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Contemporary Asian Australian Performance

Locality: Eveleigh

Address: 245 Wilson Sreet 2015 Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

Website: https://linktr.ee/CAAPerformance

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25.01.2022 Great submissions have been coming in and theres only 1 week left to get your EOI in for the CAAP Artist Lab! Excite us with your aspiration. Think of that next stage of your artistic development, projects that had their roots in previous CAAP programs that you want to continue building, new ideas you have to explore, methodology/technique/process you want to delve deeply into, a project at any stage that you want to flesh out further. For more details and to apply https://forms.gle/weQnAfMUdQfu6ngb7

25.01.2022 Registrations are coming in from NSW, VIC, WA, ACT, and Asian Australian community in the UK for our next Longhouse: The Longhouse: Grantwriting 101 with Andrea Lim, Friday 17 July! Make sure to register now to secure your spot! bit.ly/LonghouseGrants... Attendance is free, but youre encouraged to make a donation to our matched fundraising campaign with Creative Partnerships Australia here: bit.ly/100PlusVoices #Longhouse

25.01.2022 For those whove been watching our Longhouse online sessions this year, youll have been impressed by Andrea Lim. Her initiative, HoldingSpace provides one-to-one online mentorship to emerging creatives of colour/small collectives based in NSW who are producing their own creative projects. The program is facilitated by qpoc mentor Andrea Lim; participants are mentored through the stages of project planning to grant-writing. Sign ups for Oct & Nov mentoring sessions are now open. https://mailchi.mp/ef6465a68154/holdingspace

25.01.2022 Young dancers, dont miss the opportunity to audition for a brand new Youth Company, led by the brilliant Danielle Micich, Artistic Director of Force Majeure. Final auditions THIS SUNDAY!

25.01.2022 Tomorrow's Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 is now SOLD OUT 5 brand new works in progress by Asian Australian artists kicks off at 6pm See you at Carriageworks!!

24.01.2022 Calling out racism in our industry - all power to Michelle Law, Pearl Tan, Moreblessing Maturure and others with the courage of their convictions.

24.01.2022 Get ready for 28 BANKSIA STREET by playwright, dramaturg and director, Tasnim Hossain; composer, singer, actor and musician, Vidya Makan; and dramaturg, Jonathan Ware. 28 Banksia Street is a new Australian musical about Deepa, a rising social media singing sensation. After she finally gets a meeting with a record producer interested in signing her, she returns home to her family in Brisbane for Diwali to find inspiration for new sounds from her Indian culture. Once back home,... she is caught up in the dramas of her family. Through all this, Deepa and her older sister Avani must decide how to embrace their culture in a way that is meaningful to them, how to make the difficult choices that may lead them to the life they want and how to best show up for their family and the people they love. Featuring Ava Madon, Miriam Rizvi and Nat Jobe. See you next Tuesday 10 November at CAAP’s annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 at Carriageworks!!

22.01.2022 Expressions of Interest are NOW OPEN for CAAPs first ever Artist Lab! The CAAP Artist Lab is a new initiative designed to provide continued professional development for artists who have been involved in CAAPs programs to date. CAAP in partnership with Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company and the Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture Western Sydney University will design the program according to participants needs and comprise of week...ly seminars, lectures, and workshops, culminating in a 5-day lab. CAAP will be taking the cues from you when designing the Artist Lab. Think of the next stage of your artistic development, projects that had their roots in previous CAAP programs that you want to continue building, new ideas you have to explore, methodology/technique/process you want to delve deeply into, a project at any stage that you want to flesh out further, excite us with your aspiration. The CAAP Artist Lab gives you a dynamic space to continue your artistic development, experiment with these new ideas, explore new collaborations and learn from and share creative processes with each other. The lab will take place 26th October - 27th November online and at Western Sydney Universitys, Parramatta Campus. Participants must be available to be in Parramatta 23-27 November 2020. Applicants must have previously been involved with any of the following programs: CAAP Acting Workshops, Lotus Playwriting Project, CAAP Directing Workshops, CAAP Directors Initiative, Longhouse: Works in Progress Or anyone who has been employed by CAAP/Performance 4a on creative developments or production. The lab is open to NSW residents. For more information and to apply head to https://forms.gle/weQnAfMUdQfu6ngb7 What we need from you are your details and: 1 page artist CV in PDF A brief proposal of what you would like to explore during the Artist Lab (max 300 words). (Optional) A project or concept you may wish to provide as a case study (Optional) Any artists you would particularly like to work with. EOI opens 27 July 2020 Closes Midnight FRI 14 August 2020 Successful applicants will be notified on or before 4 Sept 2020

