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Propel Youth Arts WA announced that it has no option but to close its doors. Image: Ayo Busari for Propel Youth Arts.
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Propel Youth Arts WA announces closure, blames policy failure

Propel Youth Arts, the peak youth arts body for WA, will shut down after more than 20 years, citing WA…

A bearded, fair-skinned man peering above a white paper creation of a building which rises up from the pages of a book. The building, and the forlorn figure of a woman holding a book to her chest, have been ornamented with ink on their paper foundations.
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Peformance review: The BookBinder, DreamBIG Children’s Festival

New Zealand’s Trick of the Light Theatre took Adelaide audiences on a whirlwind ride with their award-winning one man show.

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5 reasons why running your own performing arts school might be your best career move yet

Channel your love for the performing arts in a new direction, and nurture the creative dreams of the next generation…

Two young boys in a vehicle made out of spare parts play as part of the DreamBIG Children’s Festival's Big Weekend at Adelaide Festival Centre.
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Festival review: DreamBIG Children's Festival BIG Family Weekend, Adelaide Festival Centre

The DreamBIG Children’s Festival celebrated 50 years of inspiring children’s imaginations through art.

A man with grey beard and hair and wearing a lime shirt under a dark waistcoat is sitting at a table in front of a typewriter. Other random objects surround him including a fan.
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Performance review: Whalebone, Adelaide Festival Centre, DreamBIG Children's Festival

A show that explored the impact of technology while celebrating human creativity.

Sterling Notley and Matt Hogan in Canberra Youth Theatre's production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men, both dressed in red and white shirts and black pants, sit in a pit of yellow balls against a red wall. One boy holds the other in his arms; both are shouting or screaming.
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Canberra Youth Theatre takes drastic steps to ensure its survival

The long-running company will not stage any productions in 2025 and is also cutting back and consolidating its training programs…

The hero image for Corrugated Iron Youth Arts' 40th anniversary program, Futures Collide: a photograph of a teenaged boy in sunglasses and 1980s fashion, overlayed with fluorescent pink and green.
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Past and present collide as Corrugated Iron Youth Arts celebrates 40 years

Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, or ‘Corro’ as it is often known, celebrates its 40th anniversary throughout October.

Tantrum Youth Arts brings 'WonderCity' to New Annual, featuring an ensemble of young performers. Photo from a low angel as kids run and jump across a concrete pathway outdoors towards the camera.
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Youth arts project wins funding, with young performers excited to be 'a tiny bit famous'

New funding will assist Tantrum Youth Arts to present a playful walking trail of Newcastle curated by young performers.

Karin McCracken, second from right, with students. Image supplied.
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Theatre show tackles the tricky subject of consent education

The award-winning Aotearoa New Zealand production YES YES YES is undertaking an Australian tour as consent education is mandated in…

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Children's art makes it onto UNESCO World Register

An archive of children's art and COVID drawings becomes part of UNESCO's Australian Memory of the World Register.

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