Founded in 1985 in Albany, Western Australia, Southern Edge Arts (SEA) is one of Australia’s leading regional youth performing arts organisations, creating bold contemporary performance experiences that centre creativity, connection, and social and emotional wellbeing.

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Working at the intersection of artistic excellence, community engagement, and youth development, SEA empowers children and young people through contemporary circus, physical theatre, aerial arts, and interdisciplinary performance practice. Our programs and productions foster confidence, resilience, belonging, and creative agency while nurturing the next generation of regional artists, collaborators, and cultural leaders.

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For more than four decades, SEA has cultivated a distinctive artistic practice grounded in collaboration, inclusion, and place-based storytelling. We create original works and participatory arts experiences that amplify the voices of young people and reflect the stories, identities, and aspirations of our communities. Our work is shaped through meaningful partnerships with artists, schools, community organisations, and First Nations communities across the Great Southern region and beyond.

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SEA maintains long-standing creative relationships with First Nations artists, Elders, and communities, embedding cultural consultation, collaboration, and care into the development of artistic work and organisational practice. We are committed to creating culturally safe spaces that honour diverse knowledge systems, lived experiences, and creative expression.

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As Western Australia’s largest regional youth circus and physical theatre organisation, SEA delivers high-quality training, artistic development, and performance opportunities within a purpose-built regional circus facility unique to regional WA. Our Teaching Artists and creative mentors support participants to develop technical skills alongside leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, and self-expression through strengths-based arts practice.

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Our year-round programs include weekly training, creative development projects, school holiday intensives, artist residencies, community workshops, and large-scale public performances across the Great Southern region of Western Australia. These experiences are designed not only to develop artistic capability, but to strengthen wellbeing, social connection, and long-term engagement in community and cultural life.

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SEA believes The Arts are essential social infrastructure. Through courageous performance-making and accessible creative participation, we contribute to healthier, more connected, and more vibrant communities while championing the vital role young people play in shaping the cultural future of regional Australia.

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Click here to see our Code of Conduct

Click here to see our Contact Training - Student Information

Click here to see our Child Safety Policy