Welcome to our June E-News Update, where you can read about all the jolly happenings at The Young Company, theatre for children and young people.

It has been a very busy couple of months here at TYC. We are extremely excited announce our successful Gambling Community Benefit Fund grant which will see us establish a community children and young people's theatre studio space for theatre-making, showcasing, learning and playing which will aim to captivate, inspire and stimulate the imagination of children and young people, their families, educators, carers and friends. So keep an eye out below for some sneak peaks.
There have also been lots of other project developments too. TYC were successful in receiving funding for their You're Rite Project from Regional Arts Australia, an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional, remote and very remote/isolated Australia. For more information on how you can get involved see below.

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The Graffalo Storytelling Adventure Craft Workshops
Presented by Cairns Libraries and The Young Company
Friday 2 July 10am - 11am and 1pm- 2pm | Friday 9 July 10am - 11am and 1pm- 2pm.
Join us on a storytelling adventure these school holidays with an interactive reading of the children's book, The Graffalo by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse's walk in the woods.

This fun and innovative workshop encourages creativity as children are invited to participate in the storytelling by dressing up and acting out the story before making their own Graffalo themed craft to take home.
Cost is free.  To book phone City Library on 40 44 3720.  Bookings are essential as spaces are limited to 25 children per workshop.  This workshop is recommended for children aged 5-12.  > More Info
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TYC Winter Drama School
Unleash your child's imagination these school holidays

Unleash your child's imagination today with The Young Company, Theatre for Children and Young People WINTER DRAMA SCHOOL, with program one starting on Monday 28 June through to Thursday 1 July and program two starting on Monday July 5 through to Thursday July 8 from 9am to 3pm at 169 Bunda St, Cairns City (opposite Cairns Central).

TYC Winter Drama School will see children and young people participate in 4 full days of creative play where they will develop the essentials of stage performance through improvisation, role-play and characterisation with Tony DiTerlizzi's SPIDERWICK
CHRONICLES during program one and Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY in program two. They will also have the opportunity to explore set and costume design as well as incorporating multi-media performance elements such as sound, lighting and cinematography.

Each four-day program costs $180 and is open to children and young people aged 8yrs through to 14yrs. At the end of each program participants will receive a certificate of achievement and perform for their parents and friends on the final afternoon in TYC Adventure Theatre. They will also receive a DVD keepsake of their performance.

Participating in TYC action packed Winter Drama School program will be loads of fun and see participants make lots of new friends while also improve their acting techniques, self-confidence, communication and presentation skills, as well as their creativity.

For more information on TYC's Winter Drama School please phone 4041 4066, email info@theyoungcompany.com.au or register online www.theyoungcompany.com.au. > More info
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TYC Participants Choose their own Adventure in Term 3
Sign up for TYC workshop program in Term 3
TYC are getting set for their Term 3 Youth Theatre Workshop Program where participants will get Choose their Own Adventure as they decide to either devise their own performance with their own witty characters, or rehearse their favourite stories through scripted scenes.

All performances will incorporate a choose your own adventure format, where the audience decide on the ending!

Selected groups will also have the opportunity to perform in Festival Cairns in August/September. So stay tuned. Register online www.theyoungcompany.com.au
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Primary Arts Network, Teacher PD Workshop
TANKS Art Centre, Monday 12th July 9am - 3pm
Ahhhh! I have to direct and produce a whole-of-school play!!: A practical workshop approach in directing theatre with children aged Prep - Yr 7.

So, you have been told that you have to direct your school's play on a shoestring budget, with limited rehearsal time and need to incorporate students from Prep right through to Year 7. Well this practical hands on workshop is just for you! 

Artistic Director of TYC, Leigh Boswell will take you through, step-by-step, the artistic process of directing theatre with children, ensuring a fun-filled learning environment for students and a polished performance for the school community.
Cost is $55 with lunch provided and includes presenters across the arts curriculum. To book phone  REACH 40 515 754 or email Maddy Savage msava46@eq.edu.au.  Bookings are essential. > More info
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TYC You're Rite Project
Funded by the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative
supporting the arts in regional, remote and very remote/isolated Australia.
A CALL OUT TO ALL THOSE YOUNG AT HEART!

