2025 with Sydney Festival
Festival Commons
Festival Commons supports the next generation of IBPoC (Indigenous, Black and People of Colour) festival-makers, curators and cultural conveners in Greater Sydney and the Asia Pacific.
Aiming to expand the influence of participant’s work in festivals and beyond, participants will engage in a 10-day in-person lab, embedded within Sydney Festival’s 50th anniversary program, including masterclasses, roundtables, workshops and provocations with leading artistic and curatorial voices from across Australia and around the world.
Festival Commons is designed and delivered by Sydney Festival in partnership with Blacktown Arts, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP) and Encounter Theatre, and supported by Creative Australia.
2025 with Australian Plays Transform
Words in Motion
Five emerging and mid-career Western Australian playwrights will develop unproduced plays through a two-week intensive script development process.
Playwrights will work closely with established directors, actors and a dramaturg to workshop their plays in a series of “in-room” development days, honing their skills and diving deep into their plays through hands-on, in-depth analysis. The program will culminate in a public showcase of new works at The Blue Room Theatre. By nurturing local stories and content, Words In Motion equips playwrights to prepare their work for success on local, national, and global stages.
This collaborative pilot program is a partnership between Australian Plays Transform, Black Swan State Theatre Company, The Blue Room Theatre, and Encounter Theatre.
