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Audition for the 2026 Victorian State Schools Spectacular

Every year thousands of students from Victorian government schools take part in one of the largest performing arts events in Australia – a song and dance extravaganza – the Victorian State Schools Spectacular.

Students benefit from the unique opportunity of working with industry professionals across all disciplines, as well as the amazing experience of performing live at John Cain Arena in front of an audience of thousands and for a television broadcast.

The program helps students develop performance and production skills, resilience, perseverance, cooperation and confidence through months of training in a non-competitive environment. Students and teachers who participate describe the experience as powerful, engaging and, for many, life changing.

In Term 4, we begin looking for talented government school students who can sing, dance, play an instrument, beat box, roller blade or rap, to audition for a role in the principal cast.

We are also looking for students who might be interested in behind-the-scenes roles in audio, lighting, video and camera, stage management, costume making, make-up, photography, and publicity.

Schools are invited to submit an expression of interest to participate in the mass choir, dance or specialty acts.

For more information, please call the Performing Arts Unit on (03) 8683 2700 or visit www.vic.gov.au/victorian-state-schools-spectacular or Facebook page.

Registrations and Expressions of Interest will open in October!

To receive a notification when auditions open submit your email address below.

Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement outlines how personal information will be handled as part of the Audition registration for the 2026 Victorian State Schools Spectacular.

Data collected

  • Your email address

All information collected will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Data and Protection Act 2014 (Vic), the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and the Public Records Act 1973 (Vic).

Purpose and use of data collected

The purpose for collecting this information, via the Victorian Government’s Single Digital Presence (SDP) platform, is to notify interested individuals when registrations for the 2026 Victorian State Schools Spectacular open.

Information collected will only be disclosed to the Performing Arts Unit in the Statewide Programs and Tech Schools Division at the Department of Education.

Means of collection and storage of data

The information will be collected on the SDP platform. Only those with a need to access the information for the purposes of the project or related reporting will have permission to access the information. Your information will be stored on secure department servers and will only be used for the purposes described above.

Collected information, where indicated, will be sent in a secure manner to the Performing Arts Unit in the Statewide Programs and Tech Schools Division at the Department of Education.

For further information, or to request access and correction of personal information, contact the Performing Arts Unit at performing.arts@education.vic.gov.au or on (03) 9415 1700

For more information regarding access and correction to your personal information or the department’s handling of personal information please read the department’s Privacy Policy.

Consent

By submitting your details you agree that you have read this Privacy Statement and consent to your information being collected by the department and for the department to collect your information and use and disclose your personal information and other information you have provided in the expression of interest form to the parties described, including recruitment agencies, where indicated, for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement.

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