Create Centre at the University of Sydney

01/10/2026

Save The Date! Create Centre's Shakespeare Memorial Lecture w. Arthur L. Little Jr.

Please join us for the Shakespeare Memorial Lecture, an annual public lecture hosted by the CREATE Centre. We're thrilled to announce this year's guest, Arthur L. Little Jr., professor of English at UCLA who specialises in Shakespeare, early modern race studies, Black studies, and q***r and gender studies.

Free event, w. limited capacity. Friday 20th November at 6pm | Chau Chak Wing Museum. Register using the link below https://events.humanitix.com/shakespeare-memorial-lecture-w-arthur-l-little-jr

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29/09/2026

Upcoming Webinar: Creating Authentic Creative Health Connections w. Benjamin Segal

This webinar explores how Creative Health research can be translated into practical therapeutic settings. Drawing on interdisciplinary arts practice, Ben will share ways to read the room, adapt in the moment and create inclusive, person-led experiences that support patients, families and staff.

Thursday 15 October, 6:30pm - 7:45pm AEST | Free online webinar (Zoom) Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/creating-authentic-creative-health-connections

28/09/2026

Upcoming Webinar: Drama-based Interventions for Psychological Trauma w. Eliza Oliver. Join us to learn about Eliza Oliver's PhD by publication on drama-based interventions for psychological trauma.

Thursday 8th October, 4:00pm - 5:00pm AEST | Free online webinar (Zoom) Follow the link to register https://events.humanitix.com/drama-based-interventions-for-psychological-trauma-w-eliza-oliver

27/09/2026

Westwords Booktober - Begins Next Week!
Booktober™ is an annual event held during the month of October encouraging people to read more books! In the process, each person (affectionately known as a Bookworm!) can opt in to raise funds to support WestWords in providing books and literacy programs to disadvantaged kids within the Greater Western Sydney region.

Follow the link below to get involved!
https://www.booktober.org.au/

25/09/2026

Shipwreck Odyssey at Carriageworks!

The whole family is invited to dive beneath the waves for a fantastical marine adventure from Box of Birds (Space Play, Creature), blending cutting-edge technology with soulful storytelling to bring the ocean to life.

26th September - 18th October. Get tickets here:
https://carriageworks.com.au/events/shipwreck-odyssey/

25/09/2026

Last Week to Catch A Night at the Library!

Bell Shakespeare takes audiences young and old on a magical journey of discovery exploring the many known and unknown spaces in the Library, its collection, and items from the weird to the wonderful.

20th Sep - 1st Oct. Register here: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/night-library-0

13/09/2026

Worth revisiting: Peter O'Connor and Katy Pérez's Applied Theatre and the Permacrisis: Ethics, Politics, Pedagogy and Aesthetics (Routledge, 2025) looks at applied theatre practice through the lens of overlapping, compounding crises, working through ethics, politics, pedagogy and aesthetics in the field.

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003207887

12/09/2026

Enock Swanzy-Impraim (Edith Cowan University) has proposed a multi-element framework for creativity in schools, spanning teacher training, beliefs and practice, cultural background and policy understanding. Intended as a reference point for translating creativity policy into classroom practice.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-026-01296-1

11/09/2026

For the teachers, and for anyone with young children.

"The Curious World of Pamela Allen" is showing at the State Library of NSW, general admission free, running to 18 July 2027. There's a curriculum-linked school excursion programme for Early Stage 1 to Stage 1, covering Creative Arts and English outcomes.

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/curious-world-pamela-allen

11/09/2026

Australia Reads just announced the 31 successful 31 successful communities who will host events with Australian authors and illustrators in their local areas in 2027, as part of the expanded LitUp author touring program. Here at CREATE we are especially pleased to see Big Sky Stories has been funded again for an author visit next year and will partner with secondary schools in Broken Hill!

Big Sky Stories is a bookshop and charity providing children, young people and their families of the NSW outback a place to gather and be inspired through sharing the world of books, storytelling and creative arts activities.

Learn more here: https://www.bigskystories.org.au/