Canberra Youth Theatre Company

Past Productions

Battlefield Production

We are young!  Heartache to heartache we stand!” Pat Benatar
BATTLEFIELD
is a butoh inspired Live Art work that explores the cross generational desire to reach for perfection through conformity.

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Six Billion Love

The number 6,677,563,921 ticks forwards and backwards everyday with births and deaths on the planet occurring even as you read this. We are 1 of the Six Billion and something people – your presence is noted on the world population counter but what makes you so special? What can you give? SIX BILLION LOVE is intimate physical theatre performed by members of Canberra Youth Theatre.

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hiJinx @ The National Folk Festival

hiJinx unleashes its performers at the National Folk Festival!
hiJinx : boisterous celebration or merrymaking, unrestrained fun.
hiJinx encourages emerging artists aged 12-25 to develop their skills by providing them with a performance opportunity with a national audience at the National Folk Festival.

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Stuff!

Canberra Youth Theatre has stuff to say!

Back in February an energetic group of 10-12 year old Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT) participants brainstormed a list of stuff they cared about... Fifteen weeks later, under the guidance of three prominent local artists, theatre practitioner Adam Hadley, musician John Shortis and sound artist Kimmo Vennonen, STUFF! the radio play emerged.

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Artists Unite

3 short plays written by young playwrights and directed by emerging directors.
Performed by the CYT Teen Ensemble.

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TANK

TANK is 6 short, fun and quirky plays about our relationship to water brought to you by Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT). Venture inside the TANK and hear incredible aquatic tales involving crazy Martian zombies, pirates who sail their ships on meat, a bushranger who steals water and a polar bear who is forced to work in a supermarket.

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