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Theatre as a vehicle for social impact

Theatre as a vehicle for social impact by Julia McNamara In addressing our society’s most complex problems, there are no simple solutions. Which is why there is a pressing need to explore new ways of connecting, creating impact and supporting ongoing change. Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP)’s current production,…
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IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: 28 JUNE 2021

28.06.21 Due to the Greater Sydney lockdown, we unfortunately have had to cancel the remainder of the Sydney season of Follow Me Home, and the rest of our Holiday Drama Workshop program. Read on for an update on these and ATYP’s other programs. What does this mean: FOR FOLLOW ME…
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IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: 25 JUNE 2021

25.06.21 IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: 25 JUNE 2021 25 JUNE – 2 JULY 2021 At ATYP, our first priority is always the care and safety of our community, including all young participants enrolled in any of our programs and their families, our teaching staff, artists, creative teams, audiences who attend our…
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Follow Me Home review

17.06.21 Thomas Weatherall and Jasper Lee-Lindsay in Follow Me Home. Photo by Tracey Schramm. Follow Me Home, starring Laneikka Denne, Jasper Lee-Lindsay, Sofia Nolan and Thomas Weatherall, presented by ATYP at Griffin Theatre Company, explores the gritty reality of youth homelessness which currently affects thousands of young people around the…
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Grand Horizons review

14.06.21 Linda Cropper, Johnny Nasser, Zindzi Okenyo, Guy Simon and John Bell in Sydney Theatre Company’s Grand Horizons, 2021. Photo: Prudence Upton © Grand Horizons, written by Bess Wohl, follows Nancy and Bill who decide, after fifty years together, to call quits on their marriage. This prompts their children to…
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Hot Mess review

10.06.21 HOT MESS. Photo by Clare Hawley. Hot Mess is a pee-your-pants-funny, bold, and self-aware comedy that stages the moments every queer womxn knows, loves and laughs about. From a song about abortion rights to the struggles of peeing in a jumpsuit to crying about your ex-girlfriend in the bathroom,…
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