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Doors Close at Lowdown Magazine posted 30 Sep

You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is unable to continue providing t... Continue reading

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Terrapin's new show shares the Love in Hobart and Burnie... posted 1 Sep

Join this very brave 10-year-old, as he races against the elements and discovers a whole world of stories

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Tasmania's Terrapin Puppet Theatre has announced that it will be presenting ...

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Message to Lowdown readers and colleagues posted 1 Sep

You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is ...

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State Exchange 2011 - travel grants for Australian playwrights. posted 1 Aug

PlayWriting Australia offers travel grants of up to $2,500 to connect playwrights, dramaturgs and theatre companies...

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Australia's experts in theatre for young audiences catalyse on Indian theatre practices for young people. posted 1 Aug

Riverland Youth Theatre's Artistic Director Olivia Allen at the Delhi Opera House

Australian experts in young people's theatre, Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) Executive Director, Ji...

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Rochedale students pioneer Queensland Youth Orchestras’ Energex Schools Outreach Program posted 1 Aug

Rochedale State High School students will perform alongside leading musicians from Queensland Youth Orchestras (QYO...

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Flipside Circus set to host National Youth Circus Symposium posted 1 Aug

The 2011 Youth Circus Symposium - 8 -10 September.

This year, it’s Brisbane’s very own non-profit organisation Flipside Circus who is set to host this exc...

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Juggling with Finesse – A workshop with Kit Summers posted 1 Aug

Having to learn to juggle twice, Kit Summers knows well how to teach...

Jugglers all across Australia are poised for the arrival of Kit Summers this October. Kit Summers is certainly one ...

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New funding for artists to build a creative Australia posted 1 Aug

The Australia Council for the Arts is pleased to launch the Creative Australia ArtistsGrants, a five year program o...

1 Aug No Man's Land Cast: Andrew Buchanan, Peter Carroll, John Gaden and Steven Rooke.

Theatre Greats Tackle Pinter’s Masterpiece

Queensland Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company present Harold Pinter’s classic No ...

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1 Aug

Jump National Artist Mentoring Program - MaKe your match in 2012

Youth Arts Queensland invites young and emerging artists from across Australia to make their ar...

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1 Aug The Importance of Being Earnest, QTC 2008. L-R: Georgina Symes, Francesca Savige, Bryan Probets & Paul Bishop. Photo: Rob Maccoll.

Get the latest on TheatreSpace Research - the investigation of young people and theatre

TheatreSpace is a four-year research project investigating the responses of young people. The t...

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1 Jul violet moon works - Performing Arts and Makeup Specialists

violet moon works - Performing Arts and Makeup Specialists

For over 16 years violet moon works have supplied performing arts resources to: education autho...

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1 Jul

They're back! QPAC present two Out of the Box Festival Childrens' Theatre favourites

Exciting news for families - they don’t have to wait for Out of the Box* in 2012 to see c...

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1 Jul Hannah Karydas WRITE EP Launch is proudly supported by QPAC

Emerging Talent that Hard to believe - Meet Hannah Karydas.

Emerging Queensland singer songwriter, 16 year old Hannah Karydas launches her new EP, WRITE, a...

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1 Jul

Whats the latest from Queenslands Backbone Youth Arts? Workshops, festivals and plenty more...

The planning for the annual 2high Festival is also well underwayand this month the Backbone Ens...

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1 Jul

Latest Lowdown Review - Aleksander and the Robot Maid - Drop Bear Theatre

Read the latest review by Lowdown's Adelaide based reviewer Jane Howard who visited the lat...

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1 Jul Ruth Osborne has devoted her professional life to youth dance, challenging old ideas and developing new methods.

Canberra's QL2 Dance wins two Australian Dance Awards

Canberra-based QL2 Dance and QL2 Dance Artistic Director Ruth Osborne was recognised for excell...

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1 Jul

Apply to get 2high

Backbone Youth Arts is on the hunt for the best in emerging and established arts for this years...

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1 Jul Dont hang around - apply now

NICA announces National Auditions for 2012 Circus degree.

Australia’s centre of excellence in contemporary circus NICA announces National Auditions...

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1 Jun

Lowdown Survey - we need you to give us the lowdown on Lowdown

Its crunch time for Lowdown and we need your help. We would like to know what you value in the ...

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1 Jun

Contact Inc – Seeking General Manager/Executive Producer

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Contact Inc team as the General Manager/Executive Pr...

