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2020 SEASON PROGRAM
PRODUCTIONS
At Canberra Youth Theatre, our young artists
are asking powerful questions, starting
provocative conversations, and challenging THE VOICE
the world around them. They are thinking big, OF YOUTH
acting creatively, forging their own paths,
and making work that invites us to see the EXPRESSED
world from a new perspective. THROUGH
In 2020, we are producing a dynamic program INTELLIGENT AND
that will ensure artistic excellence and enriching
opportunities for young artists in the ACT.
CHALLENGING
Our training programs bring young people together THEATRE.
with professional artists to collaborate, learn new
skills, express their creative selves, and create
pathways to artistic careers.
Our production program consists of three Australian
works that will challenge and inspire both artists
and audiences of all ages. Normal is a provocative NORMAL
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play about disenfranchisement, acceptance,
and the pressure to conform and succeed. In a
20-23 MAY
spectacular theatrical event, I’ve Been Meaning To Ask You sees young people
finally get the answers to the big questions they’ve been seeking. Impending I’VE BEEN
Everyone explores the secrets we hold tight, the parts of ourselves that define MEANING
us, and the impact technology is having on our lives. TO ASK YOU
Our 2020 season asks some very big questions, explores our identities, and 17-19 JULY
interrogates the connections we make with each other. Our young artists
will share stories that are relevant, urgent and reflect the challenges of
contemporary life. They will provoke intergenerational conversations and stir
IMPENDING
up debate. They will inspire and challenge us, make us think, make us laugh, EVERYONE
and tell it like it is. 21-24 OCTOBER
In 2020, Canberra Youth Theatre will continue to amplify the voices of young
artists and create powerful theatre.
Come and join us!
LUKE ROGERS
Artistic Director & CEO
CANBERRA YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS
NORMAL
BY KATIE POLLOCK
I’ve got this thing you can see - that’s happening
to my body. It’s pretty weird. It just sort of -
started - See that? I can’t control it. And I don’t
know what it is.
Poppy has developed a tic. A twitch. A spasm.
It spreads through her body, then her group of
school friends and before long, the whole town.
Nobody can explain it, but as the ‘disease’ spreads,
the community begins to fall apart. Who or what is DIRECTED BY LUKE ROGERS
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to blame? And how are they going to fix it? CAST
Normal is an urban detective story in which the WE’RE LOOKING FOR ACTORS
investigator is a teenage girl and the body is her own. AGED 18–25 YEARS TO TAKE PART
Inspired by the true story of ‘the town that caught IN THIS PRODUCTION. REGISTER
Tourette’s’, this provocative and critically acclaimed YOUR INTEREST ON THE AUDITIONS
Australian play raises questions about what it means PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE.
to fit in, the viral nature of mass hysteria, and the
pressures on young women fighting for agency.
In the entitled pockets of a sparkling city, what SUITABLE FOR AGES 15+
YEARS 9–12 FOR SCHOOLS
Model: Elektra Spencer Photography: Lightbulb Studio
does it take for a teenage girl to fit in? What does
it cost to be normal? 80 MINUTES, NO INTERVAL
20–23 TIMES TICKETS
WEDNESDAY–SATURDAY 7:30PM FULL $25
MAY SATURDAY 2:00PM CONCESSION $22
$5.95 TRANSACTION FEE APPLIES
VENUE
THE COURTYARD STUDIO BOOKINGS
CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE CANBERRATHEATRECENTRE.COM.AU
CIVIC SQUARE, LONDON CIRCUIT 02 6275 2700
CANBERRA YOUTH THEATRE AND THE STREET PRESENTS
A CRITICAL STAGES TOURING PRODUCTION
I’VE BEEN
MEANING
TO ASK YOU
CREATED BY THE GOOD ROOM
Why do you have to go to work? How come adults CREATIVE TEAM
drink to have fun? Is 50 too old to learn to surf? DIRECTOR: DANIEL EVANS
What was life like before the Internet?
KEY CREATIVES: AMY INGRAM AND
They asked. You answered. The next generation NATHAN SIBTHORPE
is about to drop some truths... and the mic. CAST
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This is a show full of questions asked by young WE’RE LOOKING FOR ACTORS AGED
people and answered by adults. Watch as age 9–13 YEARS TO TAKE PART IN THIS
collides with experience as audiences young and PRODUCTION. REGISTER YOUR
old come together in a revealing one-hour-tell-all. INTEREST ON THE AUDITIONS PAGE
Adults take a back seat as a powerful panel of ON OUR WEBSITE.
