Since 2010, Byron Youth Theatre (BYT) has created youth-led original theatre that provides
young people with opportunities to explore complex social issues through artistic practice.
BYT has delivered 420 performances and 345 workshops, engaging approximately 9,000
young people, teachers, parents and community members across the Northern Rivers.
The organisation’s work has been recognised through the 2020 Way Ahead Mental Health
Association NSW Media and The Arts Award and acknowledged on three occasions in the
NSW Legislative Assembly for its contribution to young people, mental health awareness
and community wellbeing.

With a 16-year legacy of producing impactful, youth-driven theatre, Byron Youth Theatre continues to empower young people and their communities through the arts. It’s latest production ALL OF US promises to be another landmark production, raw, honest, and deeply relevant.

The fabulous Lisa Apostolides will be in to chat more about the work of the Byron Youth Theatre and their upcoming show All of US showing at the Drill Hall Theatre – 15 & 16 October

Second guest is Dr. Corin Storkey from Seleno health discussing the scientific results of consuming cacao in its purest form.

New Zealand born co-founder and co-director Dr Corin Storkey has over 15 years of academic and research experience, specialising in medicinal antioxidant chemistry, oxidative diseases, cellular protection and health. He holds a PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Melbourne, Australia and the Heart Research Institute Sydney, Australia. 

He currently leads the New Zealand based Maca and cacao research program that studies Andean and Amazonian plant medicines and substantiates their traditions through biochemical analysis.

 His latest projects ('Bean to Brain') include biochemical mapping of macamides in different cultivars of Peruvian Maca, comparisons of bioactives in different Maca preparations and substantiating traditional uses of ceremonial cacao by Peruvian shamans through biochemical mapping of active metabolites.

He arrived in the country yesterday to embark on a series of workshops and events and we met yesterday and spoke over a block of their limited-edition Gut Happy chocolate which as you’ll hear is not your average chocolate.

I’ll bring you the first half d that interview this week.