Lots of laughs in Tamworth this week with junior and senior workshops at O'Grady Drama. The juniors were full of creative collaboration and played some great scenes as they learnt more about improvising. The seniors already had a good foundation of impro knowledge so we were able to spend more time on deep thinking about ways to apply impro to other subjects and to real life. Well done to all the students from across the New England region who attended the ImproCOG workshops.

I am looking forward to presenting ImproCOG training content for performing arts students in the New Engalnd region next week at O'Grady Drama Tamworth. Country students don't get the same access to professional artists and opportunities as their city cousins; I was well aware of this myself growing up in a regional city.

Lots of excitement this week in my workshops for year 7-8 focussing on improvising & cognition for gifted and talented students. The skills difference between the 5-6 cohort last week and the year 7-8 cohort this week is quite significant in some areas, especially confidence levels for singing. We are working on a final showcase for parents tomorrow afternoon, and this is also a chance to chat with parents about the role of Arts in developing their child's "soft skills" (comm