9–13 year olds from Canberra tackle the answers
SUITABLE FOR AGES 9+
they receive to the questions they’ve always
YEARS 5–12 FOR SCHOOLS
wanted to know.
60 MINUTES, NO INTERVAL
17–19 TIMES TICKETS
Photography: Stephen Henry
FRIDAY–SATURDAY 7:00PM ADULT $35.00
JULY SATURDAY 3:00PM | SUNDAY 4:OOPM CHILD UNDER 18 $27.00
GROUP 4+ $28.00
VENUE
THE STREET THEATRE BOOKINGS
15 CHILDERS STREET THESTREET.ORG.AU | 02 6247 1223
CANBERRA YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS
IMPENDING
EVERYONE
BY MICHAEL ANDREW COLLINS
I can see who you really are, and I promise, by the
end of lunch tomorrow, you will know who everyone
else is, too. This cannot be stopped. The truth is
impending. Everyone will know you soon enough.
Someone at school has gained access to everyone’s
internet history, messages, and metadata. All the
DIRECTED BY LUKE ROGERS
things everyone’s looked up and written. They plan
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to release them. But the students can’t let this CAST
happen. They have secrets that can’t come out, WE’RE LOOKING FOR ACTORS AGED
and less than one day to stop their release. 14–17 YEARS TO TAKE PART IN THIS
Impending Everyone explores what happens when PRODUCTION. REGISTER YOUR
we have to own up to the things we’ve said, when INTEREST ON THE AUDITIONS PAGE
anonymity is stripped away and our desires are laid ON OUR WEBSITE.
bare. It is a timely work amid the rise of technology
and the erosion of our rights to privacy. The play
provokes questions around identity: who we are, SUITABLE FOR AGES 13+
how we are perceived by our peers, and the impacts YEARS 7–12 FOR SCHOOLS
Model: Ted Stewart Photography: Lightbulb Studio
the internet and social media are having on our lives. 80 MINUTES, NO INTERVAL
21–24 TIMES TICKETS
WEDNESDAY–SATURDAY 7:30PM FULL $25
OCT SATURDAY 2PM CONCESSION $22
$5.95 TRANSACTION FEE APPLIES
VENUE
THE COURTYARD STUDIO BOOKINGS
CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE CANBERRATHEATRECENTRE.COM.AU
CIVIC SQUARE, LONDON CIRCUIT 02 6275 2700TRAINING
WORKSHOPS
PRIMARY
Years 1-3 | Years 4-6
PROGRAMS Discover the joy of performance in these weekly
workshops that place the imagination of young
artists front and centre, introducing them to
a variety of theatre skills. Through a fun and
Find your voice. engaging exploration into creative play, devising
and performance, participants build their
Explore your craft.
confidence and discover techniques to express
Share your story. themselves creatively within an ensemble.
We also provide weekly after-school theatre
We bring young people together with professional PRIMARY programs in primary schools across the region.
artists to think imaginatively, act creatively, and YEARS 1–6
make work that challenges us to see the world from CANBERRAYOUTHTHEATRE.COM.AU/WORKSHOPS
a new perspective. SECONDARY
YEARS 7–12
Some young people come to Canberra Youth
Theatre because they love performance and want EMERGING ARTISTS SECONDARY
to pursue a professional career in the arts. Others AGES 18–25
Years 7-9 | Years 10-12
want to have fun, build their confidence and make
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new friends. Whatever the reason, we create a safe,
inclusive space for all young people to be creative, Get ready to take your performance skills to the
share their voice, and explore their passion. next level. From devising to scene work, delve
further into the dramatic process in a collaborative
environment. Young artists are introduced to a
range of acting techniques to create authentic
characters, improve vocal and physical presence,
devise new works and bring scripts to life in
compelling, dynamic ways.
CANBERRAYOUTHTHEATRE.COM.AU/WORKSHOPS
FOR TEACHERS
Workshops by Design
We can work with you to create a bespoke
program that targets your specific needs, from
supplementing classroom programs in Drama and
English, to building presentation skills in learning
environments.
