18-26 Mentoring Program The 18 – 26 mentorship program offers NSW writers the opportunity to spend 8 months working in close consultation with a leading Australian writer or dramaturge. Participants are involved in monthly meetings with their mentor and regular masterclasses where they are set specific writing tasks to advance their practice. The program takes a holistic view of their writing process, focussing on sustainability within the profession rather than the development of a single play. Between masterclasses the writing group log onto a closed blog that lets them discuss and provide feedback on their work without public access. Each masterclass set the group specific writing tasks to be completed and reflected upon. Mentors Guest tutors Participants Venue No. Masterclasses No. Attendances
Caleb Lewis, Lee Lewis, Lachlan Philpott, Hilary Bell, Verity Laughton, Jane Fitzgerald, Rosie Dennis David Williams, Vanessa Bates Alexandra Cullen, Alice Cooper, Georgia Symons, Ewen Hollingsworth, Brooke Robinson, Lydia Nicholson, Carolyn Burns Studio 505, Elizabeth St, Surry Hills 7 64
Fresh Inklings 13-17 Writers’ Ensemble The Fresh Inkling program, delivered in partnership with the NSW Dept of Education’s Arts Unit, provided a group of 12 young writers from NSW public secondary schools the opportunity to participate in 30 weeks of workshops to develop their play writing skills. This pilot program gave atyp the opportunity to refine and test a long-term intensive model for script development with teenagers. The company is looking to refine a play writing development model for this age group that can be rolled out state-wide over the coming two years and then nationally. The workshops culminated in a series of 15 minute performances presented by young actors from the Arts Unit. Writers
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Caroline Anger, Alexandra Au, Peter Samuel Dubosarsky, Lillian Flemons, Renee Johnston, Declan Maher, Liam McCann, Isabella Olsson, Tanisha Sundaram, Hugo Thompson, Lachlan Philpott, Cathy Gilholme, Vanessa Bates, Caleb Lewis, Paul Viles, Cathy Gilholme, Anna Kerrigan, Fraser Corfield Casey Campbell, Mitchell Churi, Dominique Fadera, Ben James, Amy Johnston, Bronte Lawson, Liam Macdonnell, Sam Marques, Jack Midworth, Lily Moon-Arkell, Jessica Murphy, Jasmine Naghsh, Timothy Spohr, Eve Shepherdson-Beck, Kacey Turner, Natalee Venegas, Kasia Vickery,
Date Venue Audience No. Workshops No. Attendances
21 & 22 June 2011 Richard Wherrett Studio, Sydney Theatre 75 26 286
Forum: Life, Death and Everything In Between Fresh Ink, in collaboration with Play Writing Australia (PWA), brought together a panel of leading theatre makers to discuss writing from autobiography and biography. The forum provided young playwrights the opportunity to hear from a range of voices from an emerging young artist through to internationally renowned theatre maker Shon Dale-Jones, Artistic Director of the UK’s Hoipolloi Theatre Company. The forum was tied to atyp’s production of monologues, The One Sure Thing, which used the theme of ‘death’ as a departure point. The artists involved in the forum had all staged autobiographical work dealing with their personal experience of death. Speakers Facilitator Date Venue Audience
Jane Bodie, Shon Dale-Jones, Rita Kalnegais, Phil Spencer, Chris Meade 2 December atyp Studio 1 31
Silent Disco Workshops In partnership with the touring production of Silent Disco atyp facilitated play writing workshops with author Lachlan Philpott. The workshops gave young writers the opportunity to see the play and then delve into the author’s creative process. Facilitator Venues No. Workshops No. Participants No. Attendances
Lachlan Philpott The Butterfactory Theatre, Albury & The Melbourne Arts Centre 2 21 21
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