Welcome to Bathurst Theatre Company. Bathurst Theatre Company (BTC) is committed to providing innovative high quality theatre using local actors and directors and artists. BTC believes in nurturing local talent and encourages people to achieve their full potential by providing mentorship and skills development programs to the Bathurst community.

Central West Short Playwriting Festival 2012-13.

Bathurst Theatre Company and Local Stages BMEC combine to create the inaugural Central West Short Playwriting Festival 2012-13.

Short playwriting and producing short works is a great opportunity to develop skills in any area of theatre within a manageable size and structure. The same skills are used to develop a story or concept in a short work as with a full two act play. This is why we have created the Central West Short Playwriting Festival to further develop these skills and opportunities in the region. Another important component of the festival is to create a strong playwriting network which we aim to do by bringing writers together to share their learning and get to know each other as well as with our facebook site.

This festival comprises three workshops spread throughout the year to develop short plays with the assistance of Rob Reid and Alex Broun – both highly regarded playwrites. To accompany the playwriting workshops, there will also be workshops focusing on Stage and Production Management, Directing and Technical Production to address the need for theatre skills development in the Central West.

It is important to hear plays read aloud whilst they are in development. As such, a crucial part of the writing workshops will be the playreading component at the end of each workshop day with a selection of local actors. There will also be the possibility for completed works to be fully produced at the end of the festival alongside short works by the professional writers. All Stagecraft workshop participants will also have the opportunity to put their skills into action for the production component of the Festival.

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BTC's YOUtheatre for Young People 

 

Weekly Drama Class Timetable

7 - 13 yrs        Thursdays          4 - 5 pm                   Uniting Church Hall

14 - 18 yrs      Wednesdays      4 - 5 pm                   Uniting Church Hall

Our current tutor is: James Arrow.

Cost is charged per Semester (covers 2 school terms). For more information and associated costs please go to the Youth Theatre page.

For all queries, contact Chris O'Rourke,  BTC President 

Mobile 0417.674.549             e: email

Hope to see you there!

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BTC's most recent Show: 

"Dante's House"

A new play by Sam Stewart, directed by Emma Bianco 

Performed at BMEC 18, 19 and 20 August 2011

Original theatre show produced and performed by Bathurst students and community members to be performed at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre.

Written by local emerging playwright Sam Stewart and directed by CSU student Emma Bianco, Dante’s House is original script produced through a collaboration of resources and talent between Charles Sturt University students and Bathurst local community and art development members. The show is about a family, the Fox’s, and the night that changes everything: 

For more information go to "Productions"

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"Steady Eddy and the Local Jokers"

Bathurst RSL Club,  26 August 2011

Can you do stand up?

Call Tandi on 6331 0733 or 0403068461

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"The Sand Dwellers" 

by Kay Nankervis.

For more information about this show go to Productions

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BTC receives Regional Arts Grant!

BTC has been successful in receiving provisional 3 year funding for our YouthConnect Through Drama Project from the Regional Arts NSW - New Initiatives Grant Program. 

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Bathurst, a regional city with a population of 35000, is located in the central west of New South Wales, Australia, three hours drive from Sydney across the Blue   Mountains.  The city has a vibrant arts community and Bathurst Theatre Company is well supported by audiences from across the region.

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