Intersection Festival

Where writing, performance and education meet.

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Registrations for the 2024 Intersection Festival are now full.

If you would like to register your interest in the 2025 Intersection Festival please email [email protected].

Intersection Festival gives students and teachers the opportunity to work with ATYP to present new Australian stories. This program offers skills development in acting and analysing scripts for students, along with professional development in directing for teachers. The festival culminates in your students presenting new short plays specifically written for young actors.

Registrations for Intersection Festival close on Friday 8 March 2024.
The Festival will take place in August 2024.

If you have any queries prior to registering, please contact [email protected]

“The Intersection program is a wonderful opportunity for young people to perform the words and ideas of other Australian young people. Our Drama Company students at The Arts Unit loved its relevance and working with ATYP on this project.”
– Jane Simmons, Drama Performance Officer, The Arts Unit/Department of Education NSW

The Intersection short plays are suitable for Year 8–11 students.

Intersection Festival is available to schools in NSW and Australia-wide.

The Festival Process:

Step 1: ATYP will send your school a collection of 10 seven-minute plays written by Australia’s finest emerging writers with a range of scripts for 2–7+ young actors.

Step 2: Your class selects up to 10 pieces they would like to rehearse and present in their classroom or theatre.

Step 3: Schools film and upload the performances.

Step 4: The ATYP team selects 10 works to be showcased at the national Intersection Festival in The Rebel Theatre, Pier 2/3.

By registering, you will receive the following resources:

10 new Australian short plays written for young people
Early access to the currently unpublished Intersection 2024 short plays and monologues
A complete guide on how to read and analyse a script
Access to ATYP’s Director’s Series, a series of videos on directing theatre for young people

$280 per school (includes resources + up to 8 play entries)

Stage 5 Drama: Dramatic Contexts: Scripted drama and Small screen drama

Stage 6 Drama: Elements of Production in Performance; Improvisation; Playbuilding and Acting; Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice