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{{Infobox organisation
{{Infobox organisation
| name = Shopfront Arts Co-Op
| name = Shopfront Arts Co-Op
| image = Shopfront-logo.webp
| image = Shopfront-logo.webp
| caption = Current Logo
| caption = Current Logo
| formation = 1976
| formation = 1976
| headquarters = Carlton, NSW, Australia
| headquarters = Carlton, NSW, Australia
| leader_title = Executive Director/CEO
| leader_title = Executive Director/CEO
| leader_name = Daniel Potter
| leader_name = Daniel Potter
| leader_title2 = Creative Director
| leader_title2 = Creative Director
| leader_name2 = Natalie Rose
| leader_name2 = Natalie Rose
| leader_title3 = Creative Producer/Access and Inclusion
| leader_title3 = Creative Producer/Access and Inclusion
| leader_name3 = Lauren Oakes
| leader_name3 = Lauren Oakes
| leader_title4 = Young Leader
| leader_title4 = Young Leader
| leader_name4 = Lily Hayman
| leader_name4 = Georgia Tyrril
| website = {{url|https://shopfront.org.au/}}
| website = {{url|https://shopfront.org.au/}}
}}
}}


[[File:Big-mouth.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Old Façade of Shopfront]]
[[File:Big-mouth.jpg|thumb|180x180px| Old Façade of Shopfront]]


'''Shopfront''' Arts Co-op is a theatre facility, with three rehearsal studios, sound studio and digital film editing suite, located in [[Carlton, New South Wales|Carlton]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Also known as Shopfront Theatre For Young People, its stated aim is to provide space, resources, training, and development opportunities for young artists, aged between 8 and 26.
'''Shopfront''' Arts Co-op is a theatre facility, with three rehearsal studios, sound studio and digital film editing suite, located in [[Carlton, New South Wales|Carlton]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Also known as Shopfront Theatre For Young People, its stated aim is to provide space, resources, training, and development opportunities for young artists, aged between 8 and 26.


== Company history ==
== Company history ==
[[File:Julia Zemiro - Artistic Director .jpg|thumb|270x270px|Comedian and Artistic Director Julia Zemiro has been one of the teaching staff at Shopfront.]]
Shopfront was formed in 1976, by Errol Bray and Garry Fry, two theatre directors, devoted to the of providing opportunities upcoming writers, actors and directors, because, in the words of Bray: "Too often the expression and creative ability of young people is patronised or ignored."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-03-03 |title=THE SHOPFRONT SHOW |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228120421 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
[[File:Trevor Ashley (19877441340).jpg|thumb|286x286px|Trevor Ashley, seen at the Helpmann Awards, began his acting and performance career at Shopfront.]]
Shopfront was formed in 1976 in Penshurst, by Errol Bray and Garry Fry, two theatre directors, devoted to providing opportunities for upcoming writers, actors and directors, because, in the words of Bray: "Too often the expression and creative ability of young people is patronised or ignored."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-03-03 |title=THE SHOPFRONT SHOW |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228120421 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />


Productions have been as diverse as ''The Greening of the Common'' in 1983 (about the [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp]]), ''[[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp|Detective Story]]'' [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp|by]] [[Sidney Kingsley]] and [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s ''In Camera'' both in 1991 to [[Romeo and Juliet]] in 2015.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1997-09-16 |title=TREADING THE BOARDS |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230436083 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1991-05-20 |title=IN CAMERA Jean Paul Satre Shopfront Theatre |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230431028 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1983-11-18 |title=LIFE STYLE |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116396209 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-23 |title=Talented star Ruben Hadges to shine as new Romeo at Shopfront |url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/3229040/talented-star-ruben-hadges-to-shine-as-new-romeo-at-shopfront/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |language=en-AU}}</ref> Its company was invited to perform its play ''Piece by Piece'' for [[International Youth Year]] at the United Nations in June 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1985-05-15 |title=UN youth theatre invitation |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127009918 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref>
Australian actors have started careers there or taught there, such as actors [[Trevor Ashley]] and [[Paul Capsis]], director [[Andrew Upton]] and comedian [[Julia Zemiro]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rugendyke |first=Louise |date=2019-06-29 |title='They don't think I'm as big a force to be reckoned with as I am' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/musicals/they-don-t-think-i-m-as-big-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with-as-i-am-20190628-p522ax.html |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Lenny Ann |date=2011-08-26 |title=Too wog. Too gay. Too short. |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/too-wog-too-gay-too-short-20110825-1jans.html |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-16 |title=Shopfront theatre company faces axe as funding cuts to youth arts companies bite |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/shopfront-theatre-company-faces-axe-as-funding-cuts-to-youth-arts-companies-bite-20151215-glnxe8.html |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carmody |first=Broede |date=2020-04-18 |title=Arts leaders warn of Australian youth theatre's 'steady demise' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/theatre/arts-leaders-warn-of-australian-youth-theatre-s-steady-demise-20200417-p54ks0.html |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>