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1 May “Julius Caesar is a play that is never out of date, in fact feels today relentlessly modern.”

Bell Shakespeare presents Julius Caesar directed by Peter Evans.

With performances by Alex Manglet and Kate Mulvany, Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare’s new A...

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1 May Moth plays from 15 to 25 June, 20011 at the Beckett Theatre, The CUB Malthouse, Southbank, Victoria.

Malthouse announces extended return season of Arena Theatre Co's MOTH

Moth, one of the hardest productions to get a ticket to in 2010 was written by Declan Greene, o...

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1 May

Youth arts sector builds 'bridges across borders' at global Festival

The 17th ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival for Young Audiences (ASSITEJ 2011)...

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1 May

New Creative Producer joins the Backbone Youth Arts team.

Sue Rider, Chair of Backbone Youth Arts, today announced the appointment of Rebecca Smith as in...

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1 May

ASQ National Composers’ Forum – Call for Submissions

The Australian String Quartet is currently calling for submissions from emerging composers for ...

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1 May

Queensland Arts Council’s Youth Program -Call for Expression of Interest form for the 2012 Program.

Queensland Arts Council's Youth Program is seeking a range of creative endeavors for inclus...

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1 May

The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) presents CODA

How far would you go to be truly free? Step across the line with these 23 breathtaking young ar...

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1 May ASSITEJ Honorary Presidents Award for Artistic Excellence. Teatret Gruppe 38 - Bodil Alling

Great International Award for Danish Teatret Gruppe 38

The Danish theatre, Teatret Gruppe 38, is the first Danish theatre ever to have received one of...

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1 Apr ...the training leads participants to develop skills pertinent to exploring new ways of creating performance that responds to the social and technological changes in the 21st century.

Backbone Youth Arts prepares for new Performance Ensemble for 2011

The Backbone Ensemble is an exciting professional development initiative that has been created ...

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1 Apr Shockwave Festival 2011

Shockwave Festival -2011 Program Announced.

After months of hard work, the 2011 Shockwave Festival team are happy to ‘flick the switc...

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1 Mar

Backbone Youth Arts needs you!! Be the next Creative Producer and Festival Director of the 2011 Backbone 2high Festival.

Queensland’s premier youth theatre company is seeking an inspired and highly motivated pe...

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1 Mar Jump on the bandwagon!

Q Music and The Edge Professional Development Series

It's on again! The 2011 Professional Development Workshop series will focus on topics for a...

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1 Mar Off with their heads!

Splendid Call Out for Artists

If you want to take your artstic practice to the next level, why not put your skills on the lin...

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1 Mar

ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Competition

Entries for the 2011 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize are now open for writers. So get th...

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1 Mar

Independent Producers Initiative

If you are an indpendent producer in a performing arts platform, then you may be interested in ...

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1 Feb The authors show how young people are leading a demand for change in the arts and want to rock the balance of power.

WIN a FREE Copy of Currency Press' Platform Papers No26 - Not Just An Audience: Young People Transforming Our Theatre.

Currency House have released Platform Papers 26, Not Just An Audience: Young People Transformin...

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1 Feb Both WTF Forums will include panel and audience responses and will be facilitated by Positive Solutions Director Cathy Hunt.

WTF... It's the World Theatre Festival 2011 ofcourse...

What If? What next? and WTF do you think? Brisbane Powerhouse and Positive Solutions Present......

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1 Feb Get your daggers at the ready, people, this will be a night to remember!

La Boite brings you Julius Caesar

The knives are out for an adrenaline-charged new production of Julius Caesar at La Boi...

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1 Feb

Backbone Ensemble – FINAL WEEK TO APPLY

Wanted: Performers and performance makers aged between 21 and 26 years who are interested in jo...

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1 Feb The PACT - the audience has two weeks to complete the action and email or sms in proof by way of a photo, video or simple text message.

The Pact - sitting in silence with a young person!

The Pact at the World Theatre Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse presented in febraury by Backbone...

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1 Feb

Moving Opera! is on the Move!

Moving Opera! is on the road again, so keep an ear out at your school! Moving Opera! i...

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1 Feb

Youth Arts Queensland has a brand new website!

YAQ has a brand-spanking new website and they need YOU to contribute! Not only does it contain ...

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1 Feb Cultural Leadership Skills Development grant are awarded to pursue secondments, residencies, mentorships, training, community consultation, research or other development opportunities.

