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HTC YOUTH is all about presenting plays that showcase the talents of a younger cast and crew.

If you're 15-25 and interested in getting involved in HTC Youth please email or contact Morgan on 0409-984-171 or Ryan on 0400-297-686.

HTC Youth

2023 December Production

GRIMMISH - a fractured fairytale

written by Ryan Purdey and Erich Fordham

2022 August Production

THE LEGENDARY ROBIN HOOD

written by Ryan Purdey and Erich Fordham

2019 December Production

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

based on the novel by Charles Dickens

adapted by Ryan Purdey and Erich Fordham

2018 December Production

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

based on the novel by Lewis Carroll

adapted by Ryan Purdey and Erich Fordham

2017 December Production

THE ADVENTURES OF KING ARTHUR

written by Ryan Purdey and Erich Fordham

2016 December Production

THE WIZARD OF Oz - HTC YOUTH

based on the novel by L Frank Baum

adapted by Erich Fordham, Ryan Purdey and Kareena Dhaliwal

2015 December Production

TREASURE ISLAND

based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson

adapted by Ryan Purdey and Erich Fordham

2014 December Production

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

based on the novel by Kenneth Grahame

adapted by Ryan Purdey and Erich Fordham

directed by Rhys Purdey

2013 December Production

ROBIN HOOD and MAID MARIAN

by Karl B Peterson

2012 December Production

SNOW WHITE - The Untold Story

by Karl B Peterson

directed by Christian Dell'Olio

Cast:

• Queen: Elizabeth Dingle
• Snow White: Natassja Lindrea
• Magic Mirror: Ian Robertson
• Hunter: Ben Richardson
• Trekky: Ella DiMarco
• Smelly: Jess Cook
• Bossy: Silvi Vann-Wall
• Dummy: Taylor Fafelo
• Prince Charming: Zac Smith

2009 December Production

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

by Lewis Carroll

adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning

Directed by Michelle Wittrup

HTC Youth's second 2009 production was Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland'.

The cast included:

• Olivia Sharpe as Alice
• Jessica Cole as The White Rabbit
• Tony Cocking as The March Hare
• Luke Oldmeadow as The Mad Hatter

2009 May Production

RUBY MOON

by Matt Cameron

Directed by Elise Dorian

Performance Season: Thursday 21 May to Saturday 23 May.

Each evening at 8pm - also Saturday matinee at 2pm

HTC Youth's first 2009 production was the haunting production of Ruby Moon, written by Australian playwright Matt Cameron and directed by Elise Dorian.

Ruby Moon is a dark, psychological mystery - a fairytale that quickly becomes a baffling and desperate search for a little girl. In picturesque Flaming Tree Grove, 10-year-old Ruby vanishes on the way to visit her grandmother. A strange package appears on her parents' doorstep prompting Ray and Sylvie Moon to interrogate the suspicious and quirky characters in their street. Their distress intensifies as the mystery deepens and we are left plagued by Ruby's absence.

Elise Dorian (Peter Pan, Blackrock, Cosi) directed a talented HTC Youth cast including:

• Julia Foskey as Ruby Moon
• Jessica Cole as Sylvie
• Eben Rojter as Ray
• Jackie Duncan as Dulcie
• Tony Cocking as Sid
• Debbie Govorcin as Veronica
• David Yeates as Sonny Jim
• Michelle Wittrup as Dawn
• Tim Camilleri as Carl
• Rory Shepherd as Wizard

Backstage crew included Richard Gorr, Brittany Goss and Jessi Galitis-Sant.

PREVIOUSLY ON YOUTH...
In 2008
SHAKESPEARE'S SHORTS and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

In 2007
AWAY and New Works by young playwrights

In 2006
COSI and BLACKROCK

J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN – December 2005.
Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE – May 2005.

2004's productions were
X‑Stacy by Margery Forde – the intense examination of raves and responsibility
Take A Bow by Luke Dixon – a tangled web of life, love, heartbreak and karaoke