Productions have been as diverse as ''The Greening of the Common'' in 1983 (about the [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp]]), ''[[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp|Detective Story]]'' [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp|by]] [[Sidney Kingsley]] and [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s ''In Camera'' both in 1991 to [[Romeo and Juliet]] in 2015.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1997-09-16 |title=TREADING THE BOARDS |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230436083 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1991-05-20 |title=IN CAMERA Jean Paul Satre Shopfront Theatre |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230431028 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1983-11-18 |title=LIFE STYLE |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116396209 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-23 |title=Talented star Ruben Hadges to shine as new Romeo at Shopfront |url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/3229040/talented-star-ruben-hadges-to-shine-as-new-romeo-at-shopfront/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |language=en-AU}}</ref> Its company was invited to perform its play ''Piece by Piece'' for [[International Youth Year]] at the United Nations in June 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1985-05-15 |title=UN youth theatre invitation |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127009918 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref>
Shopfront started running workshops in Hurstville under the name St George Theatre for Young People.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trembath |first=Murray |date=2016-11-15 |title=New arts centre for St George |url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/4296015/new-arts-centre-for-st-george/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |language=en-AU}}</ref> In 1977 Shopfront started renting a venue on Carlton Parade with a dancehall, adjacent house and two shops and renamed itself as Shopfront Theatre for Young People. Thirty years later Shopfront is still at this venue but have since shortened its name to Shopfront. In 1979 the co-operative raised money to buy the building – through 50-hour Actathons, costume parades, raffles, income from show, donations they raised $43,000, and with the additional help of [[Rockdale, New South Wales|Rockdale]] and [[Hurstville, New South Wales|Hurstville]] Council, the [[NSW]] Government, with a bank loan the building was purchased. The organisation shut down 1990 for seven years, by 1997 it had "risen from the ashes."<ref name=":2" /> The site was redeveloped as a three-storey creative arts and community centre for the region.


Shopfront started running workshops in Hurstville under the name St George Theatre for Young People.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Trembath |first=Murray |date=2016-11-15 |title=New arts centre for St George |url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/4296015/new-arts-centre-for-st-george/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |language=en-AU}}</ref> It began in a dancehall on Carlton Parade, an adjacent house and two shops – a women’s fashion store and a butcher shop – hence the name Shopfront Theatre.<ref name=":3" /> In 1979 the co-operative raised money to buy the building – through 50-hour Actathons, costume parades, raffles, income from show, donations they raised $43,000, and with the additional help of [[Rockdale, New South Wales|Rockdale]] and [[Hurstville, New South Wales|Hurstville]] Council, the [[NSW]] Government, with a bank loan the building was purchased by the young people's coop.<ref name=":3" /> Thirty years later Shopfront was still at the venue but had shortened its name to Shopfront.<ref name=":3" /> The organisation shut down 1990 for seven years, by 1997 it had "risen from the ashes."<ref name=":2" /> Thanks to funding from [[Australia Council for the Arts]] and the Member for [[Division of Banks|Banks]], the site was redeveloped as a three-storey creative arts and community centre for the region.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trembath |first=Murray |date=2016-11-15 |title=New arts centre for St George |url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/4296015/new-arts-centre-for-st-george/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |language=en-AU}}</ref>
[[File:Front-of-building-sign-300x225.webp|thumb|300px|right| Current building of Shopfront Arts Co-Op]]

