The Lieder Youth Theatre Company is in rehearsal for its major performance project of the year. The project is called Pocket Full of Knives and will be a youth-researched and created theatrical performance at the Lieder Theatre addressing issues of self-image, wellness and substance abuse among young people in rural areas.

Pocket Full of Knives is a collaboration with drama students from Yass and Crookwell High Schools, which has grown out of the 3rd Gathering of Regional youth keen to explore their interest in theatre and hosted by the Lieder Theatre in April this year as part of National Youth Week.

Pocket Full of Knives is also a development on from the Company's highly successful collaborative production of Four Little Girls, which involved drama groups from around the region in a combined performance in 2006 at the Lieder.

The project is exploring the model of groups working in isolation on the major part of their presentation and only meeting for the first time just before opening night to turn the play into a cohesive performance involving all the groups.

In the cast of Pocket Full of Knives over 25 young people will meet for the first time the day before opening to finalise their performance on the Lieder mainstage.

The Gala opening night hosted by Goulburn INTERACT -
Youth Rotary on Friday 4th July at 7.30pm.

Pocket Full of Knives will continue on Saturday 5th July at 2pm and 7.30pm and conclude on Sunday 6th July with an afternoon performance commencing at 2pm.
Tickets for this show can be booked by phoning the Lieder Theatre on 48215066 or by following the links on Lieder's web page www.liedertheatre.com

This project has received funding from Goulburn Community Drug Action Team, Goulburn Mulwaree Council and the Commonwealth Regional Arts Fund, which gives all Australians, wherever they live better access to opportunities to practice and experience the arts.

Pocket Full of Knives is a devised work created with regional high school students and contains strong language and contemporary themes that may be confronting for some patrons. The play is suitable for audiences over 12 years of age.

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Achievements

2008-
Members of the Lieder Youth Theatre will be out and about during Saturday 9th entertaining the Blue’s crowd in Belmore Park with clowning, street theatre, face painting and stilting. Anyone who would like to try their hand at walking on stilts will be given a chance during the day with assistance from some of the Lieder Youth. These activities have been sponsored by ActewAGL.

2007
Clowning, stilting, face painting Australia Day, Crookwell Country Fair, Australian Blues Festival, Anglicare, National Youth Week and Goulburn's Festival of Heritage and Roses, Lilac Time Parade

2006
Dancing on Stilts world record - Victoria Park Australia Day
Lion Dancing - for Goulburn's inaugural Chinese New Year Celebrations
Acrobatic Fire Show for Australian blues Music Festival
The Four Little Girls - by Pablo Picasso regional collaboration with CYT, Yass HS and THSPA
Just a Play -by local young writer Kieran Milward - winner at Goulburn Eisteddfod

2005
Acrobatic Fire Show - attracting a record 1500 spectators over 2 performances
Cop This - commissioned by the State Police Blue Light Department
Exchange & Change - the 2nd Gathering of Regional Youth Theatre people - host/ organiser
Urbs Urbis - Goulburn Eisteddfod, Goulburn Friendship Club Christmas Party, Lieder Xmas Party

2004
Acrobatic Fire Show - Australian Blues Festival
The Gathering - at C Y T - to meet & unite regional youth performing arts groups
Dead One Done - a company-devised show about death & grieving for young people

2003
2 Friendly 4 Words - a company-devised performance project about teenage pregnancy and its impact on rural youth
Acrobatic/Fire Show - a spectacular outside performance incorporating fire with physical theatre, acrobatics and stilts
Forks'n All (a feast for peace) - community arts festival performance at St Saviour's Cathedral
Ubu by Alfred Jarry performed as part of Artstart Festival and LYTC's 10th birthday

2002
Lost on the Lake (devised)- 3 days and nights living and performing on Lake George as part of the Weereewa Festival
I=CAN - touring the Southern Tablelands of NSW and to Smoke Free Burning Boards Youth Theatre Festival in Tuggeranong

2001
Body Slam (devised) - performance and workshop tour project with Theatre Physical, Powerhouse, Shopfront, Pact Youth Theatre companies, ATYP, involving performances at Circular Quay and Hyde Park, Sydney. June - touring to the Street Theatre, ACT as part of Burning Boards Youth Theatre Fest.
Vision of Delight - written by Ben Jonson, performed as part of Artstart celebrations outside at St Saviour's Cathedral

2000
Olympic Torch Relay celebrations, Goulburn - street performances and 30 stilt walkers
Blow-up workshops with Powerhouse Youth Theatre at Wollongong
Gathering the Dust (devised)- touring to Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Hot Air - touring to Tuggeranong Arts Centre

1999
Express Yourself Regional Youth Theatre Festival - street pageant
Hot Air (devised) - touring to the steps of the Sydney Opera House

1998
Established the Goulburn Youth Council street theatre and devised performances for GRABfest'98
G'Day Mate (devised) - touring to festivals in the Czech Republic & UK

1997
Goulburn Youth Theatre Festival hosted by Lieder Youth Theatre
Hot Chips and Gravy at the Blackhole Café (devised)

1996
GRABfest'96
circus workshops/ performances - stilts & unicycle

1995
Aboriginal Youth Theatre Festival
The Colour Play (devised)- touring to the Street Theatre, ACT
local Aboriginal legend workshops with Matthew Doyle & the Doonooch Dancers

1994
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Rolly's Grave
Still Fires

1993
Goulburn Youth Theatre Festival hosted by Lieder Youth Theatre
The Happy Prince (adapted by the Company)