Nightwalks with Teenagers

Nightwalks with Teenagers is created with local youth who plan, design and lead public walks through the city at night, exploring the urban landscape. Nightwalks with Teenagers is focused on the power of walking together, inviting teens and adults to have a unique social experience in a shared place and time, where everyone can let loose, and silences offer moments for contemplation.

These kids give us the gift of being allowed to behave like children again.

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian (2015)

One of the most captivating projects that it made me recall my teenage days with such fondness that it bursts out of my chest.

Bob Gelsthorpe, This is Tomorrow (2015)

It’s an intentional contradiction: a show for adults, conceived and led by local teenagers. An exploratory social art experiment, in which the youth let us experience the streets through their eyes.

Anna McGahan, The Guardian (2022)

Presentation History

2025
May
ILT Festival & HIMHERANDIT; Aarhus, Denmark
2024
November
Yurakucho Art Urbanism; Tokyo, Japan
October
North Australian Festival of Arts; Townsville, Australia
May
Ansan Street Arts Festival; Ansan, South Korea
February
Encounter Theatre & Perth Festival; Perth, Australia
2023
July
Theater der Welt; Frankfurt, Germany
June
Emilia Romagna Teatro; Bologna, Italy
April
Castlemaine State Festival; Castlemaine, Australia
March
Castlemaine State Festival; Castlemaine, Australia
2022
November
Emilia Romagna Teatro; Bologna, Italy
October
Collettivo Amigdala; Modena, Italy
September
Brisbane Festival; Brisbane, Australia
July
The Bentway; Toronto, Canada
June
Cork Midsummer Festival; Cork, Ireland
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM); Brooklyn, United States of America
Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione; Bologna, Italy
Salisbury International Arts Festival; Salisbury, England
2021
June
Dark Mofo; Hobart, Australia
2019
October
Nuit Blanche; Brussels, Belgium
August
Freedom Festival; Hull, UK
La Teatrería & EI 77 for ESENICA; Mexico City, Mexico
April
CAOS Centro Arti Opificio Siri & Indisciplinarte; Terni, Italy
2018
December
10 Nodi Festival; Cagliari, Italy
September
University of Reading & Szuper Gallery; Reading, England
June
Hangö Teaterträff; Hanko, Finland
LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre); London, England
May
Week 53 & The Lowry; Salford-Quays, England
Frascati Theatre; Amsterdam, Netherlands
ZONA K & Triennale Teatro dell’Arte; Milan, Italy
2017
August
Ruhrtriennale; Duisburg, Germany
June
Festival des 7 Collines; Saint-Etienne, France
2016
September
Kaserne Basel & Theaterfestival Basel; Basel, Switzerland
Ruhrtriennale; Gelsenkirchen, Germany
August
Festival des arts vivants; Nyon, Switzerland
2015
September
International Festival of Contemporary Theatre ‘Homo Novus’; Riga, Latvia
February
Contact Manchester; Manchester, England
In Between Time Festival; Bristol, England
2014
July
Wunderbar Festival; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England
May
FIDENA; Bochum, Germany
2012
October
Hamilton Artists Inc.; Hamilton, Canada
June
Psi#18 Conference & University of Leeds; Leeds, England
2011
August
Amish Morrell & Inverness Municipal Council; Inverness, Canada

Original Tour Credits

The Original Touring Production of Nightwalks with Teenagers in Inverness, Canada in 2011 was:

Conceived and Directed by Darren O’Donnell
Coordinated by Saniya Ansari, Saif Azmi, Darren O’Donnell, Stephanie Springgay & Jenna Winter
Locally Coordinated by Amish Morrell
Facilitated by Councillor Jim Mustard
with Teenager Collaboration by The Torontonians