[[File:Front-of-building-sign-300x225.webp|thumb|180x180px| Current building of Shopfront Arts Co-Op]]


=== Australian National Young Playwrights Weekend and "Interplay"===
=== Australian National Young Playwrights Weekend and "Interplay"===
From 1977 Shopfront initiated and hosted the Australian National Young Playwrights Weekend.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Theatre Australia 2(5) September-October 1977 by UOW Library - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/theatreaustralia1977sep-oct |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Held annually, this weekend congress brought together youth from all over the country who were actively writing for live theatre. Local professional acting and writing talent such [[Max Gillies]] as [[Anna Volska]] and Pamela Van Amstel volunteered as mentors, and attendees' plays would be workshopped privately or performed in full in the Shopfront theatre space.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1990-08-27 |title=NIDA |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230429980 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref> The event ran into the 1990s.<ref name=":1" />
From 1977 Shopfront initiated and hosted the Australian National Young Playwrights Weekend.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Theatre Australia 2(5) September-October 1977 by UOW Library - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/theatreaustralia1977sep-oct |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=issuu.com |date=12 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> Held annually, this weekend congress brought together youth from all over the country who were actively writing for live theatre. Local professional acting and writing talent such [[Max Gillies]] as [[Anna Volska]] and Pamela Van Amstel volunteered as mentors, and attendees' plays would be workshopped privately or performed in full in the Shopfront theatre space.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1990-08-27 |title=NIDA |work=Tharunka |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230429980 |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref> The event ran into the 1990s.<ref name=":1" />


In 1985 Errol Bray used his experience with the National Weekend to open up the concept to young writers beyond Australia, launching the ambitious "World Interplay", billed as [[World Interplay|The 1st International Festival of Young Playwrights]], which drew more than 40 participants from the UK, Europe, Central America and the USA.
In 1984 the concept evolved to become the ambitious "World Interplay", billed as [[World Interplay|The 1st International Festival of Young Playwrights]], which drew more than 40 participants from the UK, Europe, Central America and the USA.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=1984-12-07 |title=Young playwrights festival in Sydney |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122533014 |access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref> The first patrons of the festival included [[Dorothy Hewett]], [[Edward Bond]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]].<ref name=":4" />


== Notable former members ==
== Notable former members ==
*[[Paul Capsis]]
*[[Paul Capsis]]
*[[Andrew Upton]]
*[[Andrew Upton]]
*[[Trevor Ashley]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Northover |first=Kylie |date=2020-02-21 |title=I was a Bassey fan when I was five: lunch with Trevor Ashley |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-was-a-bassey-fan-when-i-was-five-lunch-with-trevor-ashley-20200217-p541j1.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Trevor Ashley]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leaveittodiva.com.au/bios/trevor.htm |title=Leave It To Diva |accessdate=2008-05-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070413152743/http://www.leaveittodiva.com.au/bios/trevor.htm |archivedate=2007-04-13 }}</ref>
*[[Hilary Bell (writer)|Hillary Bell]]
*[[Hilary Bell (writer)|Hillary Bell]]
*[[Julia Zemiro]]
*[[Julia Zemiro]]


== Past Productions ==
== Productions ==
{{Expand list|date=November 2008}}
{{Expand list|date=November 2008}}


{| class="wikitable sortable"
Over the years, Shopfront and their members have hosted a large number of Theatrical Productions including:
|+

