ABOUT JOPUKA
Youth arts with heart, grit, and purpose.
Jopuka is the Central Coast’s leading youth arts company — a home for bold ideas, emerging voices, and theatre that means something.
We provide accessible, inclusive, and dynamic arts programming for young people in our region, creating a platform for those often unheard and an environment where talent is nurtured, creative exploration is welcomed, and difference is celebrated. Our stages have launched careers, built confidence, and sparked lifelong friendships.
Founded in 2016, Jopuka is a youth arts charity based on Darkinjung Country. We support emerging artists aged 12–26 across all areas of the youth arts, offering a bold, inclusive, and empowering space for young creatives to explore not only performance, but also writing, design, production, and beyond.
We’ve staged over 60 acclaimed productions and commissioned 17 new Australian works by emerging playwrights and theatre-makers from across the country.
Jopuka is about audacity, joy, courage, agency, defiance, and change. Jopuka is about youth arts that speak to something deeper. Jopuka is about young people finding their place — and making their mark.
As we move into our next chapter, we remain fiercely committed to our founding principles: young people first, always.
The Terrestrials
Leo Baftirovski – Treasurer
Grace Brame Whiting
Libby Blake
Riley Felton
Skye Gleeson
Addison Goldie
Stephanie Hanlon
Sarah Harrington
Amani Halak – Fundraising + Socials
Khy Elliott
Abby Muddle
Eden Ormsby
Phoenix Robertson-Neil
Xander Rush
Brooke Shorten – Chair
Elodie Tipton
Kani Lukuta – Spokesperson
Liv Zaia
Life Members
Joshua Maxwell
Jessica Pascuzzo
Danielle Brame Whiting
Cheryl Amey
Kelly Maxwell
Rebecca Roth
Les Besseny
Charlotte Cook
Jamie Hornsby
Chris Hallett
Steph Gleeson
Nathan Power
Nik Lyons
Chris Brame
Lucas Carter
Anna Carter
Anthony Wall
Jayne Johnston
Dakota Lily
Rose Leigh
Brooke Shorten
Kani Lukuta
Lyn Maxwell
Peter Brame Whiting
Grace Brame Whiting
Skye Gleeson
Rosie Ross
Bear Peterson
Rayelle Robyn
Lisa Power
Milo Power
Calem Madden
Tahlia Rose
Supporters & Sponsors
Major Supporters
Funding Bodies
Partners & Bodies
Donors
Anne Chartlon
Belinda Taylor
Betty and Alan
Cathy Hanlon
Catrina Hylton
Cherriene Verdich
Cheryl Amey
Chris Brame
Chris Hallett
Craig Towells
Danielle Brame Whiting
Darren Horn
Emmeline Hale
Hendrik Keulemans
Jamie Hornsby
Jane Austin
Jen Moes
Jennifer Humby
John and Jan Aspinall
Joshua Maxwell
Kathryn Peterson
Krystal Docker
Kylie Mortimer
Leanne Faulkner
Leonie Barnett
Lisa Power
Lyn Kel Aspinall
Mister Minit Lake Haven
Nicky Grant
Rayelle Payne
Rebecca Roth
Riley Felton
Riley McLean
Ryan Knowles
Simone Koen
Stephanie Gleeson
Stephanie Segafredo
Talea Foley
Tayah Blackman
The Cooke Family
Vanita Barry
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