21.01.2022 After an electrifying Part 1 of Dear Australia, please join us for Part Two streaming to Facebook TONIGHT from 7pm (AEST) Friday 3 July. Over three nights, 50 Australian playwrights tell fearless and inspiring stories of where our nation is and where it might go. These are postcards to Dear Australia, and are recorded by 50 extraordinary actors, many in their own homes. Part Two runs for 80 mins, including a short break. Click Get Reminder to be notified when this strea...m begins. For more information, visit: http://www.pwa.org.au/2020-pr/for-our-nation-dear-australia Warning: Some stories in Part Two contain strong language, sexual references and adult themes, and may be unsuitable for some audiences. If any of these stories raise concerns for you or someone you know, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, or visit The Arts Wellbeing Collective: https://www.artswellbeingcollective.com.au/get-help/

20.01.2022 CAAP is thrilled to announce our second national Longhouse program: Grantwriting 101 with Andrea Lim, Friday 17 July, 4pm AWST, 5:30 ACST, 6pm AEST. This workshop will be all about grants for the national Asian Australian performance community. As we continue to navigate all the available funding opportunities, youll want to make sure your application stands out from the crowd. You wont want to miss this rare opportunity to refine your grant writing skills.... Andrea Lim is a Sydney-based Singaporean born cultural and community development worker that is passionate about arts-based initiatives for social justice and creating alternative spaces for BIPOC emerging artists. Andrea generated a great response when she spoke at our first national Longhouse, The Longhouse Gathers, so heres a chance to hear more of Andreas perspective and learn more from her expertise. Attendance for this workshop is free, however we encourage you to support CAAPs work by donation to our matched fundraising campaign if you can. Click attending in the link below!

20.01.2022 Please join us for Part One of Dear Australia, streaming to Facebook tonight from 7pm (AEST). Over three nights, 50 Australian playwrights tell fearless and inspiring stories of where our nation is and where it might go. These are postcards to Dear Australia, and are recorded by 50 extraordinary actors, many in their own homes. Part One runs for just under 90 mins, including a short break. Click Get Reminder to be notified when this stream begins.... For more information, visit: http://www.pwa.org.au/2020-pr/for-our-nation-dear-australia Warning: Some stories in Part One contain strong language, sexual references and adult themes, including references to miscarriage and suicide, and may be unsuitable for some audiences. If any of these stories raise concerns for you or someone you know, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, or visit The Arts Wellbeing Collective: https://www.artswellbeingcollective.com.au/get-help/

20.01.2022 Get excited everyone!! UNAUSTRALIAN FROM FRASER BABIES by a Filipinx-Australian playwright, dramaturg, director, performer, and producer, Jules Orcullo is coming to town!! UnAustralian from Fraser Babies is a musical theatre experience for first and second generation Australians. It follows a fictional group of young women breaking free from their ‘model minority’ upbringings and upend the xenophobic patriarchy through random acts of punkness. Australia’s non-Indigenous i...nhabitants have an existence that can be largely pinned down to a policy drawn up by a white guy somewhere - from colonisation to post-WWII resettlement, from populate or perish to stop the boats. Fraser Babies is a riotous space for young migrant voices to breathe outside the box, to perform outside the policy. "UnAustralian" is a hip-hop comedy slamdown of a certain Home Affairs minister for 3-6 women of colour performed at the galvanising moment of the groups journey to infamy. Featuring Cypriana Singh, Chemon Theys and Jules Orcullo. With creative team: Chloe Macaulay-Keung - Music Producer and Jamie Macaulay - Sound Design Tomorrow at CAAP’s annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 at Carriageworks

19.01.2022 Have you registered yet? The Longhouse: Grantwriting 101 with Andrea Lim in on this Friday. Last Longhouse, Andrea gave us a killer tight 5 on grantwriting and project development. This Friday, youre invited to the full hour of grantwriting goodness. And its free! Register today.

