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.

Day 3 24 February

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 the strong and inspiring array of works-in-development pitches. Leave some energy for a night of music and join two of our First Nations companies on the Turbine Platform for high energy R'n'B with a traditional Tiwi twist by B2M, and a fresh take on the Māori showbands of yesteryear by Modern Māori Quartet.

Daily Schedule

24 February

WATER AEROBICS

60 minutes » 8:00am - 9:00am @ Sofitel Pool, Sofitel Brisbane Central

Wake up with a splash!

APAM'S ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Various times @ Various venues throughout APAM

Drawing inspiration from our Welcoming Words Keynote provocation on ideas around legacy, self-definition and civic significance, APAM is thrilled to welcome three Artists in Residence.

ART IN OUR BACKYARD

ArtBack NT, arTour, Arts on Tour NSW, Country Arts SA, Country Arts WA, Critical Stages, National Touring Selector, Performing Lines, Regional Arts Victoria, Tasmania Performs

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Drop in and chat with national tour coordinators from around Australia.

ARTS QUEENSLAND

Arts Queensland

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Arts Queensland works to ensure the state has a dynamic arts sector, works to foster creativity and excellence to achieve cultural, social and economic outcomes.

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Australia Council for the Arts

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

Australian Government

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / Department of Communications and the Arts / Australian Trade Commission (Austrade).

AXIS DANCE COMPANY AND MARC BREW COMPANY

AXIS Dance Company and Marc Brew Company

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

AXIS Dance Company and Marc Brew Company join forces to present physically integrated dance featuring dancers with and without physical disabilities.

BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL AND BRISBANE MARKETING

Brisbane City Council and Brisbane Marketing

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Brisbane City Council provides funding and support to arts and cultural organisations, artists, art workers, creatives and local non-profit community groups to support our vision of a Vibrant and Creative City.

CINARS / QUEBEC ON STAGE

CINARS

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

CINARS is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to promote and support the export of the performing arts.

COUNTRY ARTS SA

Country Arts SA

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Country Arts SA is exploring new models of development, presentation and touring throughout regional South Australia, Australia and the world.

CRE8ION

Cre8ion

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Cre8ion is a dynamic and energetic company specialising in producing and touring theatrical shows and events of scale in Australia and internationally.

CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND

Creative New Zealand

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Arts Council of New Zealand.

CREATIVE VICTORIA

Creative Victoria

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Creative Victoria is a government body dedicated to supporting, championing and growing the state's creative industries, spanning arts, culture, screen, design and more.

CULTURELINK SINGAPORE

CultureLink

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

CultureLink is a Singapore-based arts consulting and management agency.

DEAKIN MOTION.LAB

Deakin Motion.Lab

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

The leading provider of commercial and creative solutions in the field of movement-based art and technology.

ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY AND BLACK ARM BAND

ILBIJERRI and Black Arm Band

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Two companies giving artistic voice to the culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

MADE IN SA

Arts South Australia

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Made in South Australia and export ready.

NEW DANCE WORKS

New Dance Works

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Collusion, Dancenorth and Expressions Dance Company.

OUTER URBAN PROJECTS

Outer Urban Projects

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Outer Urban Projects is a not-for-profit performing arts organisation that collaborates with young people and their communities in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs.

OUTSIDE EYES - EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION WITH ABC'S RADIO NATIONAL

Various times @ Various venues throughout APAM

Sharing the ideas and conversations of APAM 2016 on Radio National.

PERFORMING ARTS WA

Department of Culture and the Arts

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

The vision of Western Australia's Department of Culture and the Arts is a Western Australian community enriched by unique, distinctive and transforming artistic or cultural encounters.

QPAC

Queensland Performing Arts Centre

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is one of Australia's leading centres for live performance.

SHAUN PARKER & COMPANY AND SYNERGY PERCUSSION & TAIKOZ

Shaun Parker & Company and Synergy Percussion & Taikoz

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Celebrating Australia's leading percussion ensembles, Synergy Percussion and Taikoz, and Australia’s most innovative dance company, Shaun Parker & Company.

