Commission Launched in 2003 as part of ATYP’s 40th birthday celebrations, the ATYP Foundation was created to develop and manage a capital fund that will ensure the theatre company’s future, and enable it to continue to raise the national expectation of what theatre with young people can achieve.
Commission, 2012 Max Remy Super Spy adapted by Jo Turner, from the novels by Deborah Abela
In 2010, the Foundation launched a program to commission new works to be performed by young people. In 2012, the ATYP Foundation Commission Award was established to build a canon of new works specifically for young people aged 10–13 years. This extremely successful initiative has seen eight new works written or adapted for the stage. All plays have been published by Playlab and performed by many schools, nationwide.
2012 Winner Compass by Jessica Bellamy
As of 2016, the Foundation also supports a new yearly commission for 14–17 year old performers.
2016 Winners Wonder Fly by Nick Atkins (for 10–13 year-olds)
The Foundation has proudly supported the work of these ATYP productions:
Impending Everyone by Michael Andrew Collins (for 14–17 year-olds)
Commission, 2011 Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs adapted by Jo Turner, from the novel by Michael Gerard Bauer.
2017 Winners Charlie Pilgrim (or a Beginner’s Guide to Time Travel) by Sam O’Sullivan (for 10–13 year olds)
Co-commission (with Tantrum Theatre), 2012 Grounded by Alana Valentine
2013 Winner Luke Lloyd: Alienoid by John Armstrong 2014 Winner The Trolleys by Sara West 2015 Winner Fight with All Your Might the Zombies of Tonight by Matthew Whittet
Bathory Begins by Emme Hoy & Gretel Vella, to be produced in 2019 (for 14–17 year olds)