Introducing theatre’s next big things - Theatre Board awards Cultural Leadership Skills Development grants

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1 Jan It all begins with...click... 'Add as Friend'...

WIN WIN WIN - Tickets to see CATFISH at a cinema near you

Courtesy of Hopscotch Films and Lowdown Magazine Online, WIN tickets to see CATFISH. W...

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1 Jan Next G participants (L to R) Laura Pegrum, Ella Watson-Russell get into character at JUTE Theatre

Next Generation of Actors Emerge at JUTE Theatre - Kruckemeyer leads the charge!

As part of its mandate to develop regional theatre artists, JUTE Theatre makes a dynamic start ...

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1 Jan

ZEN ZEN ZO'S TRAINING CENTRE KICKS OFF 2011!

Zen Zen Zo have some fantastic opportunities coming up. Apply for the Company Internship, Physi...

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1 Dec Lenine Bourke - YPAA Executive Director 2008 - 2010

YPAA Farewell's Lenine Bourke and hunts for their new Executive Director

YPAA are on the hunt for someone with strong communication skills and a passion for the Austral...

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1 Dec JUMP for joy - YAQ's mentoring program returns in 2011.

Youth Arts Queensland announces 2011 Program

Another round of Career Pathways; new destinations for Navigation; more oppor...

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1 Dec Creative Director,

New year to bring creative leadership change

The recent announcement that Founder and Creative Director of Human Ventures, Aleem Ali, will f...

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1 Dec No LED-spangled glove, no love.

ThreadTech and Pro Tools Workshops at Brisbane's The Edge

Learn how to sew a circuit, program LED lights or even use motion sensors to light up your garm...

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1 Dec Flexible seasons greetings from NICA

Seasons Greetings from the Lowdown Team

A Merry Christmas and jolly splendid New Year from all of us here at Lowdown.

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27 Nov Children’s book illustrator, Rod Clement assists with costumes for the production.

Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) presents the World Premiere of Maxine Mellor's, Desiree Din and the Red Forest.

This exciting new play has been commissioned and developed by atyp, written by three time winne...

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1 Nov Courtesy of Andrew Davis

New Catalysts to shake things up at The Edge

Everybody wants to be a Catalyst at The Edge, it seems.

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1 Nov

The Sunset Sounds Foster Band Initiative

Brisbane's media and up-and-coming musicians are "banding" together.

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1 Nov Music of the Unexpected

Music of the Unexpected

A new music wonderland and cinematic theatre experience for Brisbane families by writer and pro...

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1 Nov Pictured: Lia Reutens in The RoCK

From little things, big things grow

Fresh Ground initiative cultivates independent Queensland artists.

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1 Nov Anna Lisa Da Silva Chen

14 year old wins National Youth Concerto Competition

After a show-stopping performance during the 2010 National Youth Concerto Competition Finals Co...

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1 Nov Jodie Savina and Cindy Le Grande

New marketing team for Cairns theatre company, Jute

JUTE Theatre’s artistic director and CEO, Suellen Maunder is pleased to announce the appo...

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1 Nov The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo returns to La Boite in 2011

Brisbane’s favourite furry friends from the smash hit The Gruffalo are back at L...

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1 Nov Letter's End

Fun for the whole family at Letter's End

If your mind were a room and your life’s memories lost in a jumble of old boxes, what for...

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1 Nov Sue Hayes and Christopher Glover are the 'Gods of Spicy Things'

JUTE seeks new theatre-goers

Haven't seen a theatre show in the past five years? Then JUTE Theatre wants to send you to ...

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1 Nov Workshop 3, 2010

Crossing Divides calling workshop facilitators!

Crossing Divides, a Gold Coast based not-for-profit organisation that runs a variety of arts an...

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1 Nov Ensemble

Auditions for BACKBONE Ensemble

BACKBONE Youth Arts is looking for adventurers, explorers and the creative likes of people who ...

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1 Oct

Want more drama in your life?

Sign up to Term 4 drama workshops with The Young Company in Cairns.

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1 Oct

2high Festival 2010 announces first artists

2high Festival 2010 to feature music, visual and performance artists including local rock sensa...

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1 Oct

Calling all Circus artists and creators!

Applications for CIRCA's Brink grants program close soon!

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1 Oct

The search for a great Australian writer begins

Calling all budding authors!