!Year(s)
* ''Negotiation Tactics for the Weak Willed (Members Show)'' 2022
!Title
* ''Teen Angst'' 2022
!Notes
* ''The Lies We Were Told'' 2022
|-
*''Senior Ensemble - Hit Reset'' 2021
| rowspan="10" |?
*''Elevate Festival'' 2020
|''Bella's Caravan''
*''Never, Ever'' 2020
|Conducted by Christina Mimmocchi
*''To My Younger Self'' 2020
|-
*''The Unknown'' 2019
*''Cake'' 2019
|''Za Dusa''
|
*"The Pecking Order, 2018"
|-
*"The Magnificent, Terrible, Hottie Avery, 2018"
|''Detective Story''
*"Organs!, 2018"
|Directed by Jeremy Rice
*"ArtsLab: BREAK GLASS (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY), 2018"
|-
*"Voices and Visions, 2018"
|''Mary Queen of Scots''
*"Dignity of Risk, 2017"
|Directed by Gemma Garner
*"Un(Talented), 2017"
|-
*"Umami, 2017"
|''St George and the Dragon''
*"Star-Crossed, 2017"
|Produced by Christina Mimmocchi
*"Telling Myths, Telling Lies, 2017"
|-
*"ArtsLab: TREATS, 2017"
|''Picnic at Hanging Rock''
*"The Greg Show, 2016"
| rowspan="2" |Directed by Jeremy Rice
*"Welcome To My World, 2016"
|-
*"Piece By Piece redux, 2016"
|''Gannon's Forest Gothic''
*"Chasing Your Shadow, 2015"
|-
*"Romeo and Juliet, 2015"
|''Laugh or Die''
*"The Hungry Games, 2014"
|Directed by Julia Zemiro
*"Out of Line, 2014"
|-
*"CITADEL, 2014"
|''Laugh and Have No Care''
*''"The Drawing, 2013"''
|Directed by Alison Richardson
*"A Walk in the Dark, 2013"
|-
*"Travel Songs of Sea and Land, 2013"
|''Rated X''
*''DanceHall Daze, 2012"''
|Directed by Jeremy Rice, winner of AWGIE for best play
*"Arcade Assembly, 2012"
|-
*"Island, 2011"
| rowspan="2" |1977
*''"Machine Atlas, 2011"''
|''The Playground Play''<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Holst |first=Gail |date=1978 |title=SHOPFRONT THEATRE |pages=28-31 |work=Hemisphere |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3130969582 |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
*""Imagine Title Here, 2010""
|
*''"At the drive-in, 2010"''
|-
*''"Detours and Destinations, 2010"''
|''Thirteen''
*''Too Good To Be True, 2009"''
|
*''"three:Artslab Residency Showing, 2009"''
|-
*''"Superperfect, 2009"''
| rowspan="4" |1978
*''"RAW reanimated meat, 2009"''
|''Cappelletti''
*''"Rambos on Rollerskates, 2009"''
|by John Turnbull
*''"Villainous Business, 2008"''
|-
*''"Atomiser:ArtsLab Residency Showing, 2008"''
|''Kid's Cabaret''
*''"(lost toy story), 2008"''directed by TJ Eckleberg
|
*''"RAW no use-by date, 2008"''
|-
*''"Dracula's cabaret disco, 2008"''
|''Playground Re-Play''<ref name=":5" />
*''"Kaboom:ArtsLab Residency Showing, 2007"''
|
*''"A City of Shadows and Ice, 2007"''directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
*''"RAW-Shaken&Stirred, 2007"''
|''Concrete Sox''
*''"Polyphonic Bonus Features, 2007"''directed by Chris Ryan
|
*''"The Tuesday Clan, 2006"''
|-
*''"POP UP!, 2006"''directed by TJ Eckleberg
| rowspan="3" |1979
*''"RAW On Fire, 2006"''
|''Childmyth''
*''"Shifting Spirits, 2005"''
|
*''"The(Neo)Sun, 2005"''
|-
*''"Angels in the Architecture, 2005"''directed by TJ Eckleberg
*''"Drop It Like It's RAW, 2005"''
|''Quest for the IYC Touring Company''
|
*''"Shimmerer, 2004"''
|-
*''"Off the Wall, 2004"''
|''The Playground Play Touring Company''
*''"Menus 4 Madness, 2004"''
|
*''"Wadya Call Me?, 2004"''directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
*''"RAWAir, 2004"''
| rowspan="3" |1980
*''"Frog Rocket, 2003"''
|''A Rose For Zhivord Gardovich''
*''"CODA, 2003"''directed by TJ Eckleberg
|
*''"Rated X"'' directed by Jeremy Rice – won AWGIE for best play (PP Cranney and the participants)
|-
*''"Laugh and Have No Care"'' directed by Alison Richardson
|''Replica''
*''"Laugh or Die"'' directed by Julia Zemiro
|
*"Gannon's Forest Gothic" directed by Jeremy Rice
|-
*''"Picnic at Hanging Rock"'' directed by Jeremy Rice
|''The Caravan Touring Company''
*''"St George and the Dragon"'' produced by Christina Mimmocchi
|
