Access All Areas 2026

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The Magic Pudding: The Opera

Access All Areas 2026

15 April – 31 December 2026 Online and in-person

A chance for primary school students to not only watch a performance, but also to understand how it was made, who made it, and ask questions.

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Victorian Opera’s Access All Areas: Livestream Program returns in 2026. This program provides Primary School students an exciting backstage pass to the opera.

In Term 2 2026, we are proud to present original Australian opera, called The Magic Pudding: The Opera, an exciting production specifically tailored to primary school-aged students. Filled with a measure of musical magic, deliciously playful costumes and a hearty helping of theatrical magic, this dinky-di delight brings Lindsay’s larrikin spirit to joyous life.

Presented across four 25-minute workshops online, each workshop showcases a different aspect of staging an opera: the voice, design, technical production and the orchestra. Access All Areas concludes with watching The Magic Pudding: The Opera in theatre, streamed live and on demand. This program is supported by Education Resources and associated activities.

There are three venues for schools to choose from to attend in-theatre as well as the online only option.

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Access All Areas: Livestream Program

Full program details can be found here.

Dates, Venue & Info

Language

Workshops & performance delivered in English

Workshops

Available from April 2026

Performances

The Round, Nunawading
Fri 15 May 2026, 10.30 am & 1.00 pm*^

* Relaxed performance / ^ Audio Description

Darebin Arts Centre
Fri 22 May 2026, 10.30 am

Frankston Arts Centre
Fri 29 May 2026, 10.30 am & 1.00 pm*

* Relaxed performance

Performance Streamed Online from Friday 29 May

Victorian Opera Acknowledge the support of the Victorian Department of Education through the Strategic Partnership Program.

The Lyrebird's Voice is Generously Supported by

Access All Areas is Sponsored by

Gailey Lazarus Foundation

RELAXED PERFORMANCE IS SUPPORTED BY

Marian & E H Flack Trust

William Angliss Charitable Trust

Why Access All Areas?

The workshops allow students to:

Explore the story
Learn about the process of designing and creating the world of the production through costumes, sets and lighting,
Meet and hear the opera singers starring in the production
Discover how the director shapes the action on stage
Observe an orchestral rehearsal.

Find out more about the program here.

Creative Team

Composer Calvin Bowman
Librettist Anna Goldsworthy after Norman Lindsay’s original work
Conductor Phoebe Briggs
Original Director Cameron Menzies
Remount Director Elizabeth Hill-Cooper
Set & Costume Designer Chloe Greaves
Lighting Designer Peter Darby

Cast

TBC

Orchestra

TBC

In-theatre

Price Type

Performance

Workshops

Student

$16

Included with booking

Teacher (1 free per 10 students)

Free

Included with booking

Teacher (Additional)

$16

Included with booking

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Online only

Price Type

Performance & Workshops

Student - Workshops & Streamed performance

Teacher - Workshops & Streamed performance

Free

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For any enquires please contact Education Team by email or phone (03) 9012 6659 (Monday to Friday, 10.00 am – 4.30 pm).

The safety of our audience and team is paramount. Current COVID-safe procedures will be adhered to for every performance. Our venue partner has worked diligently to develop and update their COVIDSafe Plan as circumstances change.