Well, considering the diverse range of opinions and styles we have encountered in over a decade of touring, it seems there is no one answer. If I could sum up the best of the education community’s efforts, and be so bold as to say that it probably should be something like – to create …
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What is Education’s Responsibility?
An essay about choices
August 25, 2011 | Written by: benjackson Category: Alpha Company Stuff No Comments 
So we have a new social network, where you can make friends, comment, like, post, chat and share, just like on other social networking sites! But here, we don’t have restrictions on needing to be over 13! And given our main audience is under 13, we want to make a place for kids to come …
Read MoreAugust 23, 2011 | Written by: benjackson Category: Alpha Company Stuff No Comments
Well, after about a month of completely revolutionising the entire collection of Alpha’s websites, it has been completed!
Much of what I had to do was mainly about bringing current content from a static website into WordPress.
WordPress is wonderful. It has been what I’ve used for making websites for the last 4 or 5 I’ve made …
Read MoreAugust 23, 2011 | Written by: benjackson Category: Alpha Company Stuff 1 Comment
We had a teacher today ask what the assigned ‘theatre captains’ can do – students who get assigned to be in charge of our visit!
Usually Year 6ers…
Here is what we came up with!
• Read our website, and the teacher support documents.
• Learn Fly Away and choreograph a dance, or look on facebook to see the …
July 29, 2011 | Written by: admin Category: Alpha Company Stuff No Comments
Anne was excited about the message of The Alpha Show of King Arthur and it’s themes of Equality and over-attachment to the ego, as well as the quality of the production itself (even though you can’t really hear her because of the noisy staff room!). You can at least hear Ben babble on about what …
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July 23, 2009 | Written by: benjackson Category: Alpha Company Stuff, On Tour Fun No Comments
We have had a wonderful company, Nexus Arts, work with us since 2005 to help bring our shows to schools we’ve never been to before, or schools who just refuse to book through anybody else other than Nexus. Sue Russell is a very passionate woman who runs the company, as well as Robyn who does …
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July 23, 2009 | Written by: benjackson Category: Alpha Company Stuff, Out of Alpha No Comments
Here’s yet another way that Alpha is connecting via yet ANOTHER social networking tool!!! Too many to keep up with. But anyway, here’s our twitter feed if you would like to follow it 
http://twitter.com/alphashows
Read MoreApril 10, 2009 | Written by: admin Category: Alpha Company Stuff, On Tour Fun 1 Comment
As we now have launched the iTunes Podcast of all the Alpha Shows videos we are posting on here, this means that all iTunes users who love Podcasts can find Alpha and subscribe to our feed!!! That’s very exciting. We hope everyone out there enjoys seeing what it’s like on tour, and gets to …
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February 27, 2009 | Written by: admin Category: Alpha Company Stuff, Videos of Shows No Comments
After we set up in Whyalla, we had some spare time. Usually we test the setup, the lights, fog and whatever else. We had a nice blackout in this venue so we could see our brand new moving light effects really well. We thought you’d like to see some of it too.
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February 27, 2009 | Written by: benjackson Category: Alpha Company Stuff, On Tour Fun 1 Comment
Ben and Katja, on some trip somewhere in SA! Ben babbles on about our shows and customising for conservative schools etc.
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February 26, 2009 | Written by: benjackson Category: Alpha Company Stuff, On Tour Fun No Comments
