Youth arts

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…

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.

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…

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.

Performance review: Whalebone, Adelaide Festival Centre, DreamBIG Children's Festival
A show that explored the impact of technology while celebrating human creativity.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.