WAYTC Theatre workshops for young people
The Western Australian Youth Theatre Company will be holding a free 2 hour seminar for young people on Sunday July 26.
The seminar is presented in association with Stages Playwrights Consortium and is open to all interested theatre artists, writers and performers.
The seminar is perfect for any young people considering working in theatre professionally in the future, theatre artists looking for a fresh perspective on the challenges and rewards of self-devised work and students engaged in group-devised projects. It is a special opportunity to talk candidly with peers currently working in the industry, and to hear how they reached the positions they are in and the challenges they have faced along the way.
Our guests speakers are…
Jeffrey Jay Fowler, who has a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Performance from Edith Cowan University. He has worked as an assistant director with Black Swan State Theatre Company and Deckchair Theatre Company and is also a part of Perth Theatre Company's "In the chair" emerging director's program. Jeffrey has written five full length plays, and directed four of them including Zen's Red Mouth (Winner of The Blue Room Member's Choice award 2007), Hope is the saddest (Winner of the 2008 Blue Room Best Production Award) going on to tour to in Brisbane Festival 08, Red Lashes, performed at City Farm as part of the UNIMA puppetry festival, The Rusalka Thread and Duck, Duck, Goose (Winner of People’s Choice Award 2008).
Sarah Mckellar, who graduated from SOCA and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Performance. She is a founding member of the Duck House theatre company and has helped generate material for and performed in the Orestia and Oscar. She recently appeared in the Eat My Monolgue series at the Luxe Bar and will soon appear in the premier performance of Heart of Gold at PICA. Sarah is committed to producing new Australian works
Marisa Garreffa has a degree in Performance Studies at Curtin and is currently working on her Masters in Directing at WAPPA. Marissa formed her own theatre company Mondo DiCorpo and has developed several shows under its banner including The World In Spite of Itself, later touring to China in 2007. More recently she has honed her skills in circus direction by working with graduates at the National Institute of Circus Arts and will soon be flown to Brisbane for the National Script Workshop. In 2008 Marrissa directed the critically acclaimed Motortown at the Blue Room for which she was nominated for Best Director at the 2008 Equity Awards. At the 2009 Blue Room Awards Motortown was awarded 4 awards including Best Production Award.
Generating New Work, will be held on the 26th of July, from 12.30 until 2.30, at the Kings Street Arts Centre. Please email info@wayouththeatre.org.au if you intend coming so that we can cater for an afternoon tea. For more information visit www.wayouththeatre.org.au
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