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ripples with raw, authentic emotions about seriously distressing issues Time Out Sydney
★ ★ ★ ★ .5 brilliantly executed State of the Arts
★ ★ ★ ★ I am always on the lookout for what has popped up at KXT, and I was not disappointed Stage Door
an inspiring call to action Suzy Wrong
Led by future school captain Lemon, the students of Sunlake Downs High School’s Recycling club hold a cake stall so they can save up for one of those cool machines that turns cans and bottles into money. Visited by local politician Greg Moresby who posts about their cake stall on instagram, the club soon discover they’ve been used as a political greenwashing tactic to distract from Moresby approving a new coal mine on the site of their favourite hang-out spot; The Dunes, and the club are dragged into a whirlwind of social media, political mud-slinging, and other people’s opinions.
These Youths Be Protesting was a finalist in the 2024 Martin Lysicrates Prize, was developed through the Shellharbour Incubator Artist’s Residency, and was supported by bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company through their Residency Program at KXT on Broadway.
A comedy about climate change, this is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Don’t Look Up.
Director Izabella Louk; with Hamish Alexander, Karrine Kanaan, Rachel Thomas, Mây Trần Standbys: Louis Regan and Claudia Elbourne
Production Manager Caitlyn Cowan Set & Costume Designer Paris Bell; Lighting Designer: Caitlyn Cowan; Composer & Sound Designer Marc Simonini; Stage Manager Radhika Lal; Assistant Stage Manager Isabel Zakharvova Marketing Manager Claudia Elbourne
Producer Laura Campbell
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Blinking Light partnered with 2 inspiring community organisations for their KXT25 season: Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network and Climate Writers. Their season featured a post-show panel with special guest Imogen Ross, Sustainability Manager at NIDA, talking with director Izabella Louk about ways to green theatre. Climate Activist and Media figure Costa Giorgiaidis attended as a special guest.
“Productions such as this are putting deliberate optimism into action . They are looking at the overwhelm that is real in our next generation and turning radical hope into courageous and positive action. Congratulations to everyone involved in this production. You are shining bright” Costa Giorgiadis