18.01.2022 Huge congratulations to In Between Twos James Mangohig on the spectacular release of his album as Kuya James during Darwin Festival, complete with a Pinoy Street Party!

17.01.2022 Great responses to Dear Australia. Thank you to our fellow arts companies who partnered in this, and especially to Playwriting Australia who led the charge! What a brilliant project. Congratulations to the 50 Australian playwrights and the 50 actors who enthralled, provoked, inspired and challenged us all. The videos will stay online until 1 September. And scripts of the monologues are now available as a free download via Australian Plays. Imagine doing one of these for your next audition!

17.01.2022 Introducing Untitled NAT/JESSIE/JIMMY Project, a work in progress by writer and actor, Nicole W. Lee. Loosely based on real events, Untitled NAT/JESSIE/JIMMY Project follows Nat, an Asian Australian writer and her discovery of the friendship between Jessie, a queer white female bushranger, and Jimmy, a Wiradjuri tracker. As Nat imagines their lives on the edge of society, everyone's stories begin to intertwine, and when Jimmy goes back to see Jessie at the end of her life, Na...t finds herself connected to these characters across time in unexpected ways. Exploring the overlap between migrant, queer and indigenous experiences, this piece hopes to re-examine history and write new mythologies of Australia. Featuring actors Aileen Huynh, Chelsea Zeller, musicians Jessica Lee (baroque flute), Daniel Babekuhl (guitar) and composer Paul Castles. One of five exciting works you’ll get to see at CAAP’s annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 at Carriageworks. Book your tickets now: bit.ly/348osYc

16.01.2022 So excited for our Carriageworks fellow residents, Performance Space who today announce the program for this years #Liveworks Festival. See you in the foyer????

15.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC week! Always was, always will be.

13.01.2022 For those whove been playing along at home with my #21ReasonsIKnowTheAustralianArtsIndustryWillBounceBackBetterThanEver, the wonderful folks at ArtsHub have no...w kindly seen fit to publish it as a series (in three parts), so today you can read all about Reasons 8-14: Michelle Forte (Austinmer Dance Theatre), Yaron Lifschitz (Circa Contemporary Circus), Merindah Donnelly (BlakDance), Scott Maidment (Strut & Fret), Annette Shun Wah (Contemporary Asian Australian Performance), Wesley Enoch (Sydney Festival), Olivia Ansell (Sydney Opera House).

12.01.2022 Results from the latest survey into Australians participation in the arts show that there is: a fairly widespread understanding of the benefits of art and culture but one that wasnt necessarily matched by an understanding of how arts and creativity are funded.

11.01.2022 Yes! We are hiring - CAAP has two full time positions available for a Company Manager and a Creative Producer based at our office in Carriageworks, Sydney. Check out our website for more details. www.caap.org.au Applications close Nov 9!

11.01.2022 Dear Australia commissioned 50 playwrights to write stories as postcards to the nation, their work interpreted by some of Australias leading actors. The evening before the final set of performances, Nakkiah Lui, Aanisa Vylet and Donna Abela unpack some of the telling themes of these microplays, including their own, and comment on their context in a COVID world. This Saturday, join us direct from the Joan Sutherland Theatre for a special In Conversation, streaming to Faceboo...k from 7pm. Click Get Reminder to be notified when this stream begins. For more information, visit: https://soh.online/dear_australia_conversation

