Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) is a not-for-profit national youth theatre company located in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1963 by Eleanor Witcombe.

History

The first committee was formed in 1963 and consisted of Alastair Duncan as chairman, Diana Sharpe as secretary, Nigel Lovell as treasurer, as well as Ellis Irving, Owen Weingott and Wendy Blacklock.

ATYP's first production was the comedy She Stoops to Conquer - Goldsmith Examined by Oliver Goldsmith, adapted and directed by Owen Weingott.

Location

Since 1997, ATYP was housed at The Wharf, Pier 4/5, but due to construction that started in July 2018, ATYP has temporarily relocated its office to Woolloomooloo.

Their performance spaces are SBW Stables Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta and The Joan, Penrith.

Notable alumni

Alumni of the company include:

Productions

ATYP productions have toured regionally, such as Sugarland, nationally, such as A Town Named War Boy, and internationally, such as Patrice Balbina's Chance Encounter with the End of the World.

Productions since 2011 include:

Year	Title
2011	Cursed Hearts
2011	Tell It Like It Isn't
2011	Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs
2011	Rainbow's End
2012	Grounded
2012	The Tender Age
2012	Animal Farm
2012	Max Remy Super Spy
2012	Cockroach
2012	The Dwarf Revue
2012	The One Sure Thing
2013	The Shape of Things
2013	Out of Place
2013	Spur of the Moment
2013	Tease
2013	The Dwarf Revue 2
2013	Compass
2013	Key to the City
2014	M.Rock
2014	Sugarland
2014	The Voices Project: Bite Me
2014	Luke Lloyd: Alienoid
2015	A Town Named War Boy
2015	Between Us
2015	Then
2015	War Crimes
2015	The Trolleys
2016	Patrice Balbina's Chance Encounter with the End of the World
2016	The Big Dry
2016	Spring Awakening: The Musical
2016	Fight with all of Your Might the Zombies of Tonight
2016	All Good Things
2017	Homeroom Series Double Bill
2017	Dignity of Risk
2017	Michael Swordfish
2017	Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore
2017	Intersection
2017	Wonderfly
2018	Patrice Balbina's Chance Encounter with the End of the World
2018	Impending Everyone
2018	Intersection 2018: Chrysalis
2018	A Town Named War Boy
2018	The Climbing Tree
2018	Charlie Pligrim
2019	Follow Me Home
2019	April Aardvark
2019	Fangirls
2019	Bathory Begins
2019	Intersection 2019: Arrival
2020	The 1s, The 0s, and Everything In Between
2020	Intersection 2020: Beat
2020	Soul Trading
2020	The Lies We Were Told
2020	Lights in the Park
2021	Follow Me Home & national tour
2021	Lights in the Park
2021	Fangirls
2021	The Lies We Were Told
2021	Shack
2021	Soul Trading
2022	M.Rock
2022	The Deb
2022	A Clockwork Orange: A Play with Music
2023	The Resistance
2024	Saplings
2024	Past the Shallows