Pocket Productions Presents Fall of the Roman Umpire

Arts North West ON TOUR  Pocket Productions and Creating Drama Theatre Company are excited to announce the Fall of the Roman Umpire 2017 New England North West tour.   

A one man show written, directed & performed by Dennis Coard, star of ‘Home and Away’, ‘Blue Heelers’, ‘Stingers’ and ‘MDA’ , Fall of the Roman Umpire is a charming and cheeky self-narrated journey through life. Starting with Coard’s childhood emigration from Ireland with his family, the show is an intimate portrait of a journey through life, with the audience there beside him, sharing his joys, hopes and pain.

This is the first tour of the new Arts North West initiative Pocket Productions, offering the smaller communities in our region affordable and professional theatre and musical productions in venues such as community or school hall, school of art building or an undercover showground area.  Pocket Productions is a networked approach and based on the successful Arts North West ON TOUR model.

Fall of the Roman Umpire will be performed in following venues in 2017. Contact the venue for booking information.

Emerald Hill Community Hall Fri 10 March

Walcha Central School Hall Sat 11 March

Maules Creek Community HallThur 16 March

Breeza Community Hall Fri 17 March

Warialda Town Hall matinee Sat 18 March

The Playhouse Hotel Barraba Sat 18 March

Bundarra Community Hall Sun 19 March

Deepwater School of Arts Fri 24 March

Ben Lomond Memorial Hall Sat 25 March

Youth Scholarship to ARTLANDS Dubbo Awarded to Wee Waa Local

Arts North West is very pleased to announce 19 year old, Georgia Gordon from Wee Waa, a young visual art student now studying at Southern Cross University received the Arts North West ARTLANDS Dubbo scholarship.

Arts North West is excited to offer this youth scholarship valued at $1,500 to attend the ARTLANDS Dubbo Regional Arts Australia National Conference and Festival in Dubbo from 27-30 October 2016.

“This is a huge opportunity to enrich my arts practice and as a university Visual Arts student” said Ms Gordon.  Arts North West Executive Director is delighted to be able to support youth in our region. “This is a fantastic opportunity for a young person from our region to learn more about regional arts, to be inspired by creative ideas, and to network with key artists and artworkers from around Australia”, said Ms Downer. 

ARTLANDS is Part Conference, Part Festival, All Arts with four jam-packed days of activity, conversation, discussion, debate and inspiration from across Australia and overseas.  For more information about ARTLANDS visit www.artlands.com.au

Arts North West ON TOUR is excited to launch Pocket Productions

This is a new initiative by Arts North West to offer small communities in our region a
networked approach to find and fit hand-selected affordable theatre or musical
productions to tour to the smaller regional venues without a dedicated performing arts
venue. These productions will fit into venues like a community or school hall, school of art
building or an undercover showground area. Pocket Productions would be based on the
successful Arts North West ON TOUR model.
Arts North West ON TOUR now in its fifth year is an established network of community,
LGA, and privately managed venues/presenters (between 8-10 in the New England North
West region). Each network member pays an annual service fee for specialised tour
management. This includes the negotiation of a minimum of 2 negotiated professional
performing arts tours per year; itinerary programming; administration; marketing and
audience development, and the coordination of regional network meetings. More
information can be found at http://www.artsnw.com.au/anw-on-tour
Projects Officer, Nicci Parry-Jones explains, “We have been getting such good feedback
about audience satisfaction from the high quality performing arts touring our regional
theatres got us thinking that it would be wonderful if the smaller and sometimes more
remote communities had the same opportunity.”
For a nominal annual fee, the Pocket Productions package will include: sourcing and
managing the tour itinerary of one suitable touring production, assistance to each venue
to ensure the production is well promoted, liaison between the production company and
venue staff, advice on presentation, ticketing and promotion.
 

SUCCESS! Grant for Aboriginal Artists in the NENW

$770,000 FOR ABORIGINAL ARTS AND CULTURAL PROJECTS The NSW Government has provided almost $770,000 for 25 projects that support training, career development, employment and marketing opportunities for Aboriginal artists, arts workers and young people across NSW. Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant said the new projects will enable Aboriginal artists to build on their abilities and talents, boost local economies and encourage a greater appreciation of Aboriginal culture in the wider community. “Almost $296,000 will fund two Aboriginal art fairs, two projects that provide dance and theatre training to young Aboriginal people and two career traineeships,” Mr Grant said. “An additional $260,000 will provide employment placements for four Aboriginal arts professionals at leading arts organisations, while 15 projects valued at $208,000 will support Aboriginal artists in regional and remote communities.” Mr Grant said the Government is proud to invest in a vibrant and distinctive Aboriginal arts and cultural sector, supporting local artists and arts workers across NSW to tell the stories of their communities. “NSW is fortunate to have a vast array of Aboriginal artistic talent across art forms including visual art, dance, theatre, literature and music,” he said. “The funding is part of the Government’s Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy, which guides Arts NSW’s ongoing partnerships and supports new creative opportunities for Aboriginal artists, arts workers, communities and audiences. “In February, we launched the second stage of this strategy, Connection, Culture and Pathways, which has a focus on career pathways through initiatives such as mentorships, secondments, employment placements and industry partnerships,” he said. Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Leslie Williams said these projects would help many talented Aboriginal artists continue to tell compelling stories in many art forms. “Aboriginal artists have been telling unique stories for thousands of years and we want to make sure that continues in Sydney suburbs and throughout regional NSW,” she said. 

Arts North West Inc: $15,000 for Making Old Markings New, a project to support professional skills development of four Anaiwan and Kamilaroi artists to re-connect with their regional cultural identity. The artists will work with experts at the Australian Museum and the University of New England to explore objects and mark-making traditions from the New England North West. It will include an e-resource and mini exhibition.