10.01.2022 Catch a first glimpse of a thrilling new work, DON'T BOX US UP by actor and writer, Deborah Faye Lee. A disillusioned foreign domestic worker longs to be reunited with her family. Two men set off on a perilous journey of hope and hardship, as they are smuggled across borders in search of a better life. A young human rights lawyer works to expose the faults of the refugee protection system. In Don’t Box Us Up, lives will run into each other and connect in a myriad of ways. Exp...loring notions of distance and displacement, as well as its associated pain and confusion, this work questions whether we can stake a claim in a country that isn’t our place of birth - can we truly call this home? Featuring actors, Deborah Faye Lee, Cynthia Ng, Jemwel Danao and Martin Reyes See these exciting Asian Australian artists in action next Tuesday 10 November at CAAP’s annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 at Carriageworks. Book your tickets today: bit.ly/348osYc

10.01.2022 Between 2-5 July, 50 fearless and inspiring new short works from some of Australias best playwrights will be livestreamed by more than 30 performing arts organisations from across Australia. At a time a pandemic has forced reflection and change, these playwrights have responded to questions that get to the heart of where our nation is and where it might go. Commissioned by Playwriting Australia, the 50 monologues have been recorded by 50 actors, many in their own homes. Th...ese 50 postcards to Dear Australia are comforting, confronting, and a unique celebration of Australian voices. Contemporary Asian Australian Performance is proud to have nominated playwrights Nakkiah Lui and Merlynn Tong for the Dear Australia project. Be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates on the project, and to tune into the livestream 2-5 July.

09.01.2022 TONIGHT AT 6PM!! CAAP’s annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 at Carriagworks! See you there

08.01.2022 The CAAP Artist Lab got underway today with the first of four online seminars about storytelling and dramaturgy. Today's session was an intensive overview by Belvoir St Theatre's Head of New Work, Louise Gough. She is brilliant! I could almost hear the cogs turning in the creative brains of our participants.

08.01.2022 Theatre Network Australias 1000 x 1000: Crisis Cash for Artists has been extended to include Independent Producers and Production Crew in the performing arts! Independent artists / production crew / producers in the performing arts who have been severely impacted by COVID-19 may apply for one-off emergency payments of $1,000. Fill out a simple EOI here: https://www.tna.org.au//1000-x-1000-crisis-cash-for-artis/

07.01.2022 Less than a week until The Longhouse: Grantwriting 101 with Andrea Lim! Register today for the lowdown on grants this Friday 17 July via Zoom, aimed at anyone in our greater Asian Australian performance community. Registration is free. (A donation is much appreciated, though!) bit.ly/LonghouseGrants

07.01.2022 In this unprecedented time, CAAP is doing something unprecedented and going global with our next Longhouse. Its been a big year for Longhouse. Not only have we moved the program online, weve gone national for the first time in May. Now, for our third Longhouse of 2020: The Longhouse Goes Global, we are taking things even further to reach our fellow international practitioners in the Asian diasporic theatre community. We have an extraordinary line up of panelists joining us ...LIVE from across the seas: Snehal Desai - Artistic Director, East West Players | Los Angeles Kumiko Mendl - Artistic Director, Yellow Earth Theatre | London David Yee - Artistic Director, fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company | Toronto Annette Shun Wah - Artistic Director, OzAsia Festival / Executive Producer, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance | Sydney The panel will be discussing how theyve been responding to this years challenges, new ideas, opportunities and ways of working that may have emerged. Theyd also be sharing what its like running an organization that dedicates and advocates for Asian diasporic storytelling. Facilitated by actor and writer, Arisa Yura. Itll be an afternoon of engaging and compelling conversation so dont miss it! Its a free event. Register from below to get your zoom link. https://us02web.zoom.us//tZMud-GgpzgrHd3vLX0ABQWnHmRVCU1oX

06.01.2022 Only a few days left to apply for Belvoir St Theatres Shutdown Residencies! The Shutdown Residencies are a series of one-off, quick response grants for independent artistic teams to develop ambitious new ideas for new work at Belvoirs Downstairs Theatre. Submissions close midnight 14 June 2020. Visit https://belvoir.com.au/artists-at-work/shutdown-residencies/ to find out more

06.01.2022 CAAPs Executive Producer Annette Shun Wah joins the National Advisory Panel of the new national play organisation to be operational from 2021.

06.01.2022 Heres an exciting opportunity for Sydney-based Chinese and Burmese Chinese actors. Mullinars is casting key roles for a new feature film, for a section written by talented western Sydney writer Claire Cao. All roles are paid, so what are you waiting for? Check the link in the photo.

06.01.2022 A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for coming along to Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 at Carriageworks on Tuesday night! Congratulations to all our artists and looking forward to seeing your works develop from here on in. If you attended the Longhouse and would like to give feedback to the artists who presented works, please follow the links below. Your thoughts are very much appreciated. 28 BANKSIA STREET by Tasnim Hossain, Vidya Makan and Jonathan Ware: bit.ly/3plRvAo... DON'T BOX US UP by Deborah Faye Lee: bit.ly/3lmJt7W Untitled NAT/JESSIE/JIMMY Project by Nicole W. Lee: bit.ly/3pjLbsY OF STUBBORN SONGS AND UNEQUAL WARS by Nithya Nagarajan and Liv Satchell: bit.ly/32E1g2S UNAUSTRALIAN FROM FRASER BABIES by Jules Orcullo: bit.ly/3koLAH0

05.01.2022 Here are the exciting line up for this year’s Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 on Tuesday 10 November at Carriageworks Join us for our first LIVE Longhouse this year and witness these fabulously talented artists share their hot new projects fresh out of the oven!! - Of Stubborn Songs and Unequal Wars by Nithya Nagarajan and Liv Satchell - 28 Banksia St by Vidya Makan, Tasnim Hossain and Jonathan Ware - Untitled NAT/JESSIE/JIMMY Project by Nicole W. Lee... - Don’t Box Us Up by Deborah Faye Lee - UnAustralian from Fraser Babies by Jules Orcullo Due to limited seating capacity, tickets are selling fast Don’t miss this opportunity to support our community and stay connected with our peers and friends Book your tickets nowbit.ly/348osYc

05.01.2022 Its that time of the year! And YES! Itll be our first non-online Longhouse of the year so we cannot wait to get back into the theatre and be together in person!! Expressions of interest are now open to Asian Australian performance makers to present excerpts of their work at the annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 on Tuesday 10 November. This is a great opportunity to test your new work or idea in front of a warm and supportive audience. Excerpts must be under 15 minut...es duration and will be presented with minimal tech support. Submit your EOIs using the form below by Monday 5 October. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QQKMJGG If you have any queries about your EOI, please contact Arisa at [email protected]. Look forward to your submissions! . . Photo by William Yang

05.01.2022 Just a few hours to go before The Longhouse: Grantwriting 101 with Andrea Lim! Join Asian Australian artists and arts workers across Australia in a jam-packed 1-hour session on grantwriting. Last chance to register: https://bit.ly/LonghouseGrants

03.01.2022 Hyphenated Projects has just launched an open call for their first Hyphenated Biennial, an opportunity for First Nations and Asian-Australian artists to develop their practice through artist residencies in Melbournes west. The Hyphenated Biennial hopes to facilitate ongoing dialogues and collaborations in solidarity with First Nations artists, with Asian diasporic artists living and working in so-called Australia today. Applications close on Sunday 12 July midnight (AEST). Find out more about the biennial here: www.hyphenatedprojects.com/hyphenated_biennial.html

03.01.2022 Get immersed in this new work-in-progress, OF STUBBORN SONGS AND UNEQUAL WARS by artist and curator, Nithya Nagarajan, and theatre maker, writer and dramaturg, Liv Satchell. Of Stubborn Songs and Unequal Wars is an intercultural theatre work and living repository of research about domestic violence, the micro-personal and macro-political landscapes of female bodies, and women’s cultural resistance practices. Inspired by written accounts and lived experience of intimate partne...r violence, the artists and their collaborating team are forging this project at an intersection of their practices, exploring how language and the body can both submit to and resist control. Featuring actor Vaishnavi Suryaprakash. With stellar creative team behind it - Sound designer: Marco Cher-Gibard, Composer: Bhairavi Raman, Producer: Zainab Syed and Digital Archivist: Hilo Mur. Catch it next Tuesday 10 November at CAAP’s annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020 at Carriageworks. Book your tickets now: bit.ly/348osYc

