Western Edge

28/05/2026

🌟 THIS SATURDAY: THE EDGE ENSEMBLES MULTIVERSE COLLIDES 🌟

Group rehearsals are the centrepiece of Edge Ensembles, the space where all three Edge locations come together to connect, experiment, and create a show as one ensemble.

The first group rehearsal is a space to get to know each other, have a play, and set the tone for what's to come. Expect good people, creative experiments, and a warm room to land in.

Whether you’ve already been coming along or you’re thinking about jumping in for the first time — this is the perfect session to start with.

🕔 10am – 3pm
📅 Saturday 30 May
📍 Phoenix Youth Centre, 72 Buckley St, Footscray
🍕 Snacks and lunch provided

Bring yourself. Bring a friend. See you there!

Edge Ensembles are supported by Brimbank City Council, Creative Brimbank and The Bowery Theatre, Maribyrnong City Council, Wyndham City Council, Creative Victoria and Creative Australia

12/05/2026

01/05/2026

📣 Edge Ensembles are underway! Join the magic. 💫

If you have an idea, a story, or something you’ve been wanting to test out in front of others then we’ve got you!

Edge Ensembles is a space to grow your craft, connect with others, and be part of something bigger than yourself.

Rooted in culture. Built on community. Driven by creativity.

Ideas don’t grow in silence - they grow in rooms like this.

20 weeks. 3 locations. One community.

🔗 Registrations now open – link in our bio!

Edge Ensembles are supported by Brimbank City Council, Creative Brimbank and The Bowery Theatre, Maribyrnong City Council, Wyndham City Council, Creative Victoria and Creative Australia

02/04/2026

⚡️ There’s something electric about being in a room where everyone’s building, exploring, and backing each other.⚡️

That’s Edge Ensembles. A space for you to come as you are, to find your voice or sharpen your craft, and be part of something bigger than yourself… leading to that moment of performing on a big stage in a big production!

📍Footscray - Phoenix Youth Hub
📍 Wyndham - Wyndham Cultural Centre
📍 St Albans – St Albans Arts and Community Centre (STACC)

This is gathering and joy in motion.
20 weeks. 1 stage. Your moment.

🔗 Registrations now open – link in our bio!

Edge Ensembles are supported by Brimbank City Council, Creative Brimbank and The Bowery Theatre, Maribyrnong City Council, Wyndham City Council, Creative Victoria and Creative Australia

25/03/2026

Our hearts are full after Mic Drop!

Grounded in joy, talent, and delicious food, Mic Drop was a night celebrating love for community, storytelling and connection. With your support, our energy is set to deliver Western Edge’s 2026 suite of Artistic Programs.

A huge and heartfelt thank you to:

🎤 our incredible hosts, Kudakwashe and Ricardo Magno, who guided us through the night,

🎶 phenomenal performers VINA. and Nomad222 who had us on our feet and in high spirits with their music,

🪩 DJ Bad.E who held it down with tunes all night long,

✨ everybody who who considered and performed as part of the Open Mic, bringing everything from hilarious to deeply moving words!,
 
And to everyone in our community who continues to support the work we do: we thank you and are deeply grateful to be connected to you.

Watch this space, as we have more programs, events and news to share with you soon!

10/02/2026

Kicking the year off with a MIC DROP – here’s (some) of what we’ve got planned for you 

An evening of tunes, great eats, and connecting with community on THE day for love, with Kudakwashe & Ricardo Magno wearing their MC hats to host our evening.  

We’ve got friends taking the stage to share their music and their poetry with performances, a look back at our 2025 highlights, and a look ahead as we share our 2026 artistic program with a DJ on deck to soundtrack it all; just to name a few. 
 
See you there? 😉 
 
Join us on Saturday 14 February at The Substation 
🗓️ Saturday 14 February, 6-9PM 
📍 The Substation, 1 Market Street Newport 
🎟️ FREE (RSVP via link in bio) 
 
Supported by VicHealth and Hobsons Bay City Council through its Make It Happen Grants program.

05/09/2025

Our hearts are warm and full of joy ✨

Months of work has come together on stage, brought to life by an ensemble of young artists from all corners of Western Edge.

There’s only two more shows for this year’s Edge Ensembles MOSAIC: The Thrive Anthology! We’d love you to join us for joyful nights of theatre🎭, community🫂 and food🍽️ and witness a gathering of stories that reflect where we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re growing next.

🔗Link in bio for tickets (starting from $0) & more about the show😜

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Edge Ensembles is generously supported by Brimbank City Council and Creative Brimbank, the Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation, Maribyrnong City Council, Wyndham City Council, and sponsored by Greater Western Water.

04/09/2025

Meet your 2025 SEED Artist: Ella Ferris

Ella Ferris is a Taribelang writer and actress based in Naarm.

She has received training in multiple fields, including in ballet at the Australian Ballet School, in commercial dance and musical theatre at Patrick Studios Australia and in theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School & the Victorian College of the Arts.

As an actress, she has appeared as Evonne Goolagong-Cawley in the Sunshine Super Girl national tour with Performing Lines (dir. Andrea James), Archie/Alec in Australian Dance Theatre and Ilbijerri Theatre’s Tracker (dir. Rachael Maza and Daniel Riley) for the 2023 Rising season and Claudia in Red Stitch’s 30th anniversary mounting of Honour (dir. Sam Strong).

TV credits include Shaz in Stan and Easy Tiger’s Scrublands (dir. Greg McLean).

Ella has written for the Australian Good Food Guide, Broadsheet, Veraison and Fashion Journal.

Her poem, Citronella, was published in Meanjin in 2023 and in 2024, Ella was the inaugural recipient of the Meanjin inPlace Autumn Residency, where she wrote her first memoir, Crocodile.

As part of Western Edge’s SEED: First Nations Writing Program, Ella Ferris will be supported by mentors Jane Harrison and Tahlee Fereday to develop an idea in its early stages. As a First Nations and q***r artist, Tahlee is a passionate advocate for the representation of minority voices on our screens and stages. Descended from the Muruwari people, Jane Harrison has made a profound impact on Australian theatre by bringing Indigenous voices and stories to the forefront.

SEED First Nations Writing Program is made possible with the generous support of Creative Australia and Creative Victoria.