Category: ATYP Theatre

Photo by Rupert Reid Photography Millstone Productions presents MOTH, by Declan Greene, in the ATYP Theatre, Wharf 4, Hickson Rd., Walsh Bay. 6 September – 16 September. MOTH is a one act play by Australian writer, Declan Greene. It is a very early example of his work and the ‘promise’ that this text predicts has been continually advanced upon with project following project: e.g. LITTLE MERCY; EIGHT GIGABYTES OF HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY and more recently, THE HOMOSEXUALS OR ‘FAGGOTS’. Two young teenagers, Claryssa (Ruby O’Kelly) – a self-declared emo, Wiccan art-freak, and Sebastian (Jeremi Campese) – an underdeveloped, sickly 15 year old…

Canberra Youth Theatre in association with the Australian Theatre For Young People (ATYP) THE VERBATIM PROJECT, AT ATYP THEATRE, Wharf 4, Hickson Rd., Walsh Bay. 19-22 July. Canberra Youth Theatre under the Direction of Katie Cawthorne has developed a Verbatim work: THE VERBATIM PROJECT, with sixteen participants – ten 14-16 year olds and six 65-80 year olds – and brought it to Sydney for a short season, hosted by the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP). It is in the typical verbatim theatre staging formula – physical ‘choreography’ to illustrate and demarcate the issue segments with direct vocal communication to…

Powerhouse Youth Theatre (PYT) in association with the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), present TEAM AUSTRALIA: STORIES FROM FAIRFIELD, at the ATYP Theatre, Wharf 4, Hickson Rd, Miller’s Point. 21 -24 October, 2015. TEAM AUSTRALIA: STORIES FROM FAIRFIELD is the Powerhouse Youth Theatre (PYT) Ensemble showcase for 2015. It seems that this core group of six performers: Luke Cignarella, Monica Kumar, Mahdi Mohammadi, David Robertts, Barbara Schefer, and Amanda Sullo, young artists from South West Sydney, have met for two hours each Monday, over the past year or so, to research and train with professional arts practitioners. Says Karen…