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Richie Hallal

February 18, 2013 in , , , , , /by

Illuminate 2013…

Richie Hallal is a theatre maker who dedicates his skills as a researcher, writer, director and actor to make new theatre work with a diverse range of communities across Australia.

As a committed Community Cultural Development Practitioner, Richie has had a wild adventure over the past ten years.  He’s worked with over twenty-five communities; from Middle Eastern Youth in Western Sydney to homeless people in Melbourne’s CBD. He’s also worked in the Mornington Peninsula with new migrants, farming communities in outback New South Wales […]

Teleaha Krause

December 5, 2012 in , , /by

ALUMNI
Teleaha Krause

AGE: 20
BORN: Hay, regional NSW
CURRENTLY LIVES: Wagga Wagga NSW

Teleah got involved with OTYP through an after school drama workshop and performed “Eyes to the Floor”, a play by Alana Valentine.

I began studying my diploma of nursing and got married a little under 12 months ago and am now expecting my first child 🙂

Most importantly OTYP taught me how to express myself. I went from a shy girl who no-one knew to a bright bubbly confident girl […]

OTYP presented with $20,000 grant

December 5, 2012 in , , /by


On the  22nd November, NSW Member for Murray-Darling, John Williams presented Outback Theatre for Young People with a $20,000 grant.

Creative Producer, Mandy Field was presented with the cheque that will go towards the  Illuminate Project, which works with communities in the Wakool Shire.

“There will be a big outcome; a show that is basically led by a core ensemble of older students,” Ms Field said.

The grant, supported through the Arts NSW 2013 Arts Funding Program, will fund the project’s ‘toolkit’ which will assist teachers […]

artsHub Award

December 1, 2012 in , , , /by

 

artshubWe are so honoured to have been selected as the People’s Choice for artsHub’s ‘Innovation Award for a group, organisation or company’  for Secret Places: The Connections Project. 

The award recognises an innovative achievement by a group, organisation or company, meaning ‘a notable highly creative and original piece of work produced by a group of artists, arts organisation or company’.

The artsHub awards were developed to “recognise those who create and support work that is exciting, engaging, challenging or simply excellent and to offer recognition of […]

Alannah Robertson

November 30, 2012 in , /by

FEATURED OTYP ARTIST
Alannah Robertson

AGE: 20
BORN: Hay, regional NSW
CURRENTLY LIVES: Sydney

I first got involved with OTYP when Amy Hardingham came to my high school to approach the drama students. I was involved in numerous projects but the highlight was working with Alana Valentine with the play, Eyes to the Floor.  I was involved with scripting – from the first draft to our performance at Griffith Regional Theatre. It was one of the best acting experiences I’ve ever had.

Before OTYP came […]

OTYP in Wakool Shire

October 31, 2012 in , , /by

Situated 790 kilometres south west of Sydney, in the western Riverina region of New South Wales, Wakool has a population of just 213. The township has a cafe/post office, hotel, services club and primary school, however high school students must travel to other surrounding towns including Deniliquin. OTYP is excited to be working with this unique community through Illuminate. This is a celebratory theatre project designed to bring young people together from the isolated townships of the Shire.

OTYP in Balranald

October 31, 2012 in , , , /by

Located in a semi-desert area crossing the Murrumbidgee River, Balranald has a population of around 1,200. Agriculture includes charcoal production, sheep farming and some irrigated cropping. Interestingly, Australia’s first telephone was installed at nearby “Yanga” station. More recently however, OTYP ran ‘BYO Grown-Up’ which was a series of two-week school-holiday workshops, running through January 2012. Each young participant brought to the workshops at some point an adult who belongs to them in some way; a parent, grandparent, older sibling or other relative, carer, neighbour or friend.

OTYP in Deniliquin

October 31, 2012 in , /by

Affectionately known as ‘Deni’, Deniliquin  is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales and close to the border of Victoria. With a population of around 7,500, the area is agriculturally prominent with successful rice, wool and timber industries. It is also the birthplace and home of OTYP. We have created many works here with our current ‘Reverberate’ project kicking off with a workshop series. This series wil develop skills in musical story-telling, composition and performance to create an original work based on rural […]

OTYP in Hay

October 31, 2012 in , , , /by

Hay is situated in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia, and has a population of 2,636 (2006 Census). It is one of the country’s leading wool growing and sheep meat producing areas and has irrigated crops such as watermelon, broccoli and lettuce. In October 2012, the young people of Hay showed off their extraordinary talents with the final performance of Outback Theatre for Young People’s Alive and Kicking project.

 

We acknowledge the First Nations peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands and waters where we live, learn and work, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.