Sunshine Coast DRAMA & THEATRE TEACHER ARTIST

Goat Track Theatre Company Pty Ltd – Mudjimba QLD

Goat Track Theatre is recruiting an experienced Drama & Theatre Teacher Artist to join our permanent team on the Sunshine Coast. This is a secure, professional employee position with regular wages, paid annual leave, paid personal/sick leave, superannuation and ongoing employment security. You will work across our established theatre training programs at Noosa, Buderim, Coolum, Kawana, Baringa and Mudjimba, delivering drama and theatre education to primary-aged children and teenagers.

Key responsibilities

Teach GTKids, our primary-aged drama program, delivering acting, improvisation, character, storytelling, theatre-making and performance through our established curriculum

Teach Actor's Studio, our teenage actor-training program, developing performance technique, character, ensemble, text, improvisation and contemporary theatre practice

For candidates with appropriate professional experience: direct young performers, write, adapt or devise performance material, manage rehearsals, develop ensembles, plan and manage production timelines, and take responsibility for the artistic quality of final work within Fast Track Production

Create a warm, energetic, structured and creative learning environment where young people feel supported and challenged

Maintain clear expectations and high standards while building genuine rapport with students

Collaborate with the Goat Track production team and wider organisation

Participate in holiday productions, workshops, intensives, performance projects and special events as required

Contribute to program development and future Goat Track initiatives

About you

Demonstrated relevant experience working with children and/or young people in a teaching, facilitation, theatre or performing arts environment





Professional background in drama, theatre, acting, directing, performing arts, drama education, theatre-making, youth arts, or writing/devising for performance

Genuine enjoyment working with children and teenagers

Warmth, humour and positive energy

Robust theatre, acting or performance knowledge

Confident and engaging facilitation skills

High emotional intelligence and empathetic communication

Ability to establish clear expectations and manage a classroom confidently

Organised, prepared and reliable with attention to detail

Hold, or be eligible to obtain, a current Queensland Blue Card

Reliable transport, as travel is required

Available for regular teaching during Queensland school terms, afternoon/evening teaching, and flexibility to teach within school holiday programming

Regular wages and salary

Paid annual leave

Paid personal/sick leave

Superannuation

Regular and predictable employment

Paid planning, preparation and other responsibilities associated with the role

Access to established curriculum, resources and organisational support

Professional development and opportunities to take on greater responsibility as the company grows

About us

Goat Track Theatre is a well established theatre and actor-training company established in 2009. The company delivers performing arts programs for young people across the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Gold Coast and year on year is growing to meet demands. Our students range from primary-aged children taking their first steps into drama through to teenagers undertaking advanced actor training and full-scale theatre productions. We take young people seriously as artists. Our programs are structured and curriculum-driven, but our classrooms are energetic, playful and deeply human. We want our students to leave Goat Track as more confident performers, better collaborators and braver creative people.

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📌 Sunshine Coast DRAMA & THEATRE TEACHER ARTIST
🏢 Goat Track Theatre Company
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