This is the end of the world. What you see, what you hear and what you feel will saturate your senses. It’s a story set on the battlefield of love. Performers are armed with a re-worked text, backed by a continuous original soundscape, and transplanted to a space with digital walls.

Romeo and Juliet speaks to each artist differently, but the message is always the same. Love bites.

It’s Holiday time again for atyp!! And what a fun filled, wacky and wondrous winter program we have on offer for you this July!! Whether you’re interested in mythology, musical theatre or just want to get creative and devise a fabulous piece of performance there is definitely something for you!

Some exciting new initiatives this Winter are a partnership with Legs on the Wall, physical Theatre Company in their fantastic Red Box Studio at Lilyfield for years 5-6, a new program for young people living on the Central Coast and an opportunity to work with Tin Shed Theatre Company for Years 7-9 in devising a production.

We continue our Master class program for years 10 – 12 and our partnership with Thinkpsace at the Powerhouse Museum and must thank our friends upstairs at Sydney theatre Company for helping us out with space, enabling us to bring more workshops down to the wharf!

It really will be a Winter to remember here at atyp so make sure you don’t miss out and book your space today!!!

Tell It like It Isn’t comes to you from atyp’s Fresh Ink writers, plus Vanessa Bates and more!

Co-directed by Lachlan Philpott and Luke Kerridge

SHORT..... SHARP..... EVOCATIVE....

Tell it Like it Isn’t is a short, sharp, evocative collection of monologues written by some of Australia’s leading young playwrights, with a smattering of our most respected writers thrown in. See if you can spot the difference.

Each piece is crafted for an actor aged between 16 and 20. Subtle, uplifting, poetic and funny, these pieces are as exciting and diverse as the young actors that perform them.

This production will coincide with onSTAGE, presented by the Board of Studies NSW and the Department of Education and Training, which brings drama students from around NSW to Sydney to be inspired. Each monologue meets the requirements of the HSC individual performance assessment.

This means that senior students attending the performance will be able to perform the monologues created for Tell it Like it Isn’t in their HSC assessment.

***$10 PREVIEW TICKETS AVAILABLE - WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY***

Bookings can be made at the atyp website

A message as old as life. We’ve all gotta go sometime.

This iconic Australian grunge play rips the lid off the lives of six young adults counting down to the end of the world. A lump of rock the size of Greenland is bearing a message as old as life: We’ve all gotta go sometime!

Brutal, offensive, tender and uplifting, Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris explores love’s ability to generate meaning and comfort in a world where the mere beat of a human heart or the simple touch of flesh can seem a latter-day miracle.

Bookings www.atyp.com.au/index.php/events/rio-saki-and-other-falling-debris

Holiday Drama Workshops offer an alternative pathway to learning new creative skills

Come and join us at atyp and get creative in our Spring holiday workshop program. Our week long programs offer young people the opportunity to learn new skills and try out their ideas on stage.
Working alongside industry professionals you’ll create your own performance pieces, develop as a performer and get the creative juices flowing!

TESTIMONIALS

All in all, atyp supplied to the greatest workshop I’ve ever been to! Sydney, 12

The teacher made me feel welcome and happy to be there. All the people were nice. Arran, 8

My girls have had so many wonderful experiences from your courses like Lydia taught her whole class to make juggling balls and she is always teaching someone new how to cartwheel or hula hoop.. Which i thought was just amazing she talks constantly about the classes she has done with you with such passion and love for everything you have taught her. She did 2 terms of drama at school and she hates it, i asked her what is the difference between atyp and drama. Her response was i love atyp because it is wonderful. Thank you Kathryn, mother of Lydia 6

We did lots of warm-ups, games and improvisations and I learned that I could enjoy performing and I became more confident. We play built a piece that was 5 minutes long and we worked on it all week to perfect it – and we performed it for our peers, parents/guardians and friends on the final day. atyp courses are offered every holiday and you can also study there during Term time too – it is a great experience to discover new things about yourself and meet new and interesting people! I really had a fun time there and would love to attend another workshop there again next year. Brooke, 14

My daughter Sophie did a weeks’ course, years 7-9 playmaking, she absolutely loved it and can't wait to do another in the next school holiday, so said going back to her regular once a week drama class at her dance school has been "ordinary" in comparison, so thank you to all at atyp Linda parent of Sophie, 13

Desiree Din is the point five of the 2.5 kids in a nuclear family. Small, strange and the last in line for everything, Desiree retreats to her dollhouse in the red forest. The problem is that Desiree is forgetting her own family. Her brother and sister are in danger. A massive family duty rests on Desiree’s small, uncertain shoulders.

Directed by Fraser Corfield and from the magical mind of young playwright Maxine Mellor, comes a fairy story for a new generation. A play you can bring your parents to, but watch out, some parts are scary as.

Maxine Mellor is a three-time winner of Queensland Theatre Company’s Young Playwrights’ Award and the George Landen Dann Award. She has been a member of Australian Theatre for Young People’s Fresh Ink playwrights’ initiative since 2008. 

Maxine Mellor was a participant in Fresh Ink 18-26 during 2008 and 2009. She attended the National Studio in Adelaide in 2008 and began work on Desiree Din and the Red Forest at The Fresh Ink Bundanon writers’ residency in 2009.

To book tickets, visit the ATYP website.