SPEED(O) DATING

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Ballroom 1, Sofitel Brisbane Central

Speed Dating offers 15 minute one-on-one encounters with presenters and promoters.

STALKER THEATRE

Stalker Theatre

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Stalker makes high quality contemporary physical theatre in Australia across a range of cultural, social and political contexts, regions and nations, and delivers its work to extraordinarily diverse audiences.

TEMPORARY SHELTER

9:00am - 10:00pm @ HQ - Graffiti Room, Brisbane Powerhouse

Temporary Shelter is about finding our way in uncertain times. Drop into Temporary Shelter HQ to meet, download and discuss ideas big and small.

THEATRE NETWORK NSW

Theatre Network NSW

3 hours » 9:00am - 12:00pm @ Sofitel Brisbane Central
Tuesday - Thursday

Theatre Network NSW (TNN) is the peak agency for theatre in NSW.

THE ROUND TABLES

120 minutes » 10:00am - 12:00pm @ Ballroom 3, Sofitel Brisbane Central

Join industry professionals at a Round Tables session and learn more about overseas touring, collaboration and the latest on the international scene.

Music Theatre or Opera or Cabaret , Showcase

DAFFODILS [INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS]

Bullet Heart Club

70 minutes » 1:00pm - 2:10pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Pull the cover off some classic Kiwi vinyl and discover a rich sonic world in the award-winning hit Daffodils.

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.

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.

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.

HABITUS

Australian Dance Theatre

10 minutes » 3:00pm - 3:15pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Habitus is an innovative and exciting contemporary dance work exploring the relationship between humans and our domestic world.

Music Theatre or Opera or Cabaret , Pitch

PERMISSION TO SPEAK

Chamber Made Opera

10 minutes » 3:15pm - 3:30pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Chamber Made Opera’s Permission to Speak occupies the space between contemporary chamber opera, live performance, new music and documentary theatre.

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.

GRUNGADA

Black Arm Band

10 minutes » 4:15pm - 4:30pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Grungada fuses the music and visual art of Mark Atkins with animation, live performance and on-stage live art creation.

Interdisciplinary or Hybrid Arts , Pitch

THE CABIN!

Joseph O’Farrell (JOF)

10 minutes » 4:30pm - 4:45pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Created with six year olds, The Cabin! is a truly horrifying and darkly comical theatrical experience for the next generation.

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.

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.

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.

Music Theatre or Opera or Cabaret , Pitch

LUSH LIFE

ILBIJERRI Theatre Company

10 minutes » 6:15pm - 6:30pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Lush Life brings to the stage the extraordinary life of Wilma Reading, one of Australia’s finest jazz singers.

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.

Theatre , Pitch

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.

Theatre , Pitch

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.

XY

Shaun Parker & Company

10 minutes » 7:15pm - 7:30pm @ Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

XY investigates the male XY chromosome and transforms it through the theatrical canvas of the male human body on stage.

Showcase , Theatre

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.

Music , Showcase

B2M:HOME TOUR

B2M

30 minutes » 9:00pm - 9:25pm @ Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse

B2M from the Tiwi Islands bring you high energy, R'n'B pop music with a traditional Tiwi twist.

Music , Showcase

AN EVENING WITH THE MODERN MĀORI QUARTET

Modern Māori Quartet

30 minutes » 9:35pm - 10:00pm @ Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse

Harking back to Māori showbands of yesteryear, the multi-talented Modern Māori Quartet performs a cabaret show filled with humour and charm.

APAM'S LATE NIGHT HOTSPOT

10:00pm - 11:59pm @ Sonny's House of Blues, Brisbane City

After a day at the market, it's time to kick back and relax - no WiFi here!

FUNCTION: A NIGHT WITH CANADA

2 hours » 10:00pm - 12:00am @ Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse

Following evening performances and showcases, Canada Council for the Arts invites you stick around Brisbane Powerhouse to drink, dance and celebrate.