January 2013
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NEW BLOG
It’s official. We’ve moved. To start off the new year with a bang we’ve made a new blog. Keep in touch here.
December 2012
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2012 NSW Premier's Literary Awards: winners and...
Our very own Vanessa Bates, whose production of Porn.Cake. was part of Griffin Independent this year, has been selected as joint winner of the 2012 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards with Joanna Murray-Smith.
Here are the Judges’ comments on both winning plays:
‘Porn.Cake.’
Judges’ comments
Two reasonably well-off couples with no kids in a contemporary city have hit...
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STC appoints three Resident Directors
Sarah Goodes, Kip Williams and Sarah Giles will take up positions of Co Resident Directors at Sydney Theatre Company from 1 January 2013. Each will direct a main stage show in 2013 and as part of their roles will conduct workshops and script developments, take part in STC’s Rough Drafts program and facilitate readings and dramaturgical assignments. They will participate in artistic...
November 2012
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Cut & Paste Christmas Special
To mark the end of a massive year, we’ve put together a Yuletide edition of CUT & PASTE at The Bondi Pavilion Theatre. It’s a late afternoon kick off (bar open from 3pm) and we’ll have a BBQ on the balcony, DJ’s in the bar and a bad santa (that’s Leland Kean btw). …
Plus we’ve got these presents hidden underneath the Christmas tree for you… ...
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Teen Diary Readings 3: Bullet with Butterfly Wings...
After sell out events at The Sydney Writers Festival and Wheeler Centre in Melbourne the public thirst for humiliation and pain remains unabated. Teen Diary Readings returns to it’s ancestral home at the Surry Hills Library this December! Come join writer Zoe Norton Lodge, NOTV’S Lucy Phelan, The Wonderful Lucinda Gleeson, Unconventionally Rugged Looking Enya Enthusiast and...
AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM NATIONAL FINAL
Slams began in Chicago in 1986, made it through hit TV and radio shows, were spit by Kanye West and David Chapelle. Miles Merrill brought them to Australia in 1996 and took it national in 2007. Now Australia’s Poetry Slam reaches it’s finale at Sydney Theatre.
In small towns and suburbs across the country, communities have gathered in libraries, youth centres, bars, and festivals to...
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NIDA's hot young things doing their thing.
At NIDA this week are the directors’ productions - they’ve spent all year in a sweltering hot-house of inspiration, so this is probably not one to miss.
Studio Program
Caligula By Albert Camus Translated by David Grieg Directed by Pierce Wilcox ‘I feel a violent need for impossible things.’ The Emperor Caligula returns to Rome after three days and three nights in the wilderness. ...
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We could be the Berlin of the Antipodes!
I came across this really excellent article on artsHub a couple of days and it is vital that it gets read by as many people as possible.
I read Esther Anatolitis’ view of arts festivals with considerable interest. As a former director of the Fringe Festival it isn’t surprising that she feels there can never be too many festivals. There is a great feeling of energy around the Fringe Festival,...
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Singapore Creative Writing Residency – Call for...
Application for the Singapore Creative Writing Residency programme is now open. Created to promote creative writing, this is the first such writing residency in Singapore. It is jointly organised by the National University of Singapore’s University Scholars Programme (NUS USP) and The Arts House (TAH).The Residency aims to:
1. Provide time and opportunity for the Resident to complete or make...
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David, saying some words.
There is currently on artsHub, which is an edited extract of the NTEU lecture delivered by David Williamson at the University of Notre Dame on 15 November 2010. Some interesting reading.
If creativity is the single most important driver of both economic growth and a rich and interesting life, why is it under such a short-sighted assault by both sides of the political divide?
The state...
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Around the Kitchen Table
4 artists/groups, 4 meetings over 4 months (Fridays between January and July 2013).
Expressions of Interest are open for 2013 Around the Kitchen Table!
Join artistic director Julie Vulcan Around the Kitchen Table for cups of tea, sustaining conversation and mentoring to evolve artist ideas. Tailored to the needs of each project, this may include matchmaking with collaborative artists, research...
