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Locality: Bankstown, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9707 2111

Address: 5 Olympic Parade 2200 Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.urbantheatre.com.au

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25.01.2022 UTP would like to congratulate all of the New South Wales based arts organisations that have been awarded Create NSW funding. We want to thank the assessment board for recognising the work we have done to support cultural practitioners over the past four years, and solidifying our connection with over 400 cultural practitioners from NSW over the next four years to come. We have no doubt that these decisions were very difficult to make, as we recognise the level of excellence shown by our peers who were not successful with being funded. We look forward to working with Create NSW over the next four years to develop new work, reach new audiences, and ensure artists voices are heard.

25.01.2022 NAIDOC 2020's theme is 'Always Was, Always Will Be' How are you celebrating? Go to https://www.naidoc.org.au/ to find events happening online and in your local area!... #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOC

25.01.2022 Our friends at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre have just launched an exciting exhibition curated by emerging Western Sydney curator and art star, Shivanjani Lal. Bittersweet is a poignant showcase of contemporary Fijian art and storytelling, focusing on the ways in which ideas around food, language, and art are interpreted by those living in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. It captures the experiences of iTaukei (Indigenous Fijian) and Indo-Fijian artists, and how their connection to Fiji colours their art. Bittersweet runs until 27 September, with an extended digital program going live from 28 September. Find out more here or via the link below -> http://ow.ly/tPOr50AVUfS

25.01.2022 Our friends at 107 and Intimate Spectacle have put together a very exciting four week live program, this Thursday - Saturday night curated by Troppo Galaktika’s Latai Taumoepeau. Featuring work by Aunty Marlene Cummins, TropBBQ: Salote Tawale, Noica Omeