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arTour Queensland

Locality: Fortitude Valley

Phone: +61 7 3924 3817

Address: 420 Brunswick Street 4006 Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia

Website: http://artour.com.au/

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20.01.2022 The Phase 2 findings of the Audience Outlook Monitor are in and it's looking bright for the Sunshine State. For Queensland, the findings indicate an increasingly optimistic outlook about attending arts and cultural events, compared to findings in Phase 1 (May 2020). QLD audiences are among the most confident nationally to attend cultural venues and events today. 1 in 3 (33%) now say they are ready to attend events when it is... permitted, compared to 25% in May 2020, and 22% attended a cultural event of some kind in the fortnight before data collection (July 2020). Read the full snapshot here >> https://bit.ly/3hfu7zW

20.01.2022 Don't miss the final premiere event for "Come To Where I Am Australia" tonight (Wednesday, September 30) at 7:30pm. The final volume takes us to Ian Michael’s Perth, Ross Mueller’s Geelong, Mary Anne Butler’s Darwin and over to Brisbane with Merlynn Tong. Each is a powerful, poignant, and moving snapshot of the places they call home. https://criticalstages.com.au/screening-room/

20.01.2022 Now that’s a wrap! Queensland Touring Showcase 2020 has now officially ended after an outstanding pitch session. Thanks to all artists, producers, presenters and attendees for your support and engagement in this year’s program. Once again you helped to turn dreams into reality. #showcase2020 Song by Emma Dean... Photos by Tourism Queensland See more

19.01.2022 arTour are delighted to invite Associate Professor, Bree Hadley Head of Performance Studies at Queensland University of Technology to Queensland Showcase 2020. Bree has worked as a writer, dramaturg, director, arts facilitator and is the author of The Routledge Handbook of Disability Arts Culture and Media (2019, with Donna McDonald), Disability, Public Space Performance & Spectatorship: Unconscious Performers (Palgrave 2014), and dozens of chapters, articles and commentari...es on disability arts too. Bree will have a conversation with leading artists, directors and producers about how to create the best possible experience for artists and audiences living with disability, throughout the touring experience, from contracting, through to presentation, and evaluation of tour outcomes. Registrations to attend Queensland Touring Showcase 2020 are FREE and open on 9 September.

19.01.2022 Join our friends at La Boite for HWY Live, their annual series of workshops, showings and conversations! From Nov 5-21, you're invited back to the beloved Roundhouse Theatre to experience new works-in-development, critical conversations and curated showings. Book your FREE tickets now. https://laboite.com.au/hwy-live

19.01.2022 Did you guess it? The presenter is Indelability arts ltd. with their performance of 'Love Me'. In their latest work, 'Wilbur the Optical Whale', they collaborated with Flipside Circus to create a fully immersive, interactive and accessible performance for children. It won the Adelaide Fringe 2020 Access Award and you can catch it this September at Redlands Performing Arts Centre!

17.01.2022 We are delighted to welcome Quandamooka writer, director and Artistic Director of Sydney Festival Wesley Enoch AM to Queensland Touring Showcase 2020. Wesley will unpack the opportunities and obstacles when programming First Nations works and discuss how we can bridge the great divide between community, artist, venue and audience. Did you know that Wesley is heading up new the new Quandamooka Festival with co-artistic director Megan Cope. The festival’s home will be at the ...Quandamooka Art Museum and Performance Institute (QUAMPI) at Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island). A new development by Queensland Government, QUAMPI will be a cultural tourism centre bringing together ancient Quandamooka artefacts with contemporary art, music, dance and performance. Register NOW to attend Queensland Touring Showcase 2020 >> https://bit.ly/3bSU5aH

17.01.2022 Last week to get your applications in for Queensland Touring Showcase 2020! Applications close on Friday, 14 October.

15.01.2022 The state-by-state snapshot reports of the result of Stage 3's COVID-19 Audience Outlook Monitor is now available online. Queensland audiences remain confident with public interaction but are staying vigilant. Download the report to read all insights and findings of the survey. https://bit.ly/2ICioPp

13.01.2022 Guess the show and producer! Outback Queensland just love 'hanging' with this amazing company. With a large youth focus they are hugely popular when they come to town.

12.01.2022 For Queensland Touring Showcase 2020 - Simon Hinton - Artistic Director from Merrigong Theatre Co will lead a robust conversation about the benefits and intricacies of commissioning new works for your audiences. Simon will be joined by leading theatre makers from Dead Puppet Society and Dancenorth and Head programmers from QPAC and Moncrieff Entertainment Centre to talk about their experiences of the commissioning process. ... Registrations to attend Queensland Touring Showcase 2020 are FREE and open on 9 September.