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BBM EXTENDED
Applications for the BBM LTD Drama Award have been extended.
BBM Ltd is partnering with PACT to receive and select a Drama Award winner who will receive $8 000 to travel to the United Kingdom for professional development experience. B.B.M. Ltd Awards have enabled hundreds of talented young Australians to visit Britain to gain further experience in their chosen pursuits.
Closing Date 5pm 3...
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Monday night madness.
A message from Kate McDowell.
Tamarama Rock Surfers is hosting a reading of my new play It’s Fashionable to Fuck Up Your Life at The Old Fitzroy Hotel. It would be so great if you came down to play with us! It’s Fashionable to Fuck Up Your Life is an exploration of violence in love. It crosses multiple continents and spans many years, but sits very close to my heart. The play will be...
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Call for writers and actors - The Political Hearts...
From our friends at subtlenuance.
The Political Hearts of Children is an exciting collaborative venture which will be created directly from the personal experiences of the actors involved.
Everyone has childhood stories. This project is based on two beliefs:
that everyone’s stories are valuable;
that it’s our stories of childhood that help us define adulthood.
We’re looking for writers and actors...
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Rapid Prototype #2 at 107 Projects
The second installment of Legs On The Wall’s quick-fire, rough draft evening for artists is turning up the volume (or whispering in your ears) this November at Redfern’s 107 Projects. Featured in this edition are: − spoken word artist and composer Tom Hogan − the commanding headphones of Roslyn Helper − ClulowForester’s evolving compositions − musical poetry by Marcus Whale and Pip...
When I Make A Line Change During Rehearsal
whatshouldwecallplaywrights:
The actors:
The director:
The stage manager:
http://lackingcredentials.tumblr.com/
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Bellamy, being great again.
Just in case you missed the news, our PWA Associate playwright Jess Bellamy has won the Australian Theatre for Young People’s Foundation Commission, worth $10,000, for her work Compass.
Bellamy’s script, created for actors aged 10 to 13, is a comedy with Lord of the Flies overtones about children left alone in the bush. It will be performed in October next year as part of ATYP’s...
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Crack Theatre Festival Associate Producer Call Out
The CRACK Theatre Festival is very excited to announce our callout for Associate Producers for the 2013 festival!
This is a position ideal for people who are highly organised, passionate about contemporary performance and who have ideas big and small for running and growing a festival. The two Associate Producers will be joining the two Artistic Directors Nick Atkins and Jennifer Medway in the...
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Australia Council: Creative Partnerships with Asia
Up to $40,000 for new collaborative projects involving artists from Australia and countries in Asia that result in original contemporary arts projects presented in both countries.
Expressions of Interest close 31 Jan 2013
Invitation only applications closing date 8 April 2013
Decisions advised mid May 2013
Projects may start 20 May 2013
About the initiative
The Australia Council is offering...
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all quiet on the blogging front
There’s been a fair amount of radio silence on our blog recently and for this we offer sincere apologies. It’s all for a good cause though. The Artist Card program is currently undergoing a massive revamp for 2013, the blog included, and so it will continue to be quiet for a while whilst we get ourselves sorted.
Most importantly, we need your input. If you’d like to be a regular...
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Winners of Richard Burton Award for Playwriting...
Two recipients have been selected from the shortlist of six entries to receive the Richard Burton Award for Playwriting, created by Sally Burton in association with Black Swan State Theatre Company. These two writers have been awarded commissions worth $15,000 each. With a prize pool of $30,000, the Richard Burton Award for Playwriting is one of the richest in Australia.
The recipients of the...
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APHIDS MENTORSHIP
Aphids is calling for emerging Indigenous artists to engage in a mentorship in 2013. The successful applicant will receive financial and organisational support and feedback from a more experienced artist towards to the development of an interdisciplinary practice. Nice one! Applications close December 3. Check it out here.
October 2012
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