‘Homeless’ youths sheltered by Griffin Theatre

Australian Theatre for Young People will be temporarily homeless in 2018, but a new partnership ensures their season can continue as planned.

Hero image for ATYP’s current production, Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Image by Luke Stambouliah. 

The redevelopment of Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, commencing later this year, means that a number of companies will be temporarily homeless in 2018, unable to meet, rehearse or stage work in their existing premises until renovations and rebuilding are complete.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts