atyp welcomes our new artistic director, Fraser Corfield in February 2009. Fraser is moving down from Brisbane where he was artistic director for Backbone Youth Theatre.

atyp would like to wish Timothy Jones all the best with his new position at the Seymour Centre.

Check out what the critics said about our recent production, VX18504, directed by Meryl Tankard and performed by atyp members at CarriageWorks.

2007 atyp Annual Report

Directed by Kate Gaul, Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love opened Australian Theatre for Young People’s (atyp) 2008 performance season in April. Celebrated as one of the most controversial and significant English playwrights of the 1990’s, Kane wrote a total of five plays, in her short lifetime. Her work is articulated and reflected through themes of redemption, sex, desire, torture, pain and death.

This is what the critics had to say …

Sydney Morning Herald – Mark Hopkins SMH review

Daily Telegraph – Alex Lalak Daily Telegraph review