DARTS News January 2024

You will see and hear the word DARTS a lot over the next three years, as we work with our regional theatre makers to tackle each of the program’s foundational pillars.  However, before we embark on this project, we will bring together the regional theatre sector to co-design the 3-year program.  This will be the first time such a … Read more

A letter from Suellen Maunder, Artistic Director and CEO

2023 – a busy year of developing work, skills, and capacity After an incredibly busy and formative year for JUTE, nature’s wrath had other ideas, adding Cyclone Jasper (the seventh cyclone in JUTE’s 32-year history) and one in 100-year floods into the mix. It’s not over yet. While Far North Queenslanders are a resilient bunch, … Read more

2024 JUTE Actors Studio Pathways Program Script call out

JUTE Theatre Company and Overall Arts are calling for playwrights from Cairns and district to write a one-hour script to be performed by young people aged 16-18 years old.  The selected play will be workshopped and developed through JUTE’s Professional Pathway Program in 2024, by a group of young emerging actors who are seeking a … Read more

Live and free play reading showcases next-gen playwrights and storytellers

MEDIA RELEASE In partnership with JUTE Theatre Company, the Australian Theatre for Young People’s (ATYP) playwriting program Fresh Ink will showcase Cairns’ next generation of playwrights at a live and free play reading event tomorrow, Wednesday, 29 November, from 6 pm at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre. Partnering with JUTE Theatre Company in 2023 to deliver its … Read more

JUTE graduates showcase their acting smarts in Koalazilla, an exciting new Cairns-made production

MEDIA RELEASE Traversing the powerful themes of government corruption, conspiracy and the courage to stand up for one’s convictions, Koalazilla is an exciting new work by Cairns playwright Keziah Warren that, with production and direction from Overall Arts, will be performed next month featuring the senior graduating class of JUTE Actors Studio (JAS). Within the … Read more

JUTE’s BBB kick starts Esther Elder’s theatre career

CASE STUDY Fresh from completing her Bachelor of Theatre degree with CQU and hungry for every opportunity that would further develop and improve her skills base across theatre and the arts, Esther Elder was primed to attend a series of JUTE’s Build Back Better training PODS including Writing and Dramaturgy, Stage Management and Directing. Esther … Read more