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1 Oct

Brothers Grimm Fairytales on Stage

Prepare yourself for a grimm evening.

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1 Oct Rehearsal of The Well

Goat Track Theatre Company makes people think

The company’s latest production The Well promises to leave audiences with food f...

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1 Oct

2High calls for volunteers to Awaken their Machines

Backbone Youth Arts want you (yes, you in the t-shirt right there) to join their 2High voluntee...

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1 Sep

Calling young artists for JUMP 2011

Get your applications ready for the 2011 round of JUMP artist mentorships.

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1 Sep

Youth Challenge Australia's Indigenous Youth Leadership Program

The hunt is on for staff and volunteers - are you up to the Challenge?

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1 Sep Image from the CYT production of Storm in a Teacup

Calling ALL Emerging Artists! Canberra Youth Theatre OPENS HOUSE for Australian Artists

Canberra Youth Theatre is opening its doors to invite emerging artists from outside the ACT who...

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1 Sep

Play Time for Young Theatre-Makers

One studio. One week. 28 young theatre makers, 3 industry professionals and a whole lotta creat...

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1 Sep Festival of Australian Student Theatre

Festival of Australian Student Theatre this weekend!

The Festival of Australian Student Theatre (FAST) is the first national festival of tertiary st...

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1 Sep

Human Ventures: 15 years and counting

Since 1995, Human Ventures (formerly SpeakOut) has been working with amazing people, businesses...

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1 Sep

QLD THEATRE IN TROUBLE? NOT ANYMORE….WTF?

Funding Coup Means Boost for World Theatre Festival.

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1 Sep

2High Festival: Batteries Not Included

A 2high Festival Pre-Event held at new Brisbane venue The Alley.

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1 Sep

Opera Works

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23 Aug

Two new State Partners for JUMP

On 17 August, Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ) announced CarriageWorks and Melbourne Fringe as its n...

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1 Aug

Could your arts project use $30,000?

The Regional Arts Fund is offering between $5,000 and $30,000 for regional community arts proje...

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1 Aug

Australian Youth Music Council Conference

Celebrate the International Year of Youth and AYMC's first birthday at the Youth Music Conf...

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1 Aug

Creative Pathways team hits the Central West

The Creative Pathways team are back in the Central West in September with brand new creative wo...

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1 Aug

Join the National Conversation and Map the Future with YPAA's Executive Director!

YPAA's Executive Director, Lenine Bourke is traversing the countryside talking all things y...

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1 Aug

Nine year old Gold Coast girl joins the Nutcracker

A young Gold Coast girl will be living the dream as she dances with the Imperial Russian Ballet...

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1 Aug

QYO Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony

To celebrate Gustav Mahler’s 150th birthday, Queensland Youth Symphony will perform his m...

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1 Jul

Townsville's Young Musicians Study with World Renowned Performers

Fifty-seven young musicians are jumping for joy at being accepted as part of the Townsville Bul...

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1 Jul

2010 Q Song Finalists Announced

Q Music have announced the finalists for hotly contested Q Song 2010 awards. Tickets are now av...

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1 Jul

Call Out for New One-Act Plays

Entries are now being called for the 2011 Noosa Arts Theatre National One-Act Playwriting Compe...

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1 Jul Outrageous headgear will not be compulsory for Forum attendees, but it does look rather snazzy

Australian Theatre Forum

All you thespians, get excited for the second Australian Theatre Forum which will wow Brisbane ...

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1 Jul

ACPA Students bare Souls in Dance and Music Theatre

The Aboriginal Centre for the Perfroming Arts and QPAC are joining forces to co-present a piece...

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1 Jul Megan Sarmardin

Blackbird Flies with JUTE

The original and moving music theatre piece Blackbird will debut next month at JUTE Theatre as ...

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1 Jul Mayor Val Schier and a Cairns festival dragonfly

Cairnsfest Celebrates Tropical Culture & Creativity

Mayor of Cairns' Regional Council, Val Schier has unveiled this year’s exciting Cairn...

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1 Jul

YPAA seeks Producer for Victorian Youth Arts Market

Are you a Melbourne-based arts worker who's tired of twiddling their thumbs? Well listen up...

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1 Jul

Young Regional Queensland Artists Receive Career Boost

Youth Arts Queensland Chief Executive Officer Julie Woodward has announced the successful appli...

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1 Jun

Introducing Full Throttle Theatre

Full Throttle Theatre Company, formerly Tropic Sun Theatre Company, was officially launched on ...

