ABOUT MSTYP

MSTYP acknowledges the Traditional Owners, the Gayamaygal, Garigal and the Wallamedegal and their Country on which we operate. We show our respect to all Aboriginal people. We acknowledge their Elders in the past and in the present, and acknowledge the spirits and ancestors of those that lived in our area.

OUR MISSION

To enrich the lives of young people through the transformative power of live performance.

VALUES

Performance is a gift
Making and experiencing theatre is a gift. As a learner, performer, technician or facilitator we endeavour to make our processes a joyous experience.

Excellence
Ensuring that in everything we create, present and teach, every artist we work with is of the highest calibre.

Creativity
We commit to keep thinking about our practice, to make the ways we work fresh and new, ensuring that creativity and a creative mindset are the driving forces behind all our work.

Courage
Like many arts companies, MSTYP has limited resources. However, we dream big, and make great art. We commit to thinking outside our limitations.

A safe place
Young people need space to be safe: physically, mentally and socially. All young people, children, staff and artists, regardless of background, ethnicity, gender or culture can feel safe, welcome and at home at MSTYP.

OBJECTIVES

Provide exceptional training and engagement opportunities for young people
Facilitate theatre work driven by the ideas of young people
Create and present high quality, original work for young audiences

HISTORY

Marian Street Theatre for Young People (MSTYP) is one of the oldest continually-running children’s theatres and drama schools in Australia, inaugurated in 1969. It has been a unique part of Sydney’s North Shore Ku-ring-gai community for nearly 50 years, originally as an arm of the distinguished Marian Street Theatre Ltd. and since 2001 as an independent, not-for-profit organisation.

WHAT WE DO

Creative thinking, collaboration and imagination will be at the forefront of skills required for a 21^st Century world and workforce.

MSTYP uses theatre training alongside live performance to magnify and amplify the stories and questions of our world. Our company asks its participants to imagine the possibilities within the world they are growing up in; to think artistically, critically and creatively, and use theatre as an interpretative lens in their roles as active global citizens.

We create productions for children, providing opportunities for young people to participate in the presentation and making of theatre as actors, stage managers, directors and technical operators.
Our main-stage productions provide many young children with their first theatrical experience. Our plays range from fairy tales to modern classics and original Australian stories.
MSTYP provides vital professional work for Australian artists – writers, composers, teaching artists, directors and designers.
MSTYP creates a supportive environment where young people work together towards a common goal and challenge themselves under the mentorship of theatre professionals. and provide drama training and theatre-making opportunities for young people from the age of three through to young adults.
MSTYP is an accessible and inclusive organisation which fosters young people’s creative expression and educates Australia’s future professional artists.
Our after school and weekend classes and holiday workshops emphasize team work, creative expression, inspiration, laughter, exploration and individual discipline to achieve a personal aim or the group’s common goal in telling the stories that reflect their lives.