Our General Manager, Leigh Boswell (Bachelor of Arts - Theatre / Bachelor of Education - Honours), founded TYC as a not-for-profit organisation in 2009 after an extensive consultation period with over 1000 young people from across Cairns with the support of Cairns Regional Council, Regional Arts Development Fund. During this time, young people aged 12yrs through to 17years of age participated in a number of community development workshops where they were posed with numerous questions about what they would like to see within a youth theatre company in the region. The results from this consultation period ended with the organisations first Action Plan. 

Since 2009, TYC has grown rapidly & is now a locally multi-award winning company & nationally recognized. We engage our community in the power of theatre to enrich & transform the lives of children & young people aged 5yrs – 25yrs. Take a look at our timeline of milestones below:

2017
- Received funding for Roundabout Theatre in New South Wales to visit TYCs Roving Troupe
- Began national trainee  Catherine McGuinness with ArtsReady in partnership with Tanks Arts Centre (Cairns Regional Council)

2016
- Received The Cairns Post, HIT Award for Best Local Artist or Collective 
- TYCs Roving Troupe performed as part of the Cairns Children's Festival
- TYC Mainstage Production of 'Be-Tween Us' included in Cairns Festival Program
- TYCs Roving Troupe performed as part of the Cairns Festival
- Received funding from Cairns Regional Council to acoustically treat our Adventure Theatre
- Inaugural 'On the Spot Impro Comp: Inter-school Event'  in partnership with REACH
- Participated in the Australia Council's, Youth Arts Summit
- Australian Theatre for Young People visit from Sydney
- Backbone Youth Arts visit from Brisbane
- TYCs Roving Troupe partnered with Sassy Cats for the Cairns Festival Parade, Blue Line Brigade

2015
- First Headstart To High School Program at Cairns State High School
- First production of Wishfly by Dr. Jane Modric
- Received TNQ Business Award for Innovation Excellence
- Began TYCs Mainstage Production Program
- Participated in Australia Council's Youth Theatre Summit
- Danielle Aquilina joined the company

2014
- Received funding from ArtsLink to for our Headstart to High School program
- Extended our office space
- TYC took on four Trainees studying a Cert 3 in Live Production (sobel Grierson, Evelyn McGuinness, Renier Piennar, Tom Williams, I)

2013
- Received funding from Community Gambling Fund for tiered seating and sprung floor for our Adventure Theatre
- Fitted out our Adventure Theatre with lighting

2012
- TYCs Short Cuts Festival initiated (Amelia Pegrum joined the company)
- TYCs Crunch Festival initiated 

2011
- Initiated TYCs Young Internship Program
- Initiated TYCs School Holiday Program Series

2010
- Touring our first new work, Something like Wings by Victoria Carless to the Brisbane Powerhouse in 2010 for Youth Arts QLD Summit.

2009
- After-School Youth Theatre Workshop Program started (Mike Elliott joined the company)
- Initial Freshwater State School, In-School Program 
- Established first Action Plan through Regional Arts Development Fund through Cairns Regional Council with TYCs Youth Reference Group (members included Laura Pegrum, Martin Larkins, Jennifer Laycock). Project assistance from Susan Prince and Velvet Eldred.