THIS IS A LITTLE BLOG ABOUT THE POWER UP YOUTH THEATRE PROJECT

Something big is happening in Fairfield.

Calling on young people from Fairfield, Bankstown and Liverpool, it’s time to get busy!

Power Up is a Youth Theatre project that is about to explode in your neighbourhood! Over the next six months a group of young people from the Bankstown, Liverpool and Fairfield region will be trained in the crafts of theatre making, technical production and live performance by some of Sydney’s most exciting artists.

Powerhouse Youth Theatre with the support of The Department of Community Services has created a project that will birth a league of new young Artists from the West.

Led by Candy Bowers, a NIDA trained actor, hip hop artist (of SISTA SHE fame) writer and theatre maker, the project has already attracted some brilliant people from the industry. Candy was brought up in Campbelltown and has been writing and performing on stage and screen across the world for the last 7 years. Her greatest achievements include winning the 2008 British Council of the Arts Realise Your Dream Award, Adelaide Festival Youth Education Program Best Show Award, She TV for Channel V (Foxtel) and performing her work at The Sydney Opera House, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in Scotland at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The extraordinary Busty Beats, Australia’s hottest female beats producer and sound designer for the stage, is on board and looking forward to meet the young people of the area.

So this is how it works, in March 2009 Candy Bowers will be visiting schools across the area to find the performers and backstage crew to take part in the project. There will be a six day training workshop series in the April school holidays in which the participants will learn skills in acting, movement, dance, comedy. voice, devising theatre and technical production. At the end of this process a team of young Artists will be assembled and begin devising a show from seed to performance. The production will be toured across Fairfield, Bankstown and Liverpool between July 27^th and August 16^th 2009.

The participant requirements and schedule is as follows:

Age range: 15-17 years old (some flexibility in special cases)

Address/School: Fairfield/ Bankstown/Liverpool (NSW AUSTRALIA)

School Workshops- When: March 2009

Training Workshops & Auditions- When: April School Holidays 2009

Rehearsals- When: Monday evenings in May/ Mondays & Saturdays in June

and July School Holidays

The Performance Season When: July 27^th- August 16^th

Candy Bowers, PYT, Youth Engagement Officer and Theatre Director of POWER UP.