Hidden Corners Theatre
Hidden Corners Theatre is a Canberra-based theatre company for young carers, that is, young people who have a family member with a disability: physical, intellectual or psychiatric.
I founded Hidden Corners Theatre in 2001 with youth worker Mary Gays and was artistic director of the company until the end of 2005. The company continues, and is now a part of CYCLOPS, a young carers support service of Anglicare.
A brief history of Hidden Corners Theatre:
2001: Who Cares If I Care?, C Block, Gorman House.
2002: Burning Shadows, Belconnen Theatre.
2003: The Amazing Adventures of Supercarer, a superhero melodrama performed at The Big
Breakfast and the Hospital Showcase;
Keeping Secrets, an interactive forum theatre piece performed at high schools and
conferences;
Hospital showcase: a special performance of SuperCarer and Keeping Secrets held at the
Canberra Hospital.
Receives an ACT Young Citizen of the Year group award.
2004: Keeping it in the Family, interactive forum theatre performed at conferences in Canberra and
Adelaide;
SuperCarer Part II: Evil Bob strikes back performed at The Big Breakfast;
a variety of short pieces performed at the first National Young Carers Summit, Sydney;
Receives ACT Youth Coalition Yogie award for youth participation;
2005: See Beneath, written by Rebecca Meston with the cast, and co-directed by barb barnett;
2006: Max Barker, one time cast member, took over as artistic director.
Performance as part of Canberra Youth Theatre’s Arcane Secrets;
Hidden Corners members run drama workshops at the second National Young Carers summit
in the Gold Coast, Queensland;
Carers Territory, a collaboration with Carers NT performed in Darwin.
2007: The Super Adventure, co-written by Max Barker and Adam Hadley, Belconnen Theatre.
In 2008, Duncan Ley will take over as the new artistic director.