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Stage Left restarts youth program to help build more confidence in young people

A local theatre troupe's youth program has been given a fresh breath of life, with organisers hoping to help youth build their confidence. Stage Left's SLAY program — targeted at youth aged 8-16 — has been resurrected to give young people more options not only for theatre skills, but also confidence and people skills. President Kyle Callaghan said the program had fallen over a few years ago, but a new co-ordinator had been enlisted to help keep the program happening, even if participation numbers were not big. 'This time around there will be no more counting the heads, no more trying to make it sustainable, we are just going to rock up and whatever happens, happens,' he said. 'Even if we just get people in the program, we are going to be stoked. 'We just think it's critical we get this back off the ground.' Callaghan said while the program took place at a theatre troupe, it was not designed as a theatre program. 'As you get into the upper ranks obviously it becomes a little bit more theatre-focused at that stage, but SLAY is primarily about helping build young people up,' he said. 'Helping them to discover themselves, socially interact with others, and being able to actually walk up to somebody and have a conversation without having to hold people's hands to do so. 'A lot of it is a character-building and it's about having fun, having a laugh, learning new social skills, basically building yourself as a young person, building your own personality and feeling safe to be able to walk out into society doing whatever you want.' The program restarts this weekend. To find out more email admin@