Aldo Longobardi is an Adelaide-based writer, director, theatre maker, educator and learning designer. He has over two-decades experience in Middle and Senior Secondary Drama in South Australian schools including extensive work with the SACE Board of South Australia and Drama South Australia.

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His writing has been published and plays produced in schools and in the Adelaide Fringe Festival. He has produced teaching and learning resources for local and international theatre companies and artists for the Adelaide Festival, and he has designed and presented workshops and professional learning experiences for teachers in a range of Arts and pathways subjects areas.

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Aldo has written original plays for and with young people in a breadth of styles and genres. His plays explore themes such as coming-of-age, political and social issues, the complexity of relationships and the quest for identity in an increasingly confusing and complex world. When working with young people, Aldo is passionate about helping artists discover their identity as theatre makers and to use theatre as a means for communicating ideas, perspectives, questions and stories to audiences. His approach inspires student and artist agency, teacher ingenuity, disciplined collaboration and inclusivity.

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Find one of Aldo's plays to produce with your theatre group or commission him to create a new work with your creative team.