*''"Mary Queen of Scots"'' directed by Gemma Garner
|-
*''"Detective Story"'' directed by Jeremy Rice
|1983
*''"Za Dusa"''
*''"Make RAW Not War, 2003"''
|''Room – The Musical''
|
*''"Live By The Die, 2002"''
|-
*''Bella's Caravan"'', conducted by Christina Mimmocchi
|1985
*''"RATED M, 1992–1993, Directed by Kaela Scott, Winner of Australia Day Award 1994"''
|''Piece By Piece''
*"Types Like Us" and "When the Sky Falls" 1990, Pacific Rim Tour to Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the United States. Directed by John De Feu and Michael McLaughlin.
*''"Piece By Piece", 1985 US/Canada Tour''
|As part of the 1985 US/Canada Tour
|-
*''1984 UK Tour''
| rowspan="2" |1986
*''1986 UK Tour - "Power Play" - Dir. Kingston Anderson and "Great Australian Family Show" - Dir. [[Cathy Henkel]]''
|''Power Play''
*''"Room – The Musical,"'' 1983
|Directed by Kingston Anderson, as part of the 1986 UK Tour
*''"The Caravan Touring Company, 1980"''
|-
*''"The Playground Play Touring Company, 1979"''
|''Great Australian Family Show''
*''"Quest for the IYC (ie International Year Of The Child) Touring Company, 1979"''
|Directed by [[Cathy Henkel]]
*''"Childmyth", 1979"''
|-
*''"Concrete Sox", 1978"''
| rowspan="2" |1990
*''"Thirteen", 1977"''
|''Types Like Us''
*''"Playground Re-Play"'', 1978
|Directed by John De Feu, as part of the Pacific Rim Tour
*''"Kid's Cabaret" 1978''
|-
*''"Cappelletti"'', by John Turnbull, 1978
|''When the Sky Falls''
*''"The Playground Play"'' 1977
|Directed by Michael McLaughlin, as part of the Pacific Rim Tour
*''"Replica"'' 1980
|-
*''"A Rose For Zhivord Gardovich"'' 1980
|1992-1993
|''RATED M''
|Directed by Kaela Scott, winner of the Australia Day Award 1994
|-
|2002
|''Live By The Die''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2003
|''Make RAW Not War''
|
|-
|''CODA''
|Directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
|''Frog Rocket''
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2004
|''RAWAir''
|
|-
|''Wadya Call Me?''
|Directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
|''Menus 4 Madness''
|
|-
|''Off the Wall''
|
|-
|''Shimmerer''
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2005
|''Drop It Like It's RAW''
|
|-
|''Angels in the Architecture''
|Directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
|''The(Neo)Sun''
|
|-
|''Shifting Spirits''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2006
|''RAW On Fire''
|
|-
|''POP UP!''
|Directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
|''The Tuesday Clan''
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2007
|''Polyphonic Bonus Features''
|Directed by Chris Ryan
|-
|''RAW – Shaken & Stirred''
|
|-
|''A City of Shadows and Ice''
|Directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
|''Kaboom: ArtsLab Residency Showing''
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2008
|''Dracula's Cabaret Disco''
|
|-
|''RAW No Use-By Date''
|
|-
|''(Lost Toy Story)''
|Directed by TJ Eckleberg
|-
|''Atomiser: ArtsLab Residency Showing''
|
|-
|''Villainous Business''
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2009
|''Rambos on Rollerskates''
|
|-
|''RAW Reanimated Meat''
|
|-
|''Superperfect''
|
|-
|''Three: ArtsLab Residency Showing''
|
|-
|''Too Good To Be True''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|''Detours and Destinations''
|
|-
|''At the Drive-In''
|
|-
|''Imagine Title Here''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|''Machine Atlas''
|
|-
|''Island''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''Arcade Assembly''
|
|-
|''DanceHall Daze''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013
|''Travel Songs of Sea and Land''
|
|-
|''A Walk in the Dark''
|
|-
|''The Drawing''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
|''CITADEL''
|
|-
|''Out of Line''
|
|-
|''The Hungry Games''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''Romeo and Juliet''
|
|-