12.01.2022 On Wednesday, August 19th, the first volume of Critical Stages Touring’s COME TO WHERE I AM AUSTRALIA will launch with a livestream premiere event on Facebook. The program, in partnership with the UK’s @PainesPloughHQ, commissioned 16 writers from around the country to craft all-new stories about the places that shape us. Join the Facebook event to join the premiere: https://www.facebook.com/events/1157927284600491/ #CTWIA #ComeToWhereIAm #TheScreeningRoom #CriticalStages

10.01.2022 Award-winning six-piece group MZAZA provides Balkan and French sounds for sophisticated folk lovers around the world. Led by enchanting French-Sephardic vocalist Pauline Maudy, these incredible musicians from Bosnia, Latvia, Greece, France and Australia will mesmerise you with inspired performances and draw you into a world that knows no borders. With accordion, exotic strings and percussion, MZAZA embraces diversity, the old and the new, the familiar and the foreign. Their i...ntense live shows have enraptured audiences across Australia and Europe and earned them supports with Baba Zula (Turkey), Violent Femmes (USA), and DJ Click (France). In 2020 MZAZA released their third studio album, ‘The Birth and Death of Stars’ which was recorded in Athens. The album explores the disconnect between humans and the world around them through metaphors of Greek mythology, philosophy and astronomy. Their Queensland Tour visited Maryborough, Ipswich, Toowoomba, HOTA Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Gympie, Biloela, Bundaberg, Mackay, Longreach, Hughenden, Charters Towers, Capella, Yeppoon, Mount Tambourine, Dust Temple Gold Coast.

09.01.2022 Applications are now open for the following opportunities through the Australia Council for the Arts: > Arts Projects for Individuals & Groups > Arts Projects for Organisations > Australia Council Fellowships ... Applications close on 1 September 2020. Learn more and apply here >> https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/

09.01.2022 AMAZING NEW ALERT! Funny Mummies are gearing up for a tour of regional Queensland next month and we couldn't be more excited! Funny Mummies will be Queensland ’s first performing show to go back on the road these September school holidays. Tour supported by the Arts and Culture Recovery Package and arTour Queensland, initiatives of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

08.01.2022 Are you an artist based in Logan? Applications are now open for the next round of the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). Grants of up to $8,000 per project are available to individuals, groups or organisations in the creative industries, which includes performing and visual arts, writing, craft, design, heritage and museums. To find out more visit the website >> https://bit.ly/2GhVD1X Photo: Prize Fighter

07.01.2022 Final call to submit your application to pitch at this year's Queensland Touring Showcase. This year's event will be free and online. Learn more and apply here >> https://www.artour.com.au/showcase-for/producers Photo by Queensland Tourism

06.01.2022 Previously focussed only on writing for stage, Moogahlin has announced that the 2021 Yellamundie Festival will now be open to submissions from a range of live performance art forms, providing development opportunities for Playwrights, Music Composers, and Dance Choreographers. Applications are now open until 11.59pm Sunday 4th October 2020. https://www.moogahlin.org/yellamundiefestival2021

06.01.2022 The grant to support the activation of outdoor and non-traditional settings has been announced. Applications close 10 September for activities delivered between 2 October 2020 and 30 December 2021. Learn more here >> https://www.arts.qld.gov.au/aq-funding/open-air

05.01.2022 The Arts Wellbeing Collective have launched a season of Mental Health Matinées, a series of online presentations promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in the performing arts. Each session is free and delivered via zoom. Join them on Thursday, 1 October from 3pm to 4pm for a session on resilience and mindfulness. There is extensive evidence supporting the health benefits of mindfulness practice, but as with many things mindfulness can often be easier said than do...ne. This welcoming, relaxed session is designed to address some of the common challenges faced when practicing mindfulness, and ways in which you can simply incorporate mindfulness into your life to build your personal resilience. Presented by Coco Nkrumah, Reality Based Mindfulness. Register here > https://bit.ly/2S3vsyL

04.01.2022 Did you guess it? Flipside Circus is Queensland's largest youth arts company with a national reputation for excellence in training and performance. Flipside have a proven history of delivering high quality arts activities reaching 1,041 participants in regional Queensland in 2018 and 1,786 participants in 2019.

04.01.2022 Brisbane Festival kicks off today and what a program they have in store! Make sure you check it out. We look forward to catching up with them at Queensland Touring Showcase in October to reflect on how it all went. They will be joined by our friends from Anywhere Festival and Horizon Festival who have also done some amazing things in the festival space this year. Registrations to attend Queensland Touring Showcase 2020 are FREE and open on 9 September.

04.01.2022 Queensland Touring Showcase 2020 ends today but we still have two incredible sessions to go. At 10am we started the second round of Company Updates, where creative leaders are sharing their thoughts and plans for future programming. Then, at 12:30pm we will showcase 9 exciting new productions available to tour in 2022. You can't miss all this action! #showcase2020

03.01.2022 Our second session of Company Updates was simply FANTASTIC! Now getting set for the last session of this year's program 9 brilliant productions available to tour in 2022. Are you ready? #showcase2020

03.01.2022 Guess the show and producer! Were you fortunate enough to catch this raw, funny and vulnerable piece of storytelling? This show unlocked conversations and unpacked the stigma around mental illness.

03.01.2022 It's Showcase time! Registrations to attend this year's FREE online conference are now open. Join us for a celebration of performing arts in Queensland, get company updates and tune in to panel discussions with industry heavyweights, as well as online opportunities for connecting with artists and presenters. The Queensland Touring Showcase will be hosted online over four days (12, 14, 19 and 21 October). Register here now > https://bit.ly/337M11S

02.01.2022 Did you guess it? It is Little Match Productions with their performance of 'The Owl and the Pussycat'. Due to return to Queensland stages in 2021, this delightful, interactive show is a family favourite. Check out their Kids YouTube channel: Owl & Pussycat TV!

02.01.2022 Some snaps of Funny Mummies painting regional Queensland red on their tour.