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1 Jun Theatre Residency Week Participants Clowning Around, 2009

Join Theatre Residency Week!

Queensland Theatre Company’s Theatre Residency Week placements are filling fast. The dram...

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1 Jun 2009 Arts and Culture Volunteer Winner (12-17 years), Dakota Striplin, rehearsing with his band.

Queensland Young Volunteer Awards - Nominations now open

Do you know a young person making a difference through arts and culture? Nominate them now for ...

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1 Jun ACPA Students Perform

ACPA Students Create and Perform

The success of Queensland’s Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) keeps gainin...

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1 Jun Students enjoying a Flipside Workshop

Roll Up, Roll Up for the Flipside Circus Holiday Camp

The Flipside Circus Holiday Camp, open to 6-16 year olds, is back again for another fun-filled ...

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1 Jun

Live Stories - Actors from Migrant/Refugee Backgrounds required

Actors, performers and storytellers from migrant/refugee backgrounds are needed for a community...

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1 Jun Robbie O'Brien and Dave Sleswick, Room 328

Room 328 - Metro Arts

Presented by Allies of Metro and Genevieve Trace and directed by Daniel Santangeli, Room 328 is...

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1 Jun Tashi at the Powerhouse

Trickster Tells His Tales Again!

Tashi has done it again! Imaginary Theatre brings the magic of this lovable character back to l...

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1 Jun

QLD National Ballet's Prize Pirouettes

Dancers from the QLD National Ballet captivated and thrilled judges and audiences at the recent...

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1 Jun

Directing the School Play - Teacher Workshop

REACH's latest workshop will show Cairns primary teachers how to produce school plays that ...

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1 Jun Tether

Twists and Turns with 'Tether'

Follow the Tether as it twists and turns… Seek the intangible.

Brisbane's n...

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1 Jun Baby dinosaurs come alive

Erth's Dinosaur Petting Zoo is coming to Brisbane!

It's a petting zoo but not as you know it! Erth's Dinosaur Petting Zoo will visit Brisb...

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1 Jun The Judith Wright Centre presents

Wombat Stew Brewing in Brisbane

From Australia’s leading producer of musical theatre for children comes a brand new "...

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1 Jun

A whole lotta family fun at The Noosa Longweekend Festival

The Sunshine Coast’s favourite 10 day festival of theatre, music, literature, forums, dan...

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1 Jun

Dancing Back Home (via Launceston)

With 6 Tall Tales of love, lust and murder, Dancing Back Home is born out of a truly c...

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1 Jun

A Brush with the Real World

A Brush with the Real World, an interactive animation project for kids (and adults too...

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1 Jun

Foundation needed to support individual artists

Arts Queensland and the Centre for Social Impact have released a discussion paper tackling fund...

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1 May

Real TV goes international

Gosh, do the RealTV gang have some goodies in store for you!

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1 May SPAA Fringe 2009 Winner SDA Pitch Elise Taylor

Pitch your TV or film concept to top TV executives

QPIX has a fantastic opportunity for TV and filmmakers to pitch their concepts to Australia'...

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1 May Performer Melinda Wells

Countdown to Shockwave Festival

The second annual Shockwave Youth Arts Festival is coming to Blackall’s Memorial...

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1 May

Arts Yakka is Hard Yakka - Regional SwapMeets 2010

From May-July 2010, the Queensland Arts Council will run a series of free workshops and network...

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1 May From left: Actors Chris Jackson (Launceston), Jane Johnson (Launceston) and Suellen Maunder (Cairns, Artistic Director/CEO of JUTE Theatre) go through their paces in the first week of rehearsals for new play, Dancing Back Home.

Young Playwrights Dance Back Home

JUTE Theatre (Cairns), in conjunction with Mudlark Theatre (Launceston), presents Dancing B...

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1 May Advanced Screening 2010

Cast Announcement: Advanced Screening 2010

Markwell Presents has announced the cast of Advanced Screening 2010. The ensemble cast of ten p...

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1 May

2high Festival Coordinators Announced

This year’s 2high Festival coordinators have been announced, with 12 emerging arts practi...

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1 May

Kidz Power Up for School Holiday Fun

The Brisbane Powerhouse's school holiday program, Powerkidz, is set to be a spectacular hol...

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1 May In God We Trust

Queensland Students Take on Theatre Gods

Next month theatre students from Queensland Academy for Creative Industries, with playwright Ch...

