FAQs

Like many individuals and companies both nationally and around the world, ATYP has been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

At the end of 2021 we are moving into our brand new home on Pier 2 / 3 in the Walsh Bay Arts and Cultural Precinct. Since 2018 ATYP has been in temporary accommodation while we have waited for the building to be completed.

Until December 2021, the ATYP staff will be based at 52-58 William St, Woolloomooloo. Click map link here. You are welcome to visit us at this location or as always, you can call or email us at any time.

ATYP is building a theatre, two rehearsal rooms, office space, a meeting room and the facilities we need to deliver professional theatre productions. The project has been in discussion with the NSW State Government since 1998. While the State Government is supporting this project, ATYP needs to raise $2.6 million to contribute to the construction and to fit-out our spaces. If you would like to discuss the Capital Campaign for the new home please email Johanna at [email protected] or give our development team a call on (02) 9270 2400. 

ATYP is a not-for-profit charity which receives just 7% of its operational funding from the government. The remaining 93% is sourced from a combination of box office income, private sector support and workshop revenue, though recently ATYP has also benefited from some short-term Covid relief support.  

ATYP relies on our generous community of supporters to help us make an impact and continue to enrich the lives of young people through transformative theatre experiences each and every year. It allows us to develop new work through commissions, provide scholarships to young people who face disadvantage, develop and create our bespoke workshops and writing programs, and share theatre with young people Australia wide.

ATYP has several major giving avenues including General Support, ATYP Scholarship Fund and ATYP Production Fund.

General Support – Donating to General Support allows us to channel your donation to the place it’s most needed, helping us support the diverse range of programs the company runs each year. 

 

ATYP Scholarship Fund – Giving to ATYP Scholarship Fund allows us to continue to commit 10% of workshop places across our programs to be allocated for scholarship recipients to support young people experiencing disadvantage, or those from regional communities. 

 

ATYP Production Fund – Giving to the ATYP Production Fund ensures we can create brave new productions that set high benchmarks for youth theatre globally. This support enables us to stage new voices that capture the interests, experiences and imaginations of modern Australian young people. 

 

We’d greatly appreciate your support!

To learn more about how your donation makes an impact and to hear some lovely stories from our young people who benefit from your support, sign up to our monthly e-newsletter HERE.

Yes, you can still book Student Workshops either in-person or online. Please contact [email protected] for more information or visit our Education page.

ATYPs schools workshops are available on demand anywhere around Australia based on Teaching Artists availability. Please contact [email protected] for any enquiries. 

Contact ATYP’s Learning Department: [email protected] or call us on (02) 9270 2400.

Please contact the performance venue directly for their risk assessment information. ATYP will have risk assessment information available for Pier 2/ 3 in early 2022.

You will receive a pre-show information prior to your performance which will include all of this information.

We recommend that students leave large school bags at school or at home and bring a small bag or satchel to carry essentials. School bags can become an obstacle in an emergency evacuation. If a performance is busy or in a smaller space, bags are sometimes prohibited, so in this case students will be asked to leave their bags in a designated place.

See ATYP’s COVID-19 Health and Safety Information for In-School activities here.

See a full list of FAQs for schools here.

Yes, check out ATYP On Demand for FREE  teacher and student resources.

For the remainder of 2021 weekly drama workshops on Monday – Saturday will be held at the Eighteen80 Hall in Surry Hills and at the Abraham Mott Hall for Sunday classes. From Semester 1 2022, our weekly drama workshops will be held at our new home on The Wharf.

ATYP is happy for new students to attend a trial of our weekly drama classes, unfortunately we are not able to offer trials of our Holiday Workshop classes. If you would like to organise a trial please call the office on (02) 9270 2400.

Please click here to see our terms and conditions for Workshop enrolments.

Yes you can, Creative Kids Vouchers can be used across all ATYP drama workshops. If you would like to enrol using a voucher please call the office on (02) 9270 2400.

10% of workshop places across our programs are allocated for scholarship recipients to support young people experiencing disadvantage, or those from regional communities. For information on applying for a scholarship please email [email protected] or click here to see how you can support ATYP’s scholarship program.

ATYP has a range of workshop options that are suitable for all levels of experience. See the website page for more detailed information about our workshop programs or call us on (02) 9270 2400 if you would like to discuss which class is best for you.

ATYP has a series of COVID safe policies and procedures in place across all of our in person workshops. Click here for details.

You will be sent a confirmation of purchase and a receipt via email upon successful enrolment. You will then be sent a Welcome Pack via email in the week before the class begins. The Welcome Pack will contain all the information you will need to know before class begins.

ATYP does not recommend or endorse any agencies, however we do suggest that you make an informed decision. Click here for a list of actor’s agents at the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance .

We love to read new, exciting works for young performers. When we receive a play, we will forward it to our youth advisory panel of ATYPicals who will read the piece and provide us with feedback. It will take around 3-4 months for us to get back to you. 

Please make sure you use page numbers in your play. It can be a PDF or Word compatible document.

If you have a play you’d like the panel to consider, please email it to [email protected]au

Our co-production with Shopfront Arts Co-op, The Lies We Were Told, will take place at Shopfront’s theatre venue in Carlton, Sydney, from 24 November – 5 December.

From 2022, our productions will be staged in our very own, state-of-the art, 200-seat theatre housed in our new home at Pier 2/3. We can’t wait to see you there!

ATYP collects and preserves records as evidence of its activities in ATYP Archives.  Please email your request to [email protected] , for the archivist to undertake research of sources, if available, on your behalf.