Platform has worked on other projects with various individual and community groups.

Voices of Young People (2007)

Platform worked with the Office of the Child Safety Commissioner on a project using theatre as an advocacy vehicle for young people in out of home care so that these young people could provide expression and feedback on their experiences with the out of home care system.

From August until October 2007 ran workshops with selected young people living in out of home care.

Brendan Fitzgerald was the facilitator for the workshops.

Nine young women were involved from the ages of 14 to 17.

A performance, which was devised in the workshops, was presented by the girls (in pink pajamas!) in a closed showing on 22 October 2007. Approximately 80 people were in attendance including friends and family, agency workers, staff from the Department of Human Services, staff from the Office of the Child Safety Commissioner (including the Commissioner himself) and Platform Board members.

Voices of the Big Empty (2007)

Written by Dorothea Mackellar, Ania Walwicz, Naretha Williams and Amal Basry
Directed by Suze Smith
Performed by Lisa Mibus, Heather Grant, Naretha Williams and Stef Franja

What do women have to say about Australia? Voices of the Big Empty is a collection of short performances about significant women in Australian history, written performed and directed by women from Platform.

These are diverse stories by Dorothea Mackellar, Ania Walwicz, Naretha Williams and Amal Basry. These women speak about their lived experience of how this country is inhabited. Their voices contribute to the shaping of the cultural landscape of Australia; each woman tells a story of the bitterness and hope that lies therein.

Voices of the Big Empty was part of the City of Darebin’s celebration of International Women’s Day and was performed at the IWD Breakfast at Northcote Town Hall on Wednesday March 7th.