children and 10 grandchildren and have been to more school productions than I can count, but this one was by far the best because it meant something.”
"Absolutely wonderful experience and top class performance."
"I have had children participate in Common Thread over the years it has been offered and they have all valued it as a highlight of their school experience. I have never seen anything like Common Thread in any other school."
This dedicated Common Thread website includes an on-line gallery of past performances, current workshops and participating Artists' Profiles.