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Feature articles from September

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VALE ANN

Anne died, aged 89, in Canberra on 15 June 2011. Most young youth performing arts practitioners will not have known her...She ws well published including the September 1977 issue of the AYPAA Newsletter (which Geoffrey Brown later turned into Lowdown!)

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Filling in the Gaps - Part 2 - A Festival and C.A.T.S

Filling in the Gaps - Part 2 - A Festival and C.A.T.S

Feature articles from July

Filling in the Gaps - An interview with Dr. Joan Pope - Part 1

Filling in the Gaps - An interview with Dr. Joan Pope - Part 1

Feature articles from April

The Value of a Dramaturgical Education

The Value of a Dramaturgical Education

Feature articles from November

My Darling Patricia's, Africa ... Is it Theatre for Youth or adult theatre? Is it puppetry or actor’s theatre? ASSITEJ want it, so does Playing Australia? So...?

My Darling Patricia's, Africa ... Is it Theatre for Youth or adult theatre? Is it puppetry or actor’s theatre? ASSITEJ want it, so does Playing Australia? So...?

Contacting the World

Contacting the World

Feature articles from October

A Passion for Puppetry! Tasmanian Artists in Residence in Schools

A Passion for Puppetry! Tasmanian Artists in Residence in Schools

Wot Opera

Feature articles from September

The Iwantja Band are Dreaming Big

The Iwantja Band are Dreaming Big

Boxing Ears: Music, Performance and Out of the Box 2010

Boxing Ears: Music, Performance and Out of the Box 2010

Feature articles from August

Junction 2010 - Regional Arts Australia conference and festival

Junction 2010 - Regional Arts Australia conference and festival

Jigsaw 2010 - Pieces come together for leading ACT youth theatre company

Jigsaw 2010 - Pieces come together for leading ACT youth theatre company

Feature articles from July

Crack Theatre Festival 2010

Crack Theatre Festival 2010

The Shape of Puppets to Come

The Shape of Puppets to Come

SYTE - inflight

Feature articles from June

Deon Hastie Dances into Kurruru

Deon Hastie Dances into Kurruru

Made in Canberra 2010 – The State of New Work

Made in Canberra 2010 – The State of New Work

Behind the Scenes at the 2011 ASSITEJ World Congress

Behind the Scenes at the 2011 ASSITEJ World Congress

Feature articles from May

Our ‘Wishhh’: Theatre with, for and by young children

Our ‘Wishhh’: Theatre with, for and by young children

Geckoism: an interview with Grahame Gavin

Geckoism: an interview with Grahame Gavin

A Traveller’s Guide to the 2011 ASSITEJ World Congress

A Traveller’s Guide to the 2011 ASSITEJ World Congress

Zeal Theatre: classic gypsy storytellers

Zeal Theatre: classic gypsy storytellers

Feature articles from April

Another Day in Paradise? Paramita Roy and a fabulous young cast confront schoolyard violence in the ACT.

Another Day in Paradise? Paramita Roy and a fabulous young cast confront schoolyard violence in the ACT.

Act Now Theatre for Social Change - South Australia's youth led theatre company leading the way

Act Now Theatre for Social Change - South Australia's youth led theatre company leading the way

The TheatreSpace Project: Investigating young audiences of NSW, QLD and Victorian State Theatre Companies.

The TheatreSpace Project: Investigating young audiences of NSW, QLD and Victorian State Theatre Companies.

Rebel Bell: Australia’s premiere Shakespeare resource turns twenty

Rebel Bell: Australia’s premiere Shakespeare resource turns twenty

Community Cultural Development: alive and well in Tasmania!

Community Cultural Development: alive and well in Tasmania!

Feature articles from December

Shaping the aesthetic: an interview with Wesley Enoch

Shaping the aesthetic: an interview with Wesley Enoch

The man with the child in his eyes: Kim Carpenter and The Book of Everything

The man with the child in his eyes: Kim Carpenter and The Book of Everything

Theatre for Young People in New Zealand

Theatre for Young People in New Zealand

Feature articles from October

Joining The Dots

Joining The Dots

Off The Couch

Off The Couch

An Elaborate Dance - exploring the cultural lives of babies and very young children through dance

An Elaborate Dance - exploring the cultural lives of babies and very young children through dance

Young at Heart

Wireless Voices – regional youth arts

Arts for the Very Young – A Bologna Case Study

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