• Australian Government / Australia Council for the Arts
  • Brisbane Powerhouse Arts
  • 18 February

    Day 1:

    The opening day of APAM 2014 featuring the welcome lunch, keynote event, opening ceremony and showcases not to be missed

  • 19 February

    Day 2:

    A jam-packed day of showcases and the first half of the pitch sessions, rounded up with an APAM first - the Curated Cabaret

  • 20 February

    Day 3:

    Meet the makers over breakfast, explore works on offer at mobile booths, listen to pitches and attend showcases in various locations

  • 21 February

    Day 4:

    Explore Brisbane's South Bank precinct as showcases take over QPAC, The Conservatorium and QUT Gardens Theatre

  • 22 February

    Day 5:

    A day not to be missed featuring showcases of large-scale works in dance, theatre and interdisciplinary arts and a very special closing event

Day 4 21 February

Time for a location change to take in and explore works staged at our partner venues at Brisbane's South Bank Precinct. Spend the day only minutes away from the CBD and attend showcases at QPAC, The Conservatorium and QUT Gardens Theatre. Leave some energy for the end of the day and join us back at Brisbane Powerhouse for a party at the APAM Hub.

Daily Schedule

9:30am - 2:00pm

Conversation

Mobile Booths

To celebrate its new location in Brisbane and the number of partner venues involved, APAM 2014 features on-display booths that allow artists, companies, collectives and funding agencies to promote their work alongside APAM as it happens around the city.

10:00am - 11:10am

Dance, Theatre

Driving Into Walls

Barking Gecko Theatre Company

Drawn from over 500 starkly honest interviews, Driving into Walls takes an intimate and confronting look at life as a teenager.

10:45am - 11:10am

Theatre, Puppetry

It's Dark Outside

Perth Theatre Company

It's Dark Outside beguilingly blends live performance, puppetry, mask and animation to deliver a grand epic about redemption and dementia.

11:30am -

Interdisciplinary / Hybrid Arts, Large Scale, Site Specific and/or Outdoor

The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge

Dan Koop & Co

See familiar places from new perspectives with The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge, a live public artwork along and across a river.

12:00pm - 1:15pm

Music, Theatre

dirtsong

Black Arm Band

Drawn wholly from Aboriginal Australia and set against a stunning backdrop of moving imagery and text, this large-scale musical production will stir the soul.

12:00pm - 1:15pm

Theatre

I'm Your Man

Roslyn Oades & Company

A sweaty, energy-fuelled study of masculinity, I’m Your Man is a compelling tale of courage and its cost.

12:15pm - 12:40pm

Theatre, Puppetry

It's Dark Outside

Perth Theatre Company

It's Dark Outside beguilingly blends live performance, puppetry, mask and animation to deliver a grand epic about redemption and dementia.

12:15pm - 12:40pm

Dance

Terrain (NZ)

Rifleman Productions

Terrain is a nostalgic and intimate dance performance that gently and deftly explores landscape, scale and place.

12:30pm -

Interdisciplinary / Hybrid Arts, Large Scale, Site Specific and/or Outdoor

The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge

Dan Koop & Co

See familiar places from new perspectives with The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge, a live public artwork along and across a river.

1:00pm - 1:25pm

Music, Theatre, Opera, Cabaret

The Factory (NZ)

Kila Kokonut Krew Entertainment

The Factory pays tribute to New Zealand’s Pacific migrants through exuberant and soulful songs, slick choreography and vibrant live music.

1:30pm -

Interdisciplinary / Hybrid Arts, Large Scale, Site Specific and/or Outdoor

The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge

Dan Koop & Co

See familiar places from new perspectives with The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge, a live public artwork along and across a river.

1:45pm - 2:10pm

Theatre, Puppetry, Music

Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui; written by Jason De Santis, directed by Eamon Flack

Darwin Festival

Using the language and rhyme of the Tiwi Islands, Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui is a mischievous theatrical adventure for the whole family.

2:30pm - 2:55pm

Music

Transducer

Speak Percussion

In Transducer the microphone and loudspeaker take centre stage and are redefined as expressive musical instruments in their own right.

3:15pm - 3:40pm

Dance

Terrain (NZ)

Rifleman Productions

Terrain is a nostalgic and intimate dance performance that gently and deftly explores landscape, scale and place.

3:15pm - 3:40pm

Theatre, Puppetry, Music

Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui; written by Jason De Santis, directed by Eamon Flack

Darwin Festival

Using the language and rhyme of the Tiwi Islands, Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui is a mischievous theatrical adventure for the whole family.

3:30pm -

Interdisciplinary / Hybrid Arts, Large Scale, Site Specific and/or Outdoor

The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge

Dan Koop & Co

See familiar places from new perspectives with The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge, a live public artwork along and across a river.

3:45pm - 5:00pm

Music, Theatre

dirtsong

Black Arm Band

Drawn wholly from Aboriginal Australia and set against a stunning backdrop of moving imagery and text, this large-scale musical production will stir the soul.

4:00pm - 4:25pm

Dance, Music

Ontosoroh

Ade Suharto and Peni Candra Rini

Ontosoroh weaves aspects of Indonesian dance and Western choreography together with new vocal and music techniques for a sublime music and dance collaboration.

4:30pm -

Interdisciplinary / Hybrid Arts, Large Scale, Site Specific and/or Outdoor

The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge

Dan Koop & Co

See familiar places from new perspectives with The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge, a live public artwork along and across a river.

4:45pm - 5:10pm

Theatre

boy girl wall

The Escapists

The hilarious smash-hit one-man show boy girl wall is a stunning celebration of theatricality, imagination and the joy of play.

5:10pm - 6:10pm

Conversation

Blak: the Art of Language

Blak considers how Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists assert their Blackness through their art in the 21st Century. Join Rachael Maza, Vernon Ah Kee, Jason De Santis and Lorna Munro for 60 minutes of Blackness that will reframe your terms of reference.

6:00pm - 6:25pm

Interdisciplinary / Hybrid Arts

Live Live Cinema: Dementia 13 (NZ)

Jumpboard Productions

Live Live Cinema performs a new, original, edge-of-your-seat soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 complete with live actors, musicians and Foley.

6:15pm - 6:40pm

Theatre

boy girl wall

The Escapists

The hilarious smash-hit one-man show boy girl wall is a stunning celebration of theatricality, imagination and the joy of play.

6:15pm - 7:30pm

Theatre

I'm Your Man

Roslyn Oades & Company

A sweaty, energy-fuelled study of masculinity, I’m Your Man is a compelling tale of courage and its cost.

6:15pm - 6:40pm

Dance

Terrain (NZ)

Rifleman Productions

Terrain is a nostalgic and intimate dance performance that gently and deftly explores landscape, scale and place.

9:00pm - 10:00pm

Dance, Large Scale, Site Specific and/or Outdoor

SlowDive

Claire Marshall

SlowDive is a dance-based, immersive performance art experience set in a nightclub, where the audience becomes part of the action.