South Australian Youth Arts (Sayarts)

sayarts is a youth theatre company that develops new works with young people for all audiences in our weekly after-school and weekend classes. our work is youth-led with professional artists facilitating and guiding our young theatre-makers through the process of creation. sayarts aims to enrich the lives of children and young people through creativity. our values are artistic integrity, professionalism, fun, friendship, excellence and respect. sayarts is helmed by creative producer/managing director, bec pannell. young people are central to the philosophy of sayarts and their agency is always at the heart of the work. young people are not empty vessels to be filled; they are reciprocal relationships and knowledge to be nurtured. our projects grow from the ideas, opinions and lives of the young people we work with. our lead artists are adelaide's most respected and loved theatre practitioners for young people . our success lies in not treating the art as childish or amateurish – di