Fresh Ink
National Young Writers' Initiative
Fresh Ink is atyp's trail-blazing ongoing program to encourage and develop the skills of young playwrights across Australia.
The Fresh Ink program incorporates:
- Web resources: Fresh Ink begins here with an impressive set of resources comprising interviews with some of Australia’s leading playwrights.
- Script assessment: In the future we will offer low cost script assessment so young writers can get constructive feedback on their play from a professional writer.
- National Writers' camp: 15 young writers who submit scripts for assessment will be selected to come to Sydney from wherever they live in Australia for one week of master classes, readings and visits to the theatre.
- Productions: In 2008 some of the plays from this group of young writers will be given full productions within atyp's performance season.
- The resources remain on our website to help any young playwright across Australia at any time.
The resources will be linked to this website in September but to stay in the loop about the whole program you must register for Fresh Ink – and you can do that now.
Register here.
You will only find out about stages 2, 3 and 4 by registering and being a part of the Fresh Ink group.
National Studio
Each year since 2000 atyp has conducted an annual national workshop studio. Every year this studio has brought together up to 30 outstanding young artists to the one location for master class workshops with some of Australia's leading performance practitioners. Each young artist is a selected representative from youth theatre companies across Australia. Since 2005 National Studio has also included participation by the Artistic Directors and creative leaders from each youth theatre company.
Information about National Studio 2007 and 2008 will be posted soon.
Past National Studio tutors include:
Nick Enright
Meryl Tankard
Lucy Bell
Lindy Davies
Gideon Obarzanek
Victoria Longley
Jean Pierre Mignon
Kate Champion
Participating youth theatre companies include:
Corrugated Iron Youth Arts Inc, Darwin NT
Southern Edge Arts, Albany WA
Canberra Youth Theatre Company, ACT
La Luna Youth Arts, Townsville QLD
Tantrum, Newcastle NSW
Courthouse Youth Arts Centre, Geelong VIC
Nyinkka Nyunyu Cultural Centre, Tennant Creek NT
is theatre limited, Hobart TAS
WA Youth The Co, Perth WA
Riverland Youth Theatre, Riverland SA
Outback Theatre for Young People, Hay NSW
Southern Youth Theatre Ensemble, Adelaide SA
St Martins Youth Theatre, Melbourne VIC
Backbone Youth Arts, Brisbane QLD
Kurruru Indigenous Youth Performing Arts Inc, Adelaide SA
Urban Myth, Adelaide SA
Platform Youth Arts, Melbourne VIC
Powerhouse Youth Theatre, Sydney NSW
PACT, Sydney NSW
Shopfront, Sydney NSW
D Faces of Youth Arts, Whyalla SA | 
