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TEEN ARTS LAB

Name: TEEN ARTS LAB
Start: 2026-07-16T09:30:00+10:00
End: 2026-07-16T09:30:00+10:00
Location: The Drill Hall Theatre

About

A full day of creativity, connection, and imagination designed especially for teens. This immersive workshop brings together drama, visual art, and creative writing. Completely phone-free, the day is all about presence and possibility.

The day begins with an epic DRAMA WORKSHOP led by Sally, where we'll dive into improvisation games, fun scripts and theatre challenges. It's all about having a laugh, building confidence, and making new friends while developing your acting and improvisational skills.

After morning tea, we'll slow things down with a relaxed PAINTING WORKSHOP led by Krish. Whether you're an experienced artist or picking up a paintbrush for the first time, you'll create your own artwork on canvas in a supportive and encouraging environment. Using the eye as the subject, Krishna will guide you through a range of painting techniques, helping you explore colour, shading, texture, and detail while developing your own artistic style. Your finished canvas will be yours to take home as a reminder of the day.

Next, we'll hang out around the fire for lunch. You can have a go at primitive fire-making techniques, or just chill out and enjoy.

After lunch, we'll head into a CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP with Shae. We will explore how our senses spark creativity and shape the words we choose. We’ll then explore different forms of inspiration to create your own poem or song.

Throughout the day there'll be plenty of snacks to keep everyone fuelled, including muffins, chips, dips, cups of tea, juice and of course plenty of chocolate!

The workshops are open to all levels of experience, including none at all! We encourage you to give everything a go - but if you need a break or moment to chill you are welcome to hang out on the veranda or by the fireside anytime.

The focus of this day is on building confidence, sparking imagination, and creating connections and friendships through shared creative exploration. We hope that everyone leaves with new friends, creative inspiration and skills and memories to keep.

Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and water bottle. Snacks will be provided throughout the day.

Facilitators for the day will be:

Krishna Reville is a visual artist, After studying psychology, Krishna moved to the USA to complete a Master's degree in Art Psychotherapy. She spent seven years there working in hospitals and mental health services as a lead psychotherapist, conducted award-winning research into the diagnostic power of art, and developed and led an innovative creative arts program for teenagers experiencing addiction. Upon her return to Australia in 1997, where she was the first art psychotherapist nationally, she worked in private practice and specialist trauma services, supporting children, adolescents, and adults.

Shae Gready is a drama teacher, poet and a lover of life who strongly believes the best way to experience life is through play. With years of experience using drama, poetry and performance as a way to process the absurdities of living a human life, Shae has amassed a repertoire of games and techniques that are guaranteed to bring lightness, explore unique creativity, enhance joy levels and invoke belly laughs (only the very best medicine). Using drama and creative writing as tools to process emotions, paint pictures with words, step out of our own minds and play in another's shoes - may just be the answer to creating a more compassionate, peaceful world. Shae is also a mum of two beautiful daughters, an experienced yoga and meditation teacher and retreat leader.

Sally Davis is a stage and screen actress, drama teacher, director and community arts practitioner with over 25 years' experience in theatre, television and arts education. She trained in Le Coq-based physical theatre under Giovanni Fusetti and has studied clowning and physical theatre extensively in Australia. Sally was Assistant Artistic Director of the National Performing Arts Troupe in Papua New Guinea and an Artist in Residence with Wan Smol Bag Theatre in Vanuatu. As an actor, Sally appeared in a principal role on Neighbours and lots of other tv commercials and short films, and she worked as a Clown Doctor with the Humour Foundation. Recently Sally directed the sell-out show "Brainstorm" in Mullumbimby. Sally loves working with teens and community and facilitating spaces where the arts can empower, heal and connect us all.

All facilitators have current and approved NSW Working With Children Checks (WWCC) and First Aid Training.