St Martins

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An inclusive arts centre that helps position diverse young people as creators of captivating theatre.

No one’s coming. In a dystopian world, the adult ruling class abandons all social responsibility to burn the future, lea...
12/10/2026

No one’s coming.

In a dystopian world, the adult ruling class abandons all social responsibility to burn the future, leaving generations of exploited children to adapt to a brutal curriculum of survival.

And it’s very funny!

The young people use cunning, passion and sheer grunt-power to deliver more than a glimmer of hope in the end.

We need your help.

This AusArt Day, 22 October, St Martins is raising funds to bring School of War to the stage.

SUPPORT THE REBELLION
via link in bio

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Image 1: Black-and-white photograph of a performer lying on a dark theatre floor, partially illuminated by a sharp triangular beam of light. One arm extends into the light, while much of the body remains in shadow.
Image 2: Black background with distressed, typewriter-style text reading “SUPPORT THE REBELLION” in red and white. Below is the website stmartinsyouth.com.au in white.
Image 3: Black background with large, bold, cream-coloured text reading “MAKE ART HAPPEN,” with “ART” enclosed in a rectangular outline. Below are the AusArt Day logo, the date 22 October 2026, and a “LEARN MORE” button.

Join us on Saturday 17 October for a free drop-in drumming workshop with Appiah Annan of Asanti Dance Theatre. This even...
08/10/2026

Join us on Saturday 17 October for a free drop-in drumming workshop with Appiah Annan of Asanti Dance Theatre.

This event is part of our lead-up to AusArt Day on 22 October, when we’ll be raising funds to bring our new production, School of War, from development into full production.

Appiah is a key creative collaborator on School of War, and the workshop is a chance for our young people and families to get amongst the rhythms that will help bring the work to life.

The workshop is free and open to all — no booking or experience required, just come and drum along!


SUPPORT THE REBELLION
Saturday 17 October
1.30–2.30pm
St Martins – carpark behind the theatre building
44 St Martins Lane, South Yarra

Get Real, in pictures.These are some of the moments captured from Get Real this week, but there’s so much that happens b...
02/10/2026

Get Real, in pictures.

These are some of the moments captured from Get Real this week, but there’s so much that happens between the frames.

Swipe through for Get Real in action, and if you want to see what happens between these frames, there are only three shows left.
Closing tomorrow, 4 October.

Tickets via the link in bio.

Photos by Sarah Walker

So… how did Get Real actually happen?The 2026 EMBOLDEN Ensemble met for the first time in May, then spent the months sin...
02/10/2026

So… how did Get Real actually happen?

The 2026 EMBOLDEN Ensemble met for the first time in May, then spent the months since making the show with their mentor, playwright and director İbrahim Halaçoğlu.

In his Director’s Note, İbrahim gets into the things behind the show: the internet, reality, being human, being overstimulated, and somehow still finding each other.

Read his note from the Get Real programme.

Get Real is on until Sunday, October 4. Join us, come again, let's celebrate being together in the theatre!

Seen Get Real?Got thoughts? Feelings? A moment that’s stuck with you?Leave a Fringe compliment for the EMBOLDEN ensemble...
01/10/2026

Seen Get Real?

Got thoughts? Feelings? A moment that’s stuck with you?

Leave a Fringe compliment for the EMBOLDEN ensemble. Write a comment, put your emoji knowledge to work or just let them know you were there.

Leave a Fringe compliment via the link in our bio.

At St Martins, young people’s ideas matter.Our workshops connect with the major productions we present to the public, gi...
01/10/2026

At St Martins, young people’s ideas matter.

Our workshops connect with the major productions we present to the public, giving participants the space to develop their own ideas, make meaningful work and see how their creativity can make its way from the workshop room to the stage.

Create. Be heard. Belong.

Term 4 starts 10 October.
Find your workshop and enrol on our website.

At St Martins, young people don’t just learn about theatre. They make it. Our Creative Workshops give young people aged ...
28/09/2026

At St Martins, young people don’t just learn about theatre.
They make it.

Our Creative Workshops give young people aged 5–18 the space to explore their ideas, experiment, collaborate and turn those ideas into original theatre and performance alongside practising artists.

Term 4 enrolments are now open in South Yarra and Northcote.
Find your workshop and enrol → go to our website.

27/09/2026

MEET THE EMBOLDEN 2026 ENSEMBLE

Thirteen emerging artists. One ensemble. And months of making Get Real together.
The EMBOLDEN 2026 Ensemble has been working together since May, devising, experimenting, questioning and shaping the work that has become Get Real.
Not everyone chose the same place in the final production. Some members of the ensemble will be on stage, while others have chosen to work behind the scenes as dramaturgs and outside eyes. Different roles, same show.

Meet the EMBOLDEN 2026 Ensemble:
Cherri Anderson / co-deviser, performer
Winnie Barton / co-deviser, performer
Ciara Craven / co-deviser, performer
Zachary Fernandez / co-deviser, performer
Isabella van der Meer / co-deviser, performer
Alexia Shaw / co-deviser, performer, dramaturg
Joey Sheppard / co-deviser, performer
Tyga Wheatley / co-deviser, performer
Alysa Kimpton / EMBOLDEN ensemble, dramaturg, outside eye
Bronte Lemaire / co-deviser, dramaturg, outside eye
Elyas Osborne / EMBOLDEN ensemble, dramaturg, outside eye
Rebecca Stephens / co-deviser, dramaturg, outside eye
Daniel Woldemichael / EMBOLDEN ensemble, outside eye

See what they’ve made together in Get Real.

Get Real
29 September – 4 October
Irene Mitchell Studio, St Martins Youth Arts Centre
Part of Melbourne Fringe

Get your tickets on our website.

26/09/2026

CAST + CREATIVES
Get Real has been built by the EMBOLDEN Ensemble
working alongside an extraordinary team of practising
artists, bringing together theatre, design, sound,
movement and AV to create the world of the show.
It’s at the heart of EMBOLDEN: bringing emerging and
practising artists into the same creative process,
where ideas, skills and perspectives move in both
directions.

Meet the creative team behind Get Real:
Concept / Playwright / Director / İbrahim Halaçoğlu
Production Manager / Flick
Stage Manager / Stephanie Lee
Set and Costume Designer / Sam Diamond
Assistant Designer / Leonie Leonida
Sound Designer / Justin Gardam
Lighting Designer / Joe Lui
Choreographer / Daniel Newell
Support Artists / Cohan, Karla Livingstone Pardy
AV, Design Intern / Amy Todd

Get Real
29 September – 4 October
Irene Mitchell Studio
Part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

Tickets are on sale now via the link in bio

24/09/2026

This show dives headfirst into one of the most fascinating things about being human: the theatre that happens inside our heads.

At a time when the world is increasingly trying to tell us what is “real” and what matters, Get Real asks audiences to look again: at our imaginations, memories, dreams, grudges, stories and all the strange ways we decide what is real.

Get Real
29 September – 4 October
Melbourne Fringe
Irene Mitchell Studio
Book your tickets here: https://stmartinsyouth.com.au/embolden/get-real/
or via the link in our bio.

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Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

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