In repertoire: a guide to Australian performance for young people

Introduces work created by adult artists for and with young people that are available for international touring.

From an early age, Australians are blessed with the opportunity to engage with creativity through the richness and diversity of Australian performance for young people. Contemporary performance for young people takes many forms and traverses many genres, from plays to physical theatre and circus works to music theatre, puppetry and multimedia events. Performance for young people explores the classic themes of childhood and adolescence, addressing themes of self and transformation, reasonability and conflict, but also introduces contemporary global issues of environment, technology, race gender, the body and cultural identity with due seriousness.

This guide introduces a wide range of artist and companies that have created works specifically for young audiences, offering the very best in traditional skills and the latest innovations in performance practice. Young audience are being presented with works that both entertain and stimulate. In Repertoire: a guide to Australian performance for young people celebrates the richness of performance available to young audiences and their peers around the world.