This project is supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council
Over 9 weeks in Term 3, the CTC Youth Theatre Lab, a team of talented young people aged 13-18, have been learning performance, stagecraft, collaboration and devising skills with facilitators Karen Berger and Thea Sydes. Focusing on collaboration and creativity, the team have developed 4 scenes set on the Castlemaine to Swan Hill train line. Each scene takes place in a different carriage in a different decade – have your tickets ready for the spooky conductor, in a night of murder, mystery and mayhem.
Facilitators/Directors:
Karen Berger is new to Castlemaine and has worked developing performance with young people and community all over the world. She brings a breadth of expertise in a range of performing arts disciplines, as well as being an experienced director and teacher.
Working alongside Karen will be our youth facilitator Thea Sydes. Thea grew up in Castlemaine and has performed in a number of CTC shows including Peter Panto, Romeo and Juliet and Qubit. Thea is currently studying year 11 at Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, specialising in Theatre Studies. Last year they worked on two projects with Melbourne-based theatre collective Pony Cam, devising performances here in Castlemaine, and also in Frankston.