CANBERRAYOUTHTHEATRE.COM.AU/FOR-TEACHERSACTORS COMPANY
EMERGING A six-month training program for performers aged 18-25 years who are
committed to challenging themselves and exploring their craft within an
ensemble. Company members will work with experienced professional artists,
ARTISTS exploring independent theatre making practices, and develop the tools
required to build a sustainable career. Artists will strengthen skills in acting
and collaborative performance making, culminating in a studio production.
RESIDENT ARTISTS
A year-long incubator for early career theatre makers who are passionate
about creating new works, and dedicated to challenging their artistic practice.
These artists will be embedded in the life of the company and participate in
a program of creative developments, performances and individual projects.
Each Resident Artist receives a fee and a budget allocated for professional
development activities. Our Resident Artists will be ambitious young
creatives ready to push their practice and careers to the next level.
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MASTERCLASSES
A series of specialised intensives with leading theatre professionals across
a range of disciplines. Young artists will experience a range of performance
training practices and develop industry skills. In 2020 we will be expanding
our masterclasses to encompass creative practices beyond performance,
including writing and directing. These courses will be open to emerging artists
aged 18-25 from any background or level of experience.
We create tangible pathways for
young artists aged 18-25 to participate
in artistic training and creative
development opportunities, build their
professional networks and explore Our 2020 Emerging Artists Program
is proudly supported by the Seaborn,
their artistic practice Broughton & Walford Foundation and
Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres.
CANBERRAYOUTHTHEATRE.COM.AU/EMERGING-ARTISTSSHARE YOUR STORY Canberra Youth Theatre
gratefully acknowledges
Engaging with our alumni is important to us. We would love to hear from as the support of our
many of our past members as possible. Check out the alumni page on our
website to share your own story discover more about our alumni. sponsors and partners:
CANBERRAYOUTHTHEATRE.COM.AU/ALUMNI
“Canberra Youth Theatre
was a crucial building
block for my career in
the theatre. It was here
I first became aware of
the discipline and heart
involved in creating
good theatre. It was a
time when my decision
“Canberra Youth “I was 14 when I took my “Canberra Youth to pursue a career in the
Theatre first introduced first workshop with CYT Theatre is where I first arts was nurtured and
me to the rigour and and 10 years later I still started learning how to flourished.”
thrill of developing find myself coming back write for the theatre and Mary Rachel Brown
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a stage play. That to the skills I learned met others who really Playwright
teenage experience and the memories loved telling stories in 02 6280 6925
of workshopping I made there. CYT is the same way. It still
my first script and truly where I learned amazes me that ten
communicating to how to be an actor. I will years on from my first
If you are interested in partnering with us, please
an audience stays treasure my experience CYT workshop, I get to
contact info@canberrayouththeatre.com.au
with me today in my there forever.” work as a professional
professional practice.” Liv Hewson playwright, often with
Tommy Murphy Actor people I met there.”
Playwright and Tasnim Hossain “I use the skills and
Screenwriter Playwright and
OUR TEAM
mindset of Canberra
Screenwriter Youth Theatre -
discipline, playfulness, STAFF BOARD
collaboration - every day, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO: KAREN VICKERY (CHAIR)
“Canberra Youth Theatre is a wonderful, supportive whether I’m working LUKE ROGERS CHRIS WAGNER
environment that challenges you and takes your as an actor or a writer.
GENERAL MANAGER: PETER HOOLIHAN
artistic practice, ideas and expression seriously. Creating work through
It has totally shaped my outlook, perspective and ANAÏS MARO
improvisation and TESSA HAMMOND
practice since then.” movement, with other PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR:
GABRIELLE AFFLECK
Noémie Huttner-Koros people my own age, was HELEN WOJTAS
Theatre Maker the biggest thrill of all.” MARKETING AND
Jonathan Gavin ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR:
Actor and Writer MARNI MOUNTTHE VOICE OF YOUTH
EXPRESSED THROUGH
INTELLIGENT AND
CHALLENGING THEATRE
GORMAN ARTS CENTRE 02 6248 5057
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Canberra Youth Theatre acknowledges the Ngunnawal people as
traditional custodians of the Canberra region and recognises their
continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our
respects to their Elders, both past and present.You can also read