TYC are calling out to all those young at heart from 12yrs right up to 115 ! to participate in their YOU'RE RITE! theatre project that explores the regions inter-generational rites of passage.

Participation is FREE, all that is required is your time and creativity!

Over the past four months professional and emerging theatre practioners have been working with young people aged 12yrs - 18yrs from Babinda to Mossman to devise four distinct pieces of theatre for and by young people that explore the regions inter-generational rites of passage.

TYC are now seeking members from the community to perform in
these productions (no experience necessary) or be interviewed on camera about rites of passage. These will be staged in October this year. To express your interest please call us on 40 41 4066 or email info@theyoungcompany.com.au.
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National Youth Week 2010
Young People LIVED-IT Live during National Youth Week
In April The Young Company and Centacare Cairns presented LIVE-IT, series of FREE arts and cultural events as part of National Youth Week 2010 which celebrated our local young people.

National Youth Week is the single largest celebration of young people in Australia. Thousands of young people aged 12-25 all across Australia get involved in NYW each year.

The events provided young people from across the Cairns region, with an opportunities to organise and participate in a variety of arts and cultural activities.  Laura Pegrum, a young person herself who coordinated the week of events said that, it was a fantastic opportunity for young people across the region to celebrate being young.
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The Young Company, theatre for children are heading to Brisbane for
Directing Masterclass with with international theatre director, Alexander Devriendt from the Belgian company Ontroerend Goed and a National Symposium.

A national symposium presented by YPAA, exploring the connections between arts, culture and the creative lives of children and young people.

Held as part of QPAC's Out of the Box festival for children 8 years and under at the State Library of Queensland's new digital cultural centre, The Edge, Brisbane QLD.

The entire symposium is structured around the key question, are children and young people democratising culture?. Over these important days, delegates will be given information, be provoked into conversation, be given opportunities to reflect, invited to share thoughts, and deepen industry networks.

For more information phone YPAA on 3254 0553 or email info@ypaa.net > More Info
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Tune into TYC's YouTube Channel
The Young Company, theatre for children and young people are pleased to present their YouTube Channel. 

Here you can keep up to date with participants exploration of film making in our Lights Camera Action program.

To visit the channel click here
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Pop Robot Theatre Presents..
Sex and the City 2: Gala Night
See the highly anticipated Sex and the City 2 in true Carrie Style. Come dressed up as your favourite Sex and the City character. Lots of games and prizes to be won!

WHEN: Monday 7th June, 530pm
WHERE: Birch Carol and Coyle Cinimas, Earlville
COST: $20 per person
Food and Drink will be included

All money raised will help Pop Robot fund their next production in October. Contact Pop Robot to book your tickets pop.robot@live.com.au

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TYC's Creative Children and Young People to be profiled at Festival Cairns
20 August - 5 September 2010
The Young Company, theatre for children and young people are pleased to announce their successful application to be an event partner with the 2010 Festival Cairns.

Now in its 48th year, Festival Cairns is the major annual cultural celebration in Tropical North Queensland. A 17-day commingling of arts, expression and creativity, the Festival is the community's platform for coming together, telling stories, and exploring the unique sense of place we share.

For more information on how you can become involved please contact Leigh Boswell on 40 41 4066.


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Food for Thought
Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs childish thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism.

Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

She says you must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow. > More Info

10 things adults can learn from children

1. To not take life so seriously, and have fun along the way
2. To care less about what others think
3. Patience and sacrifice
4. That it's ok to have imaginary friends and to talk to them without being considered crazy
5. That it's ok to have cake for breakfast or break fast for dinner, and to be a picky eater
6. To say hi to all people you come in contact with
7. To be loyal to those you love
8. To be nice to people and ignore the mean ones
9. To be proud of your accomplishments
10. Don't feel the need to hide how you feel
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Tropical Arts 8 week drama workshop series
Discover how to format scripts for publishers. Learn more about the art of Directing. Further develop your performance skills.
Over 8 weeks- you'll have the opportunity to write your own scripts, direct and perform your very own plays. At the conclusion of the workshops you'll have the chance to showcase your NEW works at a showcasing night.

