Monday 22 Feb
Day 1:

The opening day of APAM 2016 featuring the welcome lunch, keynote event, opening ceremony and showcases not to be missed.
Tuesday 23 Feb
Day 2:

Come and be part of The Exchange, hosted at our hotel partner, Sofitel Brisbane Central. APAM's program of over 20 on-display booths, speed dating, pecha kucha style sessions and panel discussions will begin at 9am before our shuttle bus service will transfer everyone to our first day of exciting showcases at QPAC.
Wednesday 24 Feb
Day 3:

Begin your day at the Sofitel Brisbane Central with a quick-fire guide to international touring and collaborating at the APAM 2016 Round Tables. The afternoon at Brisbane Powerhouse will bring you works-in-development pitches and a night of music on the Turbine Platform.
Thursday 25 Feb
Day 4:

Our last morning of The Exchange is your final chance to visit the on-display booths and explore some of the artists, companies, collectives and funding agencies promoting their work. Then join us from 1pm at QPAC for showcases from leading Australian artists and companies.
Friday 26 Feb
Day 5:

APAM isn't over yet! Day 5 of APAM at the Judith Wright Centre will be your only chance to witness showcases of large-scale works as well as transformative performances of theatre, music and dance. Use this final opportunity for conversations and networking throughout the morning and afternoon before Brisbane Powerhouse will send you off with a very special goodbye.

Full Program

Daily Schedule

23 February

PIECE FOR PERSON AND GHETTO BLASTER

Nicola Gunn / SANS HOTEL

70 minutes @ Turbine Studio, Brisbane Powerhouse
» TUE - 7:30pm - 8:40pm
» WED - 2:35pm - 3:45pm
» WED - 8:00pm - 9:10pm
» FRI - 12:30pm - 1:40pm

A riveting new show from subversive creator/performer Nicola Gunn that tries to understand how we can all get along.

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24 February

Theatre , Pitch

LADY EATS APPLE

BACK TO BACK THEATRE

10 minutes » 2:30pm - 2:45pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Lady Eats Apple is a new large-scale work examining the awesomeness of our existence and the simultaneous tragedy of our death.

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Theatre , Pitch

YOU AND ME AND THE SPACE BETWEEN

Terrapin Puppet Theatre

10 minutes » 2:45pm - 3:00pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

See a story by Australia’s finest playwright for children, Finegan Kruckemeyer, brought to life by a world class illustrator.

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Theatre , Pitch

CREATURE

Stalker Theatre

10 minutes » 3:30pm - 3:45pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Creature is a new family-friendly, interactive digital and physical theatre performance exploring the magical world of Australia’s native animals.

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Theatre , Pitch

IMAGINED TOUCH

Jodee Mundy Collaborations

10 minutes » 4:45pm - 5:00pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Imagined Touch is a unique multi-sensory live art project offering rare insight into the fascinating world of Deafblind culture.

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Theatre , Pitch

LILITH: THE JUNGLE GIRL

SISTERS GRIMM

10 minutes » 5:00pm - 5:15pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Lilith is a genre-bending, satirical interrogation of ‘socialised savage’ narratives and the politics of assimilation.

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Pitch , Theatre

CERITA ANAK (CHILD’S STORY)

Polyglot Theatre and Papermoon Puppet Theatre

10 minutes » 5:15pm - 5:30pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Experience the story of a small refugee boy in a new interactive performance created by Polyglot and Papermoon Puppet Theatre.

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Theatre , Pitch

JOAN

THE RABBLE

10 minutes » 6:30pm - 6:45pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

In the hands of theatrical mavericks The Rabble, Joan is a spectacular, poetic and defiant exploration of female power.

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THREE BROTHERS

Northern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA)

10 minutes » 6:45pm - 7:00pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

A powerful new theatre work, Three Brothers brings the traditions of Bundjalung country and culture into a contemporary story.

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WILD WILD LOVE

Side Pony Productions and The Last Great Hunt

10 minutes » 7:00pm - 7:15pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Wild Wild Love is a darkly comic and beautifully savage love story of identity, power and obsession.

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25 February

Theatre , Showcase

THE STORY ONLY I CAN TELL

William Yang

30 minutes » 3:00pm - 3:30pm @ Concert Hall, QPAC

Engaging performance artist William Yang takes audiences on a journey through his life through photography, music and powerful storytelling.

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Theatre , Showcase

HELLO, GOODBYE & HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Roslyn Oades & Collaborators

30 minutes » 4:40pm - 5:10pm @ Cremorne Theatre, QPAC

This intimate work of documentary theatre allows the audience to eavesdrop on the candid conversations of 18 and 80+ year olds.

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Theatre , Showcase

THE LONG PIGS

WE3

30 minutes » 6:15pm - 6:45pm @ Concert Hall, QPAC

In a murky soup of distrust and suspicion, promises made are constantly broken and the gang ultimately turns on itself in a fatally funny and destructive climax.

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26 February

Theatre , Showcase

UPSIDEDOWNINSIDEOUT

one step at a time like this

40 minutes @ Brisbane Powerhouse
» MON - 3:00pm - 4:20pm
» MON - 6:30pm - 9:00pm
» WED - 1:00pm - 7:40pm
» FRI - 12:00pm - 4:30pm

Join an imaginary girl and her interactive book and films on an adventure into the secret heart of an arts centre.

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Theatre , Showcase

OEDIPUS SCHMOEDIPUS

Post

60 minutes @ Performance Space, Judith Wright Centre
» 9:30am - 10:40am
» 12:45pm - 1:55pm

Sick of white men restaging dead white men’s deaths, post’s white women are joined by 25 volunteers in this democratic festival of shuffling-off-the-mortal-coil.

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Theatre , Showcase

MIRA FUCHS

Melanie Jame Wolf/Savage Amusement

25 minutes @ Theatre Rehearsal Room, Judith Wright Centre
» 9:30am - 9:55am
» 10:20am - 10:45am
» 12:45pm - 1:10pm
» 1:45pm - 2:10pm

MIRA FUCHS is an intimate performance drawing on Melanie Jame Wolf's own experience working as a dancer in a strip club.

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