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1 May

BIG SOUND 2010 Artist Showcase applications now open

Local, interstate and international industry will converge on Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, this ...

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29 Apr

LAST CHANCE!!! Get your entry in for the National Youth Week Talent Competition...

Are you Australia?s next big star? Young people can get creative and "Live It Now? by subm...

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1 Apr Comic wiz Rebel Wilson stars in 'Fat Pig', May 31 - June 26

Theatre careers take flight

Queensland Theatre Company is showing eight up-and-coming Queensland artists how, in their 2010...

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1 Apr Leah Purcell as Regan and John Bell as King Lear

King Lear Hits Brisbane

The national tour of Bell Shakespeare’s production of King Lear, billed as the biggest ev...

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1 Apr

Zen Zen Zo's Winter Stomp

Brisbane-based physical theatre ensemble, Zen Zen Zo, is seeking actors, directors and dancers ...

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1 Apr Young Actors Rehearsing

Young Actors Get Physical at Zen Zen Zo

Zen Zen Zo, Brisbane’s dynamic physical theatre company, is offering Young Physical Actor...

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1 Apr Elisha Oatley is right at home, pictured in JUTE Theatre.

JUTE Theatre’s Production Coordinator – A Woman to Watch

JUTE Theatre’s production coordinator, Elisha Oatley has been named one of Cairnseye maga...

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1 Apr

Canberra Youth Theatre: New Seed

After its beginning in early April, the senior Actors Ensemble at Canberra Youth Theatre will p...

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4 Mar ACPA is well-respected within the Australian arts industry, with links to some of the countries most recognised performing arts’ professionals.

ACPA Seeking Talented Young Indigenous Performers

The Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (Brisbane) is seeking young Indigenous performers for...

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1 Mar      “With younger people embracing the arts so eagerly, it’s likely that this is the beginning of a strong trend.

Australian 15-24 year olds are the new creative generation

An Australian Council for the Arts survey of over 3000 Australians has revealed that 15-24 year...

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1 Mar

Synapse 2010

The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is calling for applications from creativ...

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1 Mar

Out of the Box, QPAC's festival for children 8 years & under - program on sale

This is your chance to secure great seats for the fantastic performances and workshops for the ...

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1 Feb

JUTE lifts the curtain on its 2010 season

JUTE Theatre has unveiled five new productions and a series of programs to nurture emerging wri...

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1 Feb

QPAC take you on a Magical Musical Journey

A must see performance for children and families, QPAC presents the Queensland première ...

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1 Feb

YAQ's Navigation Arts Business Training goes weekly

Youth Arts Queensland’s well-known Navigation Arts Business Training program returns to B...

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1 Feb

Great Playwrights Front Public

Hot New York playwright Will Eno joins Australia’s most prominent playwrights David Willi...

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1 Jan

Want a free movie screening AND screen industry experience?

Ever dreamed of entering the exclusive film and tv industry?
QPIX, the organisation dedi...

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1 Jan

A Symphony of Toys!

State Theatre Company of South Australia has partnered with Queensland Theatre Company to prese...

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1 Jan Violet gets ready to tumble

Run away and join the Circus in 2010

Keen to try something new? Want to get some exercise, have some fun and meet some interesting p...

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1 Jan

Los Amigos Invisibles to get Concert Hall crowd grooving!

On March 11 QPAC will play host to some of the hippest, sexiest beats on the planet, when the &...

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1 Jan

Backbone Youth Arts needs an Administrator!

With a strong vision for its future, an ambitious program to be delivered in 2010 and expectati...

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1 Dec

Substation No.8 - Think Creatively. Create a space you have always wanted!

Kedron Substation No.8 will be transformed into a vibrant, creative arts space for young and em...

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1 Dec Yonder - expanding children’s horizons

Australia Council for the Arts to assist hundreds of Queensland children to participate in the arts

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has received $462,000 from the Australia Council for t...

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1 Nov

Are you the next Company Manager for Zen Zen Zo

Zen Zen Zo is looking for a motivated and energetic person to join the team in the newly create...

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1 Nov

Rachel's Star Performance

After a show stopping performance during the 2009 National Youth Concerto Competition (NYCC) fi...

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1 Nov Dania Cornelius with students from Kelvin Grove State College at a Moving Opera! workshop.

