February 2018
BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
Brisbane Powerhouse
Brisbane Powerhouse, a magnificent power station of the 1920s reborn as an arts center on the Brisbane River will be the home for APAM activities, showcases and pitches.
Located in the heart of New Farm and Teneriffe’s historical industrial zone, which originally featured a sugar refinery, gasworks, wharves and wool stores, Brisbane Powerhouse has an organisation-wide commitment to creators of all disciplines.
Brisbane Powerhouse is proud to welcome and present APAM 2014, 2016 and 2018 and looks forward to hosting delegates, artists, companies, stakeholders and partners at this historic unique location.
There are two restauarants located inside Brisbane Powerhouse: Bar Alto on the Turbine Level and WATT Restaurant on the River Level.
18 February
STRING SYMPHONY
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre @ Performance Lawn | Brisbane Powerhouse
30 mins »
5:00pm
- 7:00pm
Sunday & Monday
In String Symphony, 12 audience members work together to bring a giant illuminated and interactive puppet to life.
[MIS]CONCEIVE
Thomas E.S. Kelly @ Visy Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
50 mins »
7:00pm
- 7:50pm
Sunday & Monday
With humour, play and personal stories this high-energy work explodes the misconceptions of what it is to be a young urban Aboriginal person in Australia.
19 February
SCRATCH WORKS: BALLOONS AND GRANITE
Liesel Zink @ Turbine Foyer | Brisbane Powerhouse
Durational » 9:30am - 11:45am
Balloons and Granite is a series of durational dance and sound installations that investigate themes of persistence in political, social and environmental contexts.
SCRATCH WORKS: I’VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU
The Good Room @ Turbine Studio | Brisbane Powerhouse
60 mins » 10:30am - 11:30am
APAM 2018 marks the first development of I’ve Been Meaning To Ask You; a work conceived to travel and adapt across different cities - each with its own ensemble of young people, asking their own questions of the people bigger (and supposedly smarter) than themselves.
WELCOMING WORDS
@ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 30 mins » 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Brisbane Powerhouse welcomes the world to its third and final Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM).
BACKBONE
Gravity & Other Myths @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 20 mins » 3:00pm - 4:20pm
Circus, as you’ve never seen it before – pushed to its conceptual and cerebral limits in one genre-defying, thought-provoking, visual extravaganza.
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OPENING NIGHT PARTY
@ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
2 hrs 45 mins » 8:15pm - 11:00pm
Explore, dance, mingle and plan your week of APAM activities with colleagues and new friends.
20 February
SKINNYFISH SOUND SYSTEM
Skinnyfish Music @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
30 mins » 9:00pm - 9:30pm
A selection of the best producers in the country come together with powerful Indigenous performers for the ultimate cultural party.
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THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES’ PARTY
@ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
2 hrs 30 mins » 9:30pm - 12:00am
Join us for the people’s party in celebration of all that is brown and down, bought to you by a smashing selection of artists from around the world.
21 February
CONFUSION...
Jo Lloyd @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 1:05pm - 1:15pm
Choreographer Jo Lloyd passes on her ‘confusion’ methodology and performance practice to create a new Confusion… dance work.
FINAL VISIONS
Field Theory @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 1:20pm - 1:30pm
Final Visions is a performance event presenting a live Tableau Vivant of an apocalyptic survival story.
THE SPIRIT OF CHURAKI
Bleached Arts @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 1:35pm - 1:45pm
This show rides the perfect wave between cyclonic surf rock, laid back oceanic beats and the ancient sounds of Aboriginal language.
LE DERNIER APPEL (THE LAST CALL)
Marrugeku @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 1:50pm - 2:00pm
A new contemporary dance work co-choreographed by Serge Aimé Coulibaly and Dalisa Pigram with dramaturgy by Rachael Swain and music by Ngaiire.
TERROR AUSTRALIS
Leah Shelton @ Turbine Studio | Brisbane Powerhouse
30 mins »
2:00pm
- 2:30pm
Repeat Performance
A sweltering mix of cabaret, live art, dance and black comedy examining the grungy underbelly of Australian culture with gobsmacking flair.
THE MAN WITH THE IRON NECK
Legs On The Wall Inc. @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 2:35pm - 2:45pm
A searing tale exploring suicide and survival that expertly weaves aerial performance, heightened physicality and hyperreal stage design.
NOIR TRAIL (DEATH KEEPS ME AWAKE)
one step at a time like this @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 2:50pm - 3:00pm
Your noir trail journey starts with discovering a transistor radio and ends with an encounter with a live post-rock band.
THE SHADOW WHOSE PREY THE HUNTER BECOMES
Back to Back Theatre @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 3:05pm - 3:15pm
A new detective story that focuses our collective responsibility for society’s most vulnerable while celebrating our civil and social progress.
A CALL TO DANCE
Amrita Hepi @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 3:20pm - 3:30pm
Share an idea or experience important to you and see it become part of a new dance work.
