Explosion and Escalade
Western Edge Youth Arts is offering two programs for young people who are interested in making original theatre: Explosion and Escalade. Explosion enables emerging artists to pursue their area of interest in performance. Young artists (16 - 26 years old) are invited to pitch their ideas to the Explosion panel, articulating the ideas they wish to explore, the roles for each person in the project and the support they require. Applications are open to individual artists, or groups. Up to two projects will be selected for development. Applications close Monday May 25th. Mentorships run from June 1st to August 22nd. Please contact Cymbeline for application guidelines or to discuss your ideas cymbeline@westernedge.org.au, 9091 4716 or 0450 105 950. Escalade is a ten week course exploring a wide range of approaches to making new performance work. Topics covered include writing for theatre, sound design, storytelling, character development, group devising, structure, movement, puppetry and autobiographical theatre. Escalade is designed to suit a wide range of experience levels from complete beginners to those with some experience of taking part in and/or leading performance projects. Escalade runs for ten weeks Wednesday 17th June to Wednesday 19th August 6 – 9pm at Phoenix, 72 Buckley Street Footscray. Cost for ten weeks: $50 Please contact Cymbeline to register: cymbeline@westernedge.org.au, 9091 4716. Searching for Lear Teenagers Edmund and Edgar set out to search for a lost mother. On a strange journey into the night they encounter two old men who tell them a story of a mad King, his Fool and his power-hungry sisters. Powerful, multicultural theatre from Flemington young people that takes Shakespeare's Lear, Beckett's Waiting for Godot and combines them in a hilarious and moving roller coaster ride to nowhere. Thursday 7th and Friday 8th May @ 7pm Phoenix Youth Centre, 72 Buckley St, Footscray Thursday 14th May @7pm Flemington Community Centre 25 Mount Alexander Road, Flemington.  ____________________________________________ Western Edge Youth Arts Inc. located at Phoenix Youth Centre 72 Buckley Street Footscray VIC 3011 +61 3 9362 0046 ABN: 722 5118 4593 Endorsed as a deductible gift recipient since 15/12/2006 email info@westernedge.org.au ____________________________________________ Click here to view the 2007 Annual Report. Click here to view the 2006 Annual Report. ____________________________________________ Click here to view the 2007 Kensington Primary School Arts Education Report. ____________________________________________ WEYA & Chicks Theatre Lab presented EXCAVATIONS June 2008.  Check out this video Highlights of Western Edge Programs 2007.  Check out this video ____________________________________________ If you would like to donate to WEYA we are endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) for tax purposes. Click here to download a donation form.
|