|''Chasing Your Shadow''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2016
|''Piece by Piece Redux''
|
|-
|''Welcome To My World''
|
|-
|''The Greg Show''
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2017
|''ArtsLab: TREATS''
|
|-
|''Telling Myths, Telling Lies''
|
|-
|''Star-Crossed''
|
|-
|''Umami''
|
|-
|''Un(Talented)''
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2018
|''Voices and Visions''
|
|-
|''ArtsLab: BREAK GLASS (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY)''
|
|-
|''Organs!''
|
|-
|''The Magnificent, Terrible, Hottie Avery''
|
|-
|''The Pecking Order''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|''Cake''
|
|-
|''The Unknown''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2020
|''To My Younger Self''
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|-
|''Never, Ever''
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|''Elevate Festival''
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| rowspan="4" |2021
|''ArtsLab: Unreliable Witness''
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|''Tiny Universe''
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|''Hit Reset''
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|''Prisms''
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|2021-2023{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
|''The Lies We Were Told''
|Directed by Natalie Rose
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| rowspan="11" |2022
|''ArtsLab: Have We Been Here Before?''
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|''Drag in the Daytime!''
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|''Little Jokes in Times of War''
|Created and performed by Charlotte Salusinszky
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|''Exquisite Corpse''
|Directed by Malcolm Whittaker
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|''In the Event of Moon Disaster''
|Members show, directed by Nick Vagne 
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|''Teen Angst''
|Directed by Lucy Heffernan
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|''Negotiation Tactics for the Weak-Willed''
|Members show, written and directed by Kevin Tran
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|''Where Shall We Meet?''
|Directed by Natalie Rose and Jane Phegan
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|''Mums Tell Dad Jokes Too''
|Directed by Nicole Pingon and Tasha O'Brien
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|''ArtsLab: Here We Are Again!''
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|''Escape Together''
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| rowspan="5" |2023
|''ArtsLab: Body of Work''
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|''Stop. Drop. And Listen.''
|Directed by Hayden Tonazzi and Lily Hayman
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|''ArtsLab: WNW''
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|''In Between Moments''
|Directed by Lana Filies and Lauren Oakes
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|''Tender''
|Directed by Lana Filies and Lucy Heffernan
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| rowspan="2" |2024
|''ArtsLab: COLLIDE''
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|''When I Grow Up''
|Directed by Amelia Gilday and Nick Vagne
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== References ==
== References ==
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* http://www.shopfront.org.au Official Website
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/trippy-street/2006/08/16/1155407888937.html Review on POP UP!] Sydney Morning Herald 2006
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/trippy-street/2006/08/16/1155407888937.html Review on POP UP!] Sydney Morning Herald 2006
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For the front of a shop, see Storefront.