03.01.2022 Introducing the 15 participants who will gather over five weeks in Oct-November 2020 to learn, experiment, devise and develop new performance ideas and processes in the CAAP Artist Lab- tailored to the creative aspirations of the participants. They are: Lena Cruz, Happy Feraren, Ryuichi Fujimura, Aileen Huynh, Justice Jones Massaad, Andrew (undi) Lee, Melissa Lee Speyer, Michelle Lim Davidson, Nicole Pingon, Jennifer Rani, Monica Sayers, Khym Scott, Jordan Shea, Michael Toi...suta, and Jennifer Wong CAAP, Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company and the Australia-China Institute of Arts and Culture (ACIAC) at Western Sydney University join forces to support the development of Asian Australian performance practice. This Lab will provide professional development and professional pathways for Sydney-based Asian Australian artists.

03.01.2022 Friends, a colleague is compiling a television report on COVID-19 racism, and is seeking to interview a Chinese-Australian family (with children) about your personal experiences. Seeking relatively recent (10-20 years!) migrants. Please DM us if you know a suitable family. Thank you!

03.01.2022 Starting at 5pm today!

02.01.2022 Hear from our Sydney CAAP directors, Courtney Stewart, Tasnim Hossain and Kenneth Moraleda, as they reflect on their experiences with Sydney Theatre Company and look to the future. www.sydneytheatre.com.au//posts/2020/june/caap-directors-c The CAAP Directors Initiative was created in 2018, as part of a country-wide commitment to developing new Asian-Australian directors. Hosted by STC, MTC and Queensland Theatre, the program gives the participants a chance to sharpen their skills through hands-on directorial experience, embedding them in the Australian theatre scene.

02.01.2022 This Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, tune into Dear Australia, streaming from multiple Facebook pages (including this one!) and Playwriting Australias YouTube channel. Were especially thrilled to stream monologues by the 2 incredible playwrights nominated by CAAP: Nakkiah Lui, whose work will be performed by Miranda Tapsell, streaming on Thursday; and Merlynn Tong, whose work will be performed by Fiona Choi. Click attending below and follow us on Facebook, and dont miss i...t. #DearAustralia

02.01.2022 One more week to go until our annual Longhouse: Works In Progress 2020! Book your tickets nowbit.ly/348osYc

02.01.2022 Today is Day 4 - this was Day 1 and it has been so involved and engaging we didn’t get a chance to #humblebrag earlier! Tomorrow we wrap it all up but you will be seeing these artist create and collaborate more in the future!

01.01.2022 Participate in an anonymous online study with the aim of measuring the effects of acculturation, perceived social support and COVID-19 related racial discrimination on the mental health of Asian Australians. The research is being conducted through RMIT by an Asian Australian Honours student. More information can be found here: https://rmit.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5uVFrgjOw3vozHv

01.01.2022 Lap Phan says "this could be a watershed for Australian television". We say - its about time! This series scratches the surface of the wealth of stories about Australia and Australians that are crying out to be heard. Congratulations to the team behind SBS Televisions new series #hungryghosts. And a massive shout out to the talented cast especially members of the CAAP artist community. Youve done us proud! Dont miss it! SBS Australia

01.01.2022 Please join us for Part Three of Dear Australia, streaming to Facebook from 5pm (AEST) Sunday 5 July. Over three nights, 50 Australian playwrights tell fearless and inspiring stories of where our nation is and where it might go. These are postcards to Dear Australia, and are recorded by 50 extraordinary actors, many in their own homes. Part Three runs for 77 mins, including a short break. Click Get Reminder to be notified when this stream begins.... For more information, visit: http://www.pwa.org.au/2020-pr/for-our-nation-dear-australia Warning: Some stories in Part Three contain strong language, sexual references and adult themes, including references to domestic violence, and may be unsuitable for some audiences. If any of these stories raise concerns for you or someone you know, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, or visit The Arts Wellbeing Collective: https://www.artswellbeingcollective.com.au/get-help/

01.01.2022 Congratulations to Diversity in Australian Media and Screenhub on this terrific initiative!