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Our 2025 season has received generous support from many individuals, groups and local businesses who help us to continue to offer performing arts opportunities to our community. 

This year we were delighted to have been awarded funding through the Australian Government’s Volunteer Grants program. This funding will assist us to upgrade our communications equipment and help us to continue to support the many volunteers who help run our organisation. Thank you to Sam Birrell, MP and his office for supporting our application.

We are also most grateful for the generous support of Atmos Renewables who are supporting SPW in 2025 – 2026. This funding will help us meet our annual operating costs and support two major productions next year.

Our local businesses and organisations provide amazing support and help us bring theatre experiences to our audiences and local performers. A big shout out and enormous thanks to:

• The Seymour Club
• Beer Auto Group
• Janelle Puppa Real Estate
• Seymour Toyota
• A Little Birdie Told Me
• RLS Property & Conveyancing Law
• GoSeymour
• Sartori’s Panel Works
• VH Denture Clinic Seymour
• Seymour College
• Seymour Coaches
• Rotary Club of Seymour
• Seymour Woolworths
• Seymour Pizza & Pasta
• IGA Broadford

We are always keen to hear from businesses and organisations who would like to help support SPW. If you, or anyone you know, would like to find out more please contact us at info@spworkshop.org.au.

Well that’s a wrap folks! A cast of 41 and 20+ crew, 5 amazing performances, over 1000 tickets sold and bucket loads of chocolate and lollies consumed!

We have had such amazing support from our local business community who help us bring theatre experiences to our audiences and local performers.

Our production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory featured many young people who discovered the magic of live theatre for the very first time and we are grateful to our sponsors for helping to support these opportunities in our community.

The Seymour Club

Beer Auto Group

GoSeymour

Janelle Puppa Real Estate

Sartori’s Panel Works

Seymour Coaches

Seymour Toyota

VH Denture Clinic Seymour

Woolworths

The Seymour Performers Workshop 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held at 4pm on Sunday 16 February, and all are welcome to attend.

We are always keen to hear from people interested in joining the committee and helping support the Workshop, and would welcome nominations for new committee members.

Not wanting to join the committee but still keen to get involved? Come along and hear about other opportunities that you may be interested in lending a hand with. From working bees, set building and costume maintenance, to publicity, fundraising and membership drives. All are welcome and we’d love to hear from you!

Venue: Les Bell Pavilion, Kings Park, Seymour

If you are planning to attend please ensure you RSVP to info@spworkshop.org.au

Nominations for all positions can be emailed in advance to info@spworkshop.org.au

SPW President Peter Read and SPW Community Choir leader Caitlyn Trotter joined host of Seymour FM BEAM’s EarthChat program Ruth Yeatman, for a chat about the benefits of performing arts to our community and to personal wellbeing.

They also chatted about our new SPW Community Choir and how you can get involved, as well as our upcoming production of Dogfight.

We have two double passes to the opening weekend of Dogfight to giveaway to listeners. All you have to do is email us and let us know what the ‘special treat’ at the beginning of the third segment was.

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Performing Arts Scholarship Opportunity

The Seymour Performers Workshop is delighted to announce applications are now open for the Howe Family Scholarship, an annual scholarship established to provide access to professional training in the performance arts for young people within the Mitchell Shire.

The Scholarship has been made possible through the generosity of Clinton Howe and family and will enable the recipient to attend a short course at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in Melbourne.  The recipient will have access to a week long NIDA-Open course in either Musical Theatre or Acting.

Mr Howe said, “Through this Scholarship we hope to continue to develop the strong theatre community in the Mitchell Shire and inspire our young people to pursue their dreams in the Arts.   We have chosen NIDA due to its national recognition for excellence and SPW for its ongoing commitment to the arts within the Mitchell Shire, to help us deliver this Scholarship”.

Applications are open to secondary school students aged 13+ who are residents of the Mitchell Shire. Applications close on Friday 30 August 2024.