ADSA 2017 PERFORMING BELONGING IN THE 21ST CENTURY 27-30 June 2017 Although abstracts for this finished in December last year there are still multiple ways you can connect with this conference of the Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama & Performance Studies (ADSA) which is this year held in Auckland, NZ. Source: ADSA – 27/06/2017 – ADSA … Read More
TRANSGENDER: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD How do theatre plays, such as The Trouble with Harry contribute to advancing contemporary transgender issues? A post-performance Q&A co-presented with the Seymour Centre as part of the 2017 Mardi Gras The latest Seymour Centre play, The Trouble with Harry re-imagines the true case of Eugenia Falleni AKA Harry Crawford, … Read More
Applications are open from 1 February – 31 March 2017The time has come again for our annual call for artist applications for Crack Theatre Festival as part of This is Not Art, happening 28 Sept – 1 Oct, 2017 in Newcastle.We’re excited to be back in Newcastle for another year and another Festival, but we’ve … Read More
ShowBroker is a new performing arts market opportunity taking place in Adelaide 27 February – 1 March 2017 for Producers of tour-ready works to pitch and sell their latest productions to a room of presenters, festivals and buyers in order to build an Australian national tour for 2018/19 and beyond.The ShowBroker conference will be jammed … Read More
Sancha Donald, Accessible Arts NSW’s long-standing CEO, will step down at the end of this month. Sancha has provided distinguished service to Accessible Arts as CEO for the past for 12 years. The list of her achievements across that period is extensive. She has been a tireless advocate for artists with a disability, particularly in … Read More
The New Plot have just announced their Directors for The New Plot, Troy Harrison and Adam Cook! We are delighted to have both of these amazing talents on board to help us bring new Australian stories to the stage. Their wealth of knowledge, willingness to collaborate and excitement for brave and risk taking work will provide … Read More
With our sector’s wellbeing firmly on TNN’s agenda, Jane Kreis took the opportunity to get all the details on Arts Centre Melbourne’s ‘Arts Wellbeing Collective’ last week so that NSW might be able to develop its own platform. Tracy Margieson, Arts Wellbeing Collective’s Project Coordinator with Arts Centre Melbourne, met with Jane to explain how it … Read More
Lindy Hume and Currency House are putting their words into actions and taking to various locations around Australia to launch Lindy’s Platform paper ‘RESTLESS GIANT: CHANGING CULTURAL VALUES IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA’. Already launched in Candelo and Bundaberg tonight Lindy will present at NORPA in Lismore 09/02/17 – 5.30 for 6pm – Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty … Read More
John Fries Award The John Fries Award 2017 for early career artists is a non-acquisitive award of $10,000 with all finalists receiving an artist’s fee of $1000 each. It is an exciting opportunity for artists working in all media from performance to photography, from painting to conceptual art, and aims to encompass the multiplicity of … Read More
Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence Fellowship The Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence Fellowship will recognise an Australian writer working in a creative genre (including fiction, poetry, performance, creative non-fiction, digital media, screen) who has published a major work, or has had it performed/produced professionally within the past five years. The Charles Perkins Centre … Read More
