YOUNG CREATOR
DRAMA
CLASSES
Backbone offers SATURDAY drama CLASSES AT SEVEN HILLS HUB, BRISBANE.
our term-based CLASSES offer creative community, skills-building, and SPECIALISED coaching from our team of teaching artists TO BUILD YOUR CHILD’s CONFIDENCE, COLLABORATION SKILLS AND CREATIVITY.
At Backbone Youth Arts, we know the valuable skills people learn through the creative arts are for life. Our workshops are designed to:
empower young artists with the tools to tell their own stories and create their own work;
to give young artists the agency to make their own creative decisions;
develop their speaking confidence and critical thinking through access to stories and literature;
fuel their passion for the performing arts and storytelling.
Our Young Creator Workshops will nurture your child’s creativity, skills in collaboration and speaking confidence and are an excellent way for young people to engage with their peers, while developing their creative & performing skills.
Term 1 2026 begins Saturday, 31st OF JANUARY!
Registrations are open now.
SKILL BUILDERS
GRADES 4-6 CLASSES
SaturdayS 11:30AM – 1:00pm (90 minS)
Working with Backbone’s teaching artists, Skill Builders will take their performing skills and confidence to the next level by learning how to apply their imagination to create and perform their own stories, from their own perspectives.
These energetic and educational classes are tailored to meet the needs of each young artist while ensuring playfulness and inclusivity.
Skill Builders allows young people to explore their creative potential through creative play, text & speech, movement, performance, and more.
In Term 1, students will work with industry professionals to build performance and devising skills in preparation for Term 2 and Term 3’s Performance Creation focus. Students will perform at Queensland’s largest Youth Arts Festival, Backbone Festival, in October 2026.
Cost:
$400 per Term (9 weeks)
Discounts available for siblings, Bring-A-Friend days, entire year commitment and we have limited hardship scholarship placements available.
Where?:
Classes will take place at Backbone’s venue, Seven Hills Hub, Brisbane on 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills QLD 4170
2026 TERM dates:
Term 1: Saturday 31st January - 28th March
Term 2: Saturday 2nd May - 27th June
Term 3: Saturday 18th July - 12th September
Term 4: Saturday 10th October - 5th December
YOUNG MAKERS
GRADES 7-12 CLASSES
SaturdayS 1:30PM – 3:00PM (90 MINS)
Students will develop the skill set to collaboratively devise new work that speaks to the issues that matter to them most, highlighting collaboration as a key creative tool and life skill. With Backbone’s experienced facilitators, Young Makers will explore acting, writing, dramaturgy, and directing.
In Term 1, Young Artists will work with industry professionals to build performance and devising skills in preparation for Term 2 and Term 3’s Performance Creation focus. Students will perform at Queensland’s largest Youth Arts Festival, Backbone Festival, in October 2026.
2026 TERM dates:
Term 1: Saturday 31st January - 28th March
Term 2: Saturday 2nd May - 27th June
Term 3: Saturday 18th July - 12th September
Term 4: Saturday 10th October - 5th December
Cost:
$400 per Term (9 weeks)
Discounts available for siblings, Bring-A-Friend days, entire year commitment and we have limited hardship scholarship placements available.
Where?:
Classes will take place at Backbone’s venue, Seven Hills Hub, Brisbane on 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills QLD 4170
MEET OUR FACILITATORS
Backbone’s Facilitation Team is comprised of highly experienced and qualified teaching artists, who work professionally in the arts industry. Click on their names to find out more about their professional experience and the philosophy they bring to the next generation of artists.
