St Martins Workshops
Cross Age Studio
Cross Age Studio is a place where young people gather together to create performances that are in direct response to and informed by their thinking about the world.
Cross Age Studio is a theatre-making program for young people aged 7–17. Bringing different age groups together in one creative ensemble, the Studio values the different perspectives, experiences and ideas each young person brings to the room.
Working alongside professional artists, participants explore performance, writing, directing, drawing, animation, light, sound and other creative forms. Together, they experiment with ideas, develop new skills and devise original performance work.
Cross Age Studio gives young people space to explore the ideas and questions that matter to them. These might come from their own lives, their communities, culture, politics, the environment or the world around them. Different perspectives are welcomed, shared and tested through the creative process. Through collaborative devising, the group develops these ideas into original theatre and performance.
The Studio nurtures the particular strengths of each young person while encouraging the ensemble to experiment, take creative risks and discover what they can make together.
The result is theatre made with young people, shaped by their ideas, perspectives and imaginations.
Dates & times 2026
Term 1
31 January
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28 March
Term 2
2 May
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27 June
Term 3
18 July
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12 September
Term 4
10 October
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5 December
We acknowledge the barriers to the arts that exist for many young people because of disability, cultural difference or social disadvantage and we offer scholarships and programs to overcome these barriers.