Facilitated by the experienced actress/director/playwright Marianne Buchanan McNamee

It is an opportunity NOT TO BE MISSED! Workshops will be held weekly from Thursdays June 10th till Thursday 29th July 2010 from 7:30 - 9:30 pm at the Serbian Cultural and Information Centre on Greenslopes St, Edgehill Cairns. Followed by a showcasing performance on Saturday 31st July 2010 Cost: $20 per Workshop

Places are limited so secure your spot today by contacting Lyndell 40566606 or 0411 345 622 > More Info
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Vidual Violation 2010
Performed..Performer...Perpetrator...Perfect
Over the past eight weeks drama enthusiasts have had a new Friday night hot spot at TYC thanks to Vidual Violation, a fresh, new arts project providing young people 18 with a space to create.

22 year-old performer and project creator, Brett Walsh says Vidual Violation is a rare opportunity for young people to create work that challenges and violates what's normal.

The project was funded by Cairns City Council's cultural grant which aims to provide Arts initiatives in the Cairns Region. Vidual Violation will be returning in 6-weeks time so stay tuned for further information or contact Brett Walsh via email or check out their facebook page.
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Dancing Back Home | A Mudlark Theatre and JUTE Theatre Co-production
by Rod Ainsworth, Victoria Carless, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Amy Losiak, Carrie McLean & Finn O'Branagain
Six young playwrights explode on to our national stage, all dancing their own way back home. A kaleidoscope of talent looking at love, family and murder in six different outbacks.

PLAYWRIGHT Rod Ainsworth, Victoria Carless, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Amy Losiak,
Carrie McLean & Finn O'Branagain //
DIRECTOR Christopher Glover // DESIGNER Luke Ede // DRAMATURG Peter Matheson //
LIGHTING DESIGNER Darren Willmott // COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER Peter Bishop
FEATURING Chris Jackson, Jane Johnson, Sueleen Maunder

CAIRNS SEASON
JUTE Theatre,
96 Abbot Street, Cairns, Q 4870
04 - 19 June
Tuesday - Wednesday 6.30pm
Thursday - Saturday 8.00pm
Adults $30; Conc/QAC Members $27;
Groups (5 ) $25/ea; Under 25yrs $25; Tuesday $17

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TYC Adventure Studio
Funded by the Gambling Community Benefit Fund
TYC's Adventure Studio is slowly coming to life with Norweld Engineering making the portable seating last month and Style Plantation laying the sprung flooring this month. 

TYC's Adventure Theatre, located at 169 Bunda Street, will be community youth theatre studio space for theatre-making, showcasing, learning and playing that captivate, inspire and stimulate the imagination of children and young people, their families, educators, carers and friends.

Please contact Leigh Boswell on 40 41 4066 if you would like to make use of the space.
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TYC Favourite Links
Why not check out some of TYC's favourite website links locally, nationally and internationally

Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) is the Australian peak body for professional organisations and practitioners that engage children and young people in the arts.

Polka Theatre is one of the few venues in London, UK which is dedicated to producing and presenting work for young audiences. Since the doors opened in 1979, this unique venue has been entertaining children with resonant, engaging and exciting theatre.

Lowdown - the only publication dedicated to youth performing arts in Australia. A national information and discussion resource supporting youth performing arts in Australia.

Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ) is Queensland's peak body for children and young people in the arts. Established in 1989, we are a not-for-profit, membership based organisation that leads, celebrates, strengthens and responds to youth arts and cultural development in Queensland and beyond.

Out of the Box is one of a kind in Australia as a week long cultural and arts event dedicated to children. Over 9 previous festivals, the experience of our young audiences, their teachers and parents has been enhanced by the dedication and enthusiasm of hundreds of volunteers.

JUTE Theatre Established in Cairns in 1992, JUTE Theatre is a significant regional theatre company driving the development, co-production, national and international touring of contemporary Australian plays from the regions.

Tropical Writers began as an informal gathering of a handful of writers in 2004. It has now grown to an active membership of 22 writers of all genres. Tropical Writers are proudly partnered by Arts Nexus Inc.

Tropical Arts are a not-for profit theatre group who operate out of Cairns Australia. We specialize in community theatre. Their aim is to make theatre opportunities available to everyone whether they are professional actors or enthusiastic community members.