Reimagining the city at night through the eyes of its young people.
Wyndham City Council is partnering with internationally acclaimed performance company Mammalian Diving Reflex to present Nightwalks with Teenagers - a unique, youth-led public art project where teenagers guide audiences through their neighbourhoods, sharing their world, their stories, and their way of experiencing the city after dark.
Nightwalks with Teenagers is a walking performance designed and led by young people. Over two weeks of workshops and rehearsals, teenage participants will co-create a one-of-a-kind nighttime event, sharing talents, stories, games, and personal perspectives along a guided walk. Audiences of all ages are invited to join in - connecting through performance, play, and genuine interaction.
We are seeking 15–20 young people aged 14 to 18 to participate in this exciting project. No prior performance experience is necessary - just curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to collaborate and lead.
You don’t have to be a Werribee local or currently living in Werribee to be part of this project - just someone excited to get involved.
Participants must be available for the full rehearsal and performance period and will be supported throughout the project by artists from Mammalian Diving Reflex and Wyndham City Council staff.
This program is free to participate in, and light meals will be provided during workshops, with dinner on performance nights.
Participants will work together to devise a performance to be presented as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival program.
You plan it. You host it. You perform it
Please contact Betiel.Beyin@wyndham.vic.gov.au or chantal.wynter@wyndham.vic.gov.au if you have any questions.
Photograph/ Nightwalks with Teenagers in Brooklyn 2022_Photographer Rebecca Greenfield.
REGISTER
Key Dates
Please note all activities are in person.
| Date | Activity |
| 11 September (Thursday) | Registration form closes and confirmation email sent. |
| 2 October (Thursday) 2pm-6pm* | Workshop in Werribee (49 Watton St, Werribee) |
| 3 October (Friday) 2pm-6pm* | Workshop in Werribee (49 Watton St, Werribee) |
| 5 October (Sunday) 1pm-6pm | Workshop in Werribee (49 Watton St, Werribee) |
| 7 October (Tuesday) 4pm – 8:30pm | Workshop in Werribee (49 Watton St, Werribee) |
| 8 October (Wednesday) 4pm – 8:30pm | Dress rehearsal in Werribee (49 Watton St, Werribee) |
| 9 October (Thursday) 6pm – 9:30pm | Preview Performance (Wyndham Cultural Centre) |
| 10 October (Friday) 6pm – 9:30pm | Performance Walk 1 (Wyndham Cultural Centre) |
| 11 October (Saturday) 6pm – 9:30pm | Performance Walk 2 (Wyndham Cultural Centre) |
| 12 October (Sunday) 11am – 1pm | Debrief (49 Watton St, Werribee) |
* Please note that the 2 October and 3 October dates are during school holiday break.
Information Sessions
There will be information sessions for youth aged 14 – 18 years of age at the programs listed below. The information sessions are for young people to attend to get an understanding and ask questions about Nightwalks for Teenagers. For parents or carers wanting to know more, please contact Betiel or Chantal at arts@wyndham.vic.gov.au or on 9394 6870.
The following sessions will be open to any young person aged 12–25:
| Jam Junction | Tuesday 29 July from 6pm | 86 Derrimut Rd, Hoppers Crossing |
| Culture Konnect | Wednesday 30 July from 5pm | 86 Derrimut Rd, Hoppers Crossing |
| Manor Lakes Drop-In | Tuesday 5 August from 4pm | 86 Manor Lakes Blvd, Manor Lakes |
About Mammalian Diving Reflex
Based in Germany and Canada, Mammalian Diving Reflex is dedicated to investigating the social sphere, always on the lookout for contradictions to whip into aesthetically scintillating experiences.
They create site and social-specific performance events, theatre productions, participatory gallery installations, videos, film, art objects and theoretical texts, collaborating with non-artists to create work that recognises the social responsibility of art, fosters a dialogue and dismantles barriers between individuals of all ages, cultural, economic and social backgrounds. Mammalian brings people together in new and unusual ways around the world, to create work that is engaging, challenging, and gets people talking, thinking and feeling.
They make ideal entertainment for the end of the world.
About Melbourne Fringe Festival
Melbourne Fringe democratises the arts and have a vision of cultural democracy – empowering anyone to realise their right to creative expression.
Melbourne Fringe champion discovery and experimentation, supporting the development and presentation of artworks by, with and for the people of Melbourne. Melbourne Fringe run an annual Festival, the year-round venue Fringe Common Rooms at Trades Hall, and a range of arts sector leadership programs that uplift and mobilise the arts community.