2020 Education Season ATYP_EDUCATION_2020 | Page 4

Our philosophy is simple — we want young people’s early theatre
experiences to have been developed specifically for their age.
ATYP, the national youth theatre company,
is proud to offer a selection of plays that
showcase the extraordinary abilities of
young Australians. This is your chance to
experience theatre that is tailor–made for
school–age audiences.
ATYP crafts stories that have the
sophistication and complexity that you
expect from a flagship theatre company,
but in each instance the narrative is driven
by one or more young characters. In this
way we enable school–age audiences
to walk for a moment in the shoes of
characters that can be so different from
us, yet have so much in common. ATYP
invests in new plays so young Australians
can connect with a person their age, who
lives in their world and speaks a language
they understand, dealing with dreams, or
fears or feelings they can relate to.
In 2020 we are offering schools a
collection of stories spanning the
transition from child to adult. From a story
about young adults facing some impossible
choices in the Top End to a group of year
six friends trying to figure out what a soul
is, this year’s productions will encourage
discussion, interaction
and participation.
ATYP strives to give young Australians
access to sophisticated theatre that
captures the imaginations of audiences of
all ages. At the same time it shows how
extraordinary young artists can be.
Come and join us for this fantastic season
of plays in 2020.
Fraser Corfield
Artistic Director