WORKING WITH CHILDREN
Nicola Gunn @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 3:35pm - 3:45pm
Using her distinctive humour, Nicola Gunn explores the moral and ethical complexity of working with children and other social taboos.
TOKEN ARMIES
Antony Hamilton @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 4:20pm - 4:30pm
Audiences become an active element of a sculptural event for bodies and objects in the six-hour immersive work Token Armies.
POLAR FORCE
Speak Percussion @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 4:35pm - 4:45pm
An immersive live performance combining custom built ice instruments with Antarctic field recordings, set within a chilled inflatable performance space.
THE AI PARTY
Triage Live Art Collective @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 4:50pm - 5:00pm
The AI Party will use AI technology and open democracy scenarios to create an AI Prime Minister in real time.
THE DIRECTOR
Lara Thoms @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 5:05pm - 5:15pm
Charismatic Funeral Director Scott Turnbull and performance artist Lara Thoms tackle the taboo topic of death with humour and poignancy.
A NOT SO TRADITIONAL STORY
Terrapin Puppet Theatre @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins » 5:20pm - 5:30pm
A subversively funny and radical new work for children that addresses the dark history of Tasmania with humour and charm.
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SIDNEY MYER PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS
Sidney Myer Fund @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 30 mins » 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The annual Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards recognise outstanding achievements in dance, drama, comedy, music, opera, circus and puppetry.
THE IRRESISTIBLE
Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt @ Visy Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 15 mins »
6:00pm
- 7:15pm
Thursday & Friday
Told through multiple parallel narratives that intersect through mystery and sci-fi, The Irresistible is a reckless, intoxicating love letter to the subconscious.
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A LITANY OF BROKEN PRAYER AND PROMISE
Cake Theatrical Productions @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 30 mins » 9:30pm - 11:00pm
Step onto the Turbine Platform and spend the night immersed in Singapore art and culture.
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SCRATCH WORKS: W.O.W. / FOR WANT OF A BETTER WORD
Daniel Kok (SNG) & Luke George (AUS) @ Stores Rehearsal Room | Brisbane Powerhouse
45 mins » 9:45pm - 10:30pm
Take a sneak peek at a provocative new collaboration in development.
22 February
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FUNCTION: KOREA
@ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
2 hrs 30 mins » 8:00pm - 10:30pm
Come and celebrate the strength, diversity and longevity of Australia’s ongoing relationship with Korea with an open invitation to all delegates.
A NIGHT ACROSS ASIA
@ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
1 hr 30 mins » 9:30pm - 11:00pm
Brisbane Powerhouse’s Turbine Platform is transformed into an intimate club for a night of immersive, intriguing and entertaining performances from across Asia.
23 February
WE APOLOGISE TO INFORM YOU
XIAO KE X ZI HAN @ Visy Foyer | Brisbane Powerhouse
Durational » 9:00am - 5:00pm
This site-specific performance work created aims to build a dialogue between our individual action and social issues to illustrate artists’ attitude and concern.
BETWEEN TINY CITIES រវាងទីក្រុងតូច
Nick Power @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
40 mins » 9:30am - 10:10am
The raw, wild energy of a b*boy battle meets skilful contemporary choreography expertly performed by dancers from two different worlds.
SEX AND DEATH
Samara Hersch & Collaborators @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
12:30pm
- 12:50pm
Large Scale Pitch
Part-date, part-photoshoot, Sex and Death invites you to reflect on life, death and what happens in between.
PLEASURE GARDEN
Genevieve Lacey @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
12:50pm
- 1:10pm
Large Scale Pitch
Through elegant audio design Pleasure Garden transforms a garden into a place of musical play that gently responds to movement.
THE COMING BACK OUT BALL
All The Queens Men @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
1:10pm
- 1:30pm
Large Scale Pitch
The Coming Back Out Ball is a spectacular and empowering celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) elders.
PASSENGER
Jessica Wilson @ Turbine Platform | Brisbane Powerhouse
20 mins »
1:30pm
- 1:50pm
Large Scale Pitch
Set onboard a moving suburban bus PASSENGER frames the urban landscape as a filmic backdrop for a modern-day Western.
POPUP TEAROOM SERIES
Yumi Umiumare @ Rooftop Terrace | Brisbane Powerhouse
2 hours durational performance - tea ceremony at 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm » 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Yumi Umiumare’s unique fusion of Butoh, physical theatre and spoken word are interspersed with classical and contemporary tea ceremonies.
PERMISSION TO SPEAK
Chamber Made @ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
60 mins » 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Poised in the delicate space between concert and theatre, Permission to Speak explores the complexities of the parent-child relationship.
CLOSING TIME
@ Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
60 mins » 5:00pm - 6:00pm
It's time now to say goodbye and reflect on the past three APAMs held on Yuggera country. With excitement and good wishes we will formally pass APAM onto its new hosts.