Opera Queensland - making opera accessible to all ages in 2010

In 2010, Opera Queensland will continue to offer engagement opportunities with the art form to ...

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1 Nov Haley Cassady, the 1st place winner in the under 18 division of BundyBusk.

Young musos bring it on

The main street of Bundaberg came to life with the vitality and exuberance of Bundaberg’s...

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1 Oct

The Brolga Project

Do you run an company, not-for-profit organisation, one-off initiative, project or event in reg...

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1 Oct Cinematic design for The August Moon by Queensland Theatre Company

Markwell Presents Melbourne Master Class in Cinematic Theatre

At this year’s Drama Australia National Conference in Melbourne, Brad and Steven from Mar...

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1 Oct

Shake & Stir Theatre Co — MOST WANTED in 2010

Shake & Stir Theatre Co, Queensland's freshest professional youth theatre company has o...

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1 Oct Students Jesse Martin and Bobbie Brown performing a dangerous routine on the main stage at the Garma Festival

ACPA Call for Auditions for 2010

At a time when we are told that Indigenous education is failing and bad news stories in the med...

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1 Oct Somerset College Intermediates 'Mirrors', Winner of Best Play 2009 and Outstanding Dramatic Performance 2009.

Gold Coast Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival Wrap 2009

The final curtain has closed on the 37th Gold Coast Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival (GC...

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1 Oct Hoopla Clique boys dishing out laughs in 'Blind Date Cafe'

Introducing Hoopla Clique

Hoopla Clique is a creative and passionate collective of young physical performance artists, mu...

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1 Oct The Common Ground Collective at Stylin’ Up 2009

CONTACT Inc presents Common Ground 2009

Brisbane based company CONTACT Inc is presenting a new series of workshops for Common Ground, a...

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1 Oct

New Acting Artistic Director for CONTACT Inc

CONTACT Inc recently announced the appointment of Celia White as Acting Artistic Director.

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1 Oct

Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre — Stomping Ground 2010

2010 will mark the 12th year of Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre’s summer intensive training p...

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1 Oct Flipside Circus and QPASTT are offering workshops to children from a refugee background.

The latest news from Flipside Circus

In the June/July holidays Flipside Circus produced their major show for the year Roll up!... or...

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1 Oct Finn O'Branagain as Roland Thring during the creative development of Roland Thring and the Year all his Christmases Came at Once in May 2009

Creative Regions new production for children and families showing in Cairns

Creative Regions is presenting Rod Ainsworth’s new play for children and families Roland ...

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1 Oct Performer David Hamilton introduces students to a puppet in Puppet Mania, a QAC Ontour inschools production.

Live arts take students to new places

Queensland Arts Council’s Ontour inschools, the state’s largest not-for-profit prov...

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1 Oct

Performance making workshops for little children in NQ

Imagine the delight on your child’s face when they discover life through the performing a...

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1 Oct Queensland Theatre Company artists Sam Foster and Adam Drake with students of Western Cape College

Theatre comes to Charleville and Cunnamulla

Students and teachers at Charleville State School, Charleville State High School and Cunnamulla...

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1 Oct

Bazil Grumble’s activities for October and November

Bazil Grumble are getting ready for another action packed schedule coming up this October and N...

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1 Aug Image from Riverland Youth Theatre's writing workshop including emerging artist and playwright Jessica Graham

National Young Artists Mentoring Program

Over the next four years, Youth Arts Queensland will receive $2.35 million to deliver Jump, the...

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1 Aug

Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF)

This year’s BWF, as it is affectionately known by locals, runs from September 9–13....

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28 Jul

Tashi by Imaginary Theatre in Brisbane and NSW

Imaginary Theatre is bringing Tashi back to the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of Brisbane Festiva...

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28 Jul

Queensland Arts Council/ Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre

Students in a string of schools from Townsville to Mount Isa will learn dynamic physical theatr...

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28 Jul

Maxine Mellor's Mystery Project regional tour

After a successful Brisbane season Queensland Theatre Company and State Library of Queensland a...

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28 Jul

Introducing The Regional Institute of Performing Arts

The Regional Institute of Performing Arts (RIPARTS) is a labour of love for Sarah Collins, who ...

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28 Jul

shake & stir theatre co news

Introducing shake & stir theatre co’s 2010 Most Wanted school touring season. Followi...

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28 Jul

Opera Queensland's Hansel and Gretel

Opera Queensland’s children’s production of Hansel and Gretel enters its t...

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