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Students who have been participating in WEYA's Phoenix Edge After School Program at the Phoenix Youth Hub will present their original work TEK.    This event is FREE and open to the public.   Prometheus Corporation announces their latest product: an android so real it could almost be human. What

You are invited to travel back in time to the world of ancient Greece in this exciting and funny performance by the children of Whittington Primary School. Join the great heroes on their quests, have scary encounters with monsters, and meet

Western Edge Youth Arts presents Of Longing and Belonging, two new performances on May 12th and 13th at Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong. Both performances weave between sharp, surprising comedy and physical theatre, exploring ideas about local and global identity from

Join us for the final end-of-year presentation of Phoenix Youth Theatre’s funny, bold and lively show Winta. Then the waiting is over. The message comes. By text or sprayed on the wall. Cryptic but we know it’s her. Calling to you. Telling you to come and find Winta. With the Edge Ensemble showcasing their new work-in-progress piece: CALIBAN Sea levels are rising and Caliban has come to a dystopian Melbourne in search of Miranda and Prospero to ask them: where do the spirits go when the sea drowns the land? Date: Friday 11 December Time: 6pm – 9pm Venue: Victoria University Footscray Nicolson Campus (cnr of Nicholson and Buckley Street, Footscray) Building N (Beanland Building) Level 2 rooms N221 & N225 FREE but please reserve your seat Book_Now_Button_Blue

A story about place, race and identity. Esko and Bang meet Sophia, Maragi and Zena on the streets of Nairobi where they dream of what life in Geelong might be like, if only they can get there… Performed by the Geelong Edge: Eto

Hamlet, Macbeth and Shylock walk into a bar… and make chaos. In this immersive sensory spectacular, some of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters find themselves entangled in a web of 21st century drama. The setting is Duncan’s, a seedy underage nightclub. It’s

Watch the waters rise on Instagram and Twitter at #CalibanSt In the not-so-distant future, Caliban has left his island because it is disappearing under rising sea levels. He has come to Melbourne to search for Miranda, the girl he grew up and with and once loved. Now he searches the streets of the hot city looking for love and meaning. #CalibanSt is a twenty-minute interactive street comedy by the Edge Ensemble that combines slap-stick, audience interaction, fast and funny poetic dialogue, and strange and complex characters. Be a part of the story by posting thoughts and photos online with #CalibanSt. The best tweets or instagrams of the day, as judged by the Edge Ensemble, will win a $200 JB Hi-Fi gift card or second prize of a $100 iTunes gift card. Two free live street shows Start times: 11am and 12 noon Saturday 21 Nov in Chambers St laneway, Footscray Part of the Big West Street Party

A lost doll once held in a child’s hand. A remnant of a world that was once innocent and beautiful and is now owned by the Atlas Sunrise Corporation. In this nightmare dystopia of our  own making, is there a tomorrow? A unique

This showing of Searching for Winta is the second stage in the creative development of the vibrant new work devised by the Phoenix Youth Theatre. Some of us are believers, some are non-believers. One thing's for sure there have been sightings. Everyone's searching for something. Winta

Western Edge Youth Arts and North Geelong Secondary College present Forbidden. Lee is in love with Sandra. Luna has fallen in love with two boys at the same time. The only problem is their love is forbidden. A fast paced comedy about

Tate Street Primary School and Western Edge Youth Arts present Arabian Nights. Scheherazade has married the evil Sultan. What stories can she tell to live another day? Four fast, funny tales about goats, gold, ghosts and genies. Date: Friday 7th August Time: 7pm Venue: Shenton Performing

In November 2013, a cast of 40 young people performed this epic show at the Footscray Community Arts Centre as part of Big West Festival, and at community venues in Flemington and Ballarat. Fate was a unique collaboration between the emerging artists

On 28 and 29 of August 2014 at Footscray City College, students performed an installation performance piece based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Othello, leading audiences down a tunnel of love, with side trips into hate, magic and jealousy. Presented in partnership with Footscray