Shopfront Arts Co-Op
Formation1976
HeadquartersCarlton, NSW, Australia
Executive Director/CEO
Daniel Potter
Creative Director
Natalie Rose
Creative Producer/Access and Inclusion
Lauren Oakes
Young Leader
Georgia Tyrril
Websiteshopfront.org.au
Old Façade of Shopfront

Shopfront Arts Co-op is a theatre facility, with three rehearsal studios, sound studio and digital film editing suite, located in Carlton, New South Wales, Australia. Also known as Shopfront Theatre For Young People, its stated aim is to provide space, resources, training, and development opportunities for young artists, aged between 8 and 26.

Company history

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Comedian and Artistic Director Julia Zemiro has been one of the teaching staff at Shopfront.
Trevor Ashley, seen at the Helpmann Awards, began his acting and performance career at Shopfront.

Shopfront was formed in 1976 in Penshurst, by Errol Bray and Garry Fry, two theatre directors, devoted to providing opportunities for upcoming writers, actors and directors, because, in the words of Bray: "Too often the expression and creative ability of young people is patronised or ignored."[1][2][3]

Australian actors have started careers there or taught there, such as actors Trevor Ashley and Paul Capsis, director Andrew Upton and comedian Julia Zemiro.[4][5][6][7]

Productions have been as diverse as The Greening of the Common in 1983 (about the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp), Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley and Jean-Paul Sartre's In Camera both in 1991 to Romeo and Juliet in 2015.[8][9][10][11] Its company was invited to perform its play Piece by Piece for International Youth Year at the United Nations in June 1985.[12]

Shopfront started running workshops in Hurstville under the name St George Theatre for Young People.[3] It began in a dancehall on Carlton Parade, an adjacent house and two shops – a women’s fashion store and a butcher shop – hence the name Shopfront Theatre.[3] In 1979 the co-operative raised money to buy the building – through 50-hour Actathons, costume parades, raffles, income from show, donations they raised $43,000, and with the additional help of Rockdale and Hurstville Council, the NSW Government, with a bank loan the building was purchased by the young people's coop.[3] Thirty years later Shopfront was still at the venue but had shortened its name to Shopfront.[3] The organisation shut down 1990 for seven years, by 1997 it had "risen from the ashes."[8] Thanks to funding from Australia Council for the Arts and the Member for Banks, the site was redeveloped as a three-storey creative arts and community centre for the region.[13]

Current building of Shopfront Arts Co-Op

Australian National Young Playwrights Weekend and "Interplay"

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From 1977 Shopfront initiated and hosted the Australian National Young Playwrights Weekend.[2] Held annually, this weekend congress brought together youth from all over the country who were actively writing for live theatre. Local professional acting and writing talent such Max Gillies as Anna Volska and Pamela Van Amstel volunteered as mentors, and attendees' plays would be workshopped privately or performed in full in the Shopfront theatre space.[2][14] The event ran into the 1990s.[14]

In 1984 the concept evolved to become the ambitious "World Interplay", billed as The 1st International Festival of Young Playwrights, which drew more than 40 participants from the UK, Europe, Central America and the USA.[15] The first patrons of the festival included Dorothy Hewett, Edward Bond and Stephen Sondheim.[15]

