The Midnite Youth Theatre Company was formed in 1987 with its initial production of Randolph Stow’s Midnite, adapted by Richard Tulloch, with music by John Bates. Following the local season of the production, the Company toured the United Kingdom with the play, representing Australian youth for our Bicentenary, and giving a Royal Command performance in the presence of Prince Edward.

From the early days, our policy has been to ‘stretch’ our performers - with music theatre, straight plays, experimental works, street theatre, group-devised pieces, professional commissions of new West Australian works, the classics and Australian, European and American plays, as well as television production.

We also consciously strive to allow our Company the experience of performing in exciting and demanding theatres and performance venues, such as His Majesty’s Theatre, the Playhouse Theatre, the Octagon, Bunbury Entertainment Centre, Saint George’s Cathedral, and Government House (where the Company was the first theatre company to perform within the Vice-Regal walls). Our own studio theatre in Claremont, Western Australia also provides us with a well-equipped intimate performing space.

At the same time, our ten international tours, have seen the Company perform in England, Scotland, Wales, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and Canada; in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Riverside Theatre Centre in Wales, Vancouver’s famous Waterfront Theatre, historic churches and libraries, and open air venues with tin roofs and tropical rain-storms competing with the projection with our actors’ voices.

Over the years, Midnite have seen many talented theatrical professionals grace its stages or work behind the scenes. Such names include Jill Perryman, Jenny Davis, Edgar Metcalfe, Tedd Bull, Sam Atlas, Rebecca Davis, Stuart Halusz, Tim Minchin, Steve Nolan, Andrew Newnham, Steve Campbell and John Byrne, just to name a few.