# Australian Theatre for Young People

Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) is a not-for-profit national youth theatre company located in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1963 by Eleanor Witcombe.

## History

The first committee was formed in 1963 and consisted of Alastair Duncan as chairman, Diana Sharpe as secretary, Nigel Lovell as treasurer, as well as Ellis Irving, Owen Weingott and Wendy Blacklock.
ATYP's first production was the comedy She Stoops to Conquer - Goldsmith Examined by Oliver Goldsmith, adapted and directed by Owen Weingott.

## Location

Since 1997, ATYP was housed at The Wharf, Pier 4/5, but due to construction that started in July 2018, ATYP has temporarily relocated its office to Woolloomooloo.
Their performance spaces are SBW Stables Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta and The Joan, Penrith.

## Notable alumni

Alumni of the company include:
* Natasha Bassett
* Mitchell Butel
* Rose Byrne
* Rob Carlton
* Kyly Clarke
* Salvatore Coco
* Toni Collette
* Abbie Cornish
* Maeve Dermody
* Michael Gow
* Lally Katz
* Nicole Kidman
* Beejan Land
* Lenka
* Ben Lewis
* Baz Luhrmann
* Alyssa McClelland
* Brandon McClelland
* Rod Mullinar
* Zoe Naylor
* Dominic Purcell
* George Shevtsov
* Phoebe Tonkin
* Jessica Tovey
* Sophie Wilde
* Felix Williamson
* Rebel Wilson
* Daniel Wyllie
* Aden Young

## Productions

ATYP productions have toured regionally, such as Sugarland, nationally, such as A Town Named War Boy, and internationally, such as Patrice Balbina's Chance Encounter with the End of the World.
Productions since 2011 include:
| Year | Title |
| 2011 | Cursed Hearts |
| 2011 | Tell It Like It Isn't |
| 2011 | Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs |
| 2011 | Rainbow's End |
| 2012 | Grounded |
| 2012 | The Tender Age |
| 2012 | Animal Farm |
| 2012 | Max Remy Super Spy |
| 2012 | Cockroach |
| 2012 | The Dwarf Revue |
| 2012 | The One Sure Thing |
| 2013 | The Shape of Things |
| 2013 | Out of Place |
| 2013 | Spur of the Moment |
| 2013 | Tease |
| 2013 | The Dwarf Revue 2 |
| 2013 | Compass |
| 2013 | Key to the City |
| 2014 | M.Rock |
| 2014 | Sugarland |
| 2014 | The Voices Project: Bite Me |
| 2014 | Luke Lloyd: Alienoid |
| 2015 | A Town Named War Boy |
| 2015 | Between Us |
| 2015 | Then |
| 2015 | War Crimes |
| 2015 | The Trolleys |
| 2016 | Patrice Balbina's Chance Encounter with the End of the World |
| 2016 | The Big Dry |
| 2016 | Spring Awakening: The Musical |
| 2016 | Fight with all of Your Might the Zombies of Tonight |
| 2016 | All Good Things |
| 2017 | Homeroom Series Double Bill |
| 2017 | Dignity of Risk |
| 2017 | Michael Swordfish |
| 2017 | Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| 2017 | Intersection |
| 2017 | Wonderfly |
| 2018 | Patrice Balbina's Chance Encounter with the End of the World |
| 2018 | Impending Everyone |
| 2018 | Intersection 2018: Chrysalis |
| 2018 | A Town Named War Boy |
| 2018 | The Climbing Tree |
| 2018 | Charlie Pligrim |
| 2019 | Follow Me Home |
| 2019 | April Aardvark |
| 2019 | Fangirls |
| 2019 | Bathory Begins |
| 2019 | Intersection 2019: Arrival |
| 2020 | The 1s, The 0s, and Everything In Between |
| 2020 | Intersection 2020: Beat |
| 2020 | Soul Trading |
| 2020 | The Lies We Were Told |
| 2020 | Lights in the Park |
| 2021 | Follow Me Home & national tour |
| 2021 | Lights in the Park |
| 2021 | Fangirls |
| 2021 | The Lies We Were Told |
| 2021 | Shack |
| 2021 | Soul Trading |
| 2022 | M.Rock |
| 2022 | The Deb |
| 2022 | A Clockwork Orange: A Play with Music |
| 2023 | The Resistance |
| 2024 | Saplings |
| 2024 | Past the Shallows |