Notable former members

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Productions

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Year(s) Title Notes
? Bella's Caravan Conducted by Christina Mimmocchi
Za Dusa
Detective Story Directed by Jeremy Rice
Mary Queen of Scots Directed by Gemma Garner
St George and the Dragon Produced by Christina Mimmocchi
Picnic at Hanging Rock Directed by Jeremy Rice
Gannon's Forest Gothic
Laugh or Die Directed by Julia Zemiro
Laugh and Have No Care Directed by Alison Richardson
Rated X Directed by Jeremy Rice, winner of AWGIE for best play
1977 The Playground Play[17]
Thirteen
1978 Cappelletti by John Turnbull
Kid's Cabaret
Playground Re-Play[17]
Concrete Sox
1979 Childmyth
Quest for the IYC Touring Company
The Playground Play Touring Company
1980 A Rose For Zhivord Gardovich
Replica
The Caravan Touring Company
1983 Room – The Musical
1985 Piece By Piece As part of the 1985 US/Canada Tour
1986 Power Play Directed by Kingston Anderson, as part of the 1986 UK Tour
Great Australian Family Show Directed by Cathy Henkel
1990 Types Like Us Directed by John De Feu, as part of the Pacific Rim Tour
When the Sky Falls Directed by Michael McLaughlin, as part of the Pacific Rim Tour
1992-1993 RATED M Directed by Kaela Scott, winner of the Australia Day Award 1994
2002 Live By The Die
2003 Make RAW Not War
CODA Directed by TJ Eckleberg
Frog Rocket
2004 RAWAir
Wadya Call Me? Directed by TJ Eckleberg
Menus 4 Madness
Off the Wall
Shimmerer
2005 Drop It Like It's RAW
Angels in the Architecture Directed by TJ Eckleberg
The(Neo)Sun
Shifting Spirits
2006 RAW On Fire
POP UP! Directed by TJ Eckleberg
The Tuesday Clan
2007 Polyphonic Bonus Features Directed by Chris Ryan
RAW – Shaken & Stirred
A City of Shadows and Ice Directed by TJ Eckleberg
Kaboom: ArtsLab Residency Showing
2008 Dracula's Cabaret Disco
RAW No Use-By Date
(Lost Toy Story) Directed by TJ Eckleberg
Atomiser: ArtsLab Residency Showing
Villainous Business
2009 Rambos on Rollerskates
RAW Reanimated Meat
Superperfect
Three: ArtsLab Residency Showing
Too Good To Be True
2010 Detours and Destinations
At the Drive-In
Imagine Title Here
2011 Machine Atlas
Island
2012 Arcade Assembly
DanceHall Daze
2013 Travel Songs of Sea and Land
A Walk in the Dark
The Drawing
2014 CITADEL
Out of Line
The Hungry Games
2015 Romeo and Juliet
Chasing Your Shadow
2016 Piece by Piece Redux
Welcome To My World
The Greg Show
2017 ArtsLab: TREATS
Telling Myths, Telling Lies
Star-Crossed
Umami
Un(Talented)
2018 Voices and Visions
ArtsLab: BREAK GLASS (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY)
Organs!
The Magnificent, Terrible, Hottie Avery
The Pecking Order
2019 Cake
The Unknown
2020 To My Younger Self
Never, Ever
Elevate Festival
2021 ArtsLab: Unreliable Witness
Tiny Universe
Hit Reset
Prisms
2021-2023[citation needed] The Lies We Were Told Directed by Natalie Rose
2022 ArtsLab: Have We Been Here Before?
Drag in the Daytime!
Little Jokes in Times of War Created and performed by Charlotte Salusinszky
Exquisite Corpse Directed by Malcolm Whittaker
In the Event of Moon Disaster Members show, directed by Nick Vagne 
Teen Angst Directed by Lucy Heffernan
Negotiation Tactics for the Weak-Willed Members show, written and directed by Kevin Tran
Where Shall We Meet? Directed by Natalie Rose and Jane Phegan
Mums Tell Dad Jokes Too Directed by Nicole Pingon and Tasha O'Brien
ArtsLab: Here We Are Again!
Escape Together
2023 ArtsLab: Body of Work
Stop. Drop. And Listen. Directed by Hayden Tonazzi and Lily Hayman
ArtsLab: WNW
In Between Moments Directed by Lana Filies and Lauren Oakes
Tender Directed by Lana Filies and Lucy Heffernan
2024 ArtsLab: COLLIDE
When I Grow Up Directed by Amelia Gilday and Nick Vagne

References

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  1. ^ "THE SHOPFRONT SHOW". Tharunka. 3 March 1981. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Theatre Australia 2(5) September-October 1977 by UOW Library - Issuu". issuu.com. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e Trembath, Murray (15 November 2016). "New arts centre for St George". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ Rugendyke, Louise (29 June 2019). "'They don't think I'm as big a force to be reckoned with as I am'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  5. ^ Low, Lenny Ann (26 August 2011). "Too wog. Too gay. Too short". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Shopfront theatre company faces axe as funding cuts to youth arts companies bite". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  7. ^ Carmody, Broede (18 April 2020). "Arts leaders warn of Australian youth theatre's 'steady demise'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. ^ a b "TREADING THE BOARDS". Tharunka. 16 September 1997. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  9. ^ "IN CAMERA Jean Paul Satre Shopfront Theatre". Tharunka. 20 May 1991. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  10. ^ "LIFE STYLE". Canberra Times. 18 November 1983. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Talented star Ruben Hadges to shine as new Romeo at Shopfront". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  12. ^ "UN youth theatre invitation". Canberra Times. 15 May 1985. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  13. ^ Trembath, Murray (15 November 2016). "New arts centre for St George". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  14. ^ a b "NIDA". Tharunka. 27 August 1990. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Young playwrights festival in Sydney". Canberra Times. 7 December 1984. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  16. ^ Northover, Kylie (21 February 2020). "I was a Bassey fan when I was five: lunch with Trevor Ashley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  17. ^ a b Holst, Gail (1978). "SHOPFRONT THEATRE". Hemisphere. pp. 28–31. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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