Bryce Ives (born 11 November 1983, in

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) is Artistic Director of

Theatre Works Theatre Works is a theatre venue, presenter and producer of independent theatre in St Kilda, Melbourne. Theatre Works was founded as Theatreworks, a theatre company, in 1980 by a group of young graduates from the Victorian College of the Arts ...

in St.Kilda, Artistic Director of the Fairfax Festival in the Murray Mallee region of North West Victoria, and Co-Artistic Director of the Present Tense Ensemble alongside long-term collaborator Nathan Gilkes. In 2019, Ives joined

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as the Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications for

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and the Media Design School in NZ. Ives has made a significant contribution to youth generated media in Australia, as a former Executive Producer of the ABC Radio project Heywire and former General Manager and President of the

Student Youth Network Student Youth Network Inc., operating as SYN Media , is an Australian youth-run not-for-profit organisation providing media training and broadcasting opportunities for young people. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organisation produces new and ...

in Melbourne. Ives facilitates the annual ABC Radio Heywire Regional Youth Summit in

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, in 2018 he facilitated his eleventh Heywire Regional Youth Summit. Ives is a previous Director of the Arts Academy Ballarat and the Gippsland Centre of Art & Design, the creative art schools

Federation University Australia Federation University Australia (Fed Uni) is a public, multi-sector university based in Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The university also has campuses in Ararat, Horsham, Stawell, Churchill, Berwick, and Brisbane, as well as online techni ...

. In 2017, Ives directed a music clip in support of marriage equality featuring students, musicians and local members of the Ballarat community. In 2002 Ives was named Young Citizen of the Year for the City of

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Bryce Ives Blog
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