Opening Event : Play Ground

Yes, it’s different! Instead of you ‘coming out’ to one location, the opening event of Come Out 2007 becomes central to your community and hundreds of communities across the state.

On the Festival’s opening day, 8 May 2007, take over a Play Ground in your school or in your neighbourhood. Or create a temporary Play Ground, indoors or even on-line. Wherever you choose, decorate it, film it, create a performance within it, discover its Indigenous stories and local history and showcase it all in your own special event.

Work as a small group of pre-school students or several hundred primary and middle school students!

Play Ground aims to explore ideas about built and natural spaces, cross-generational concepts of play, and ways to find out what makes your community special.

All we ask is that you create your Play Ground special event on our official opening day. Then after the event, tell us all about it.

Coordinating teachers are warmly invited to attend one of the Play Ground Professional Development workshops, where Come Out Festival artists will help with inspiration and practical ideas.

Register now by contacting the Festival’s Arts Education Manager, Leonie Sawley on (08) 8267 5929.

“Come Out 2007 has a serious goal; to be genuinely state-wide, by offering a range of arts events and activities to all young South Australians, regardless of their geographical base. Play Ground is a step in this direction.

The idea is to offer a user-friendly framework for teachers and students to devise a wonderful educational and community event, which marks the opening of Come Out 2007.

The Come Out team respects the creativity, experience and expertise of educators. We can’t wait to see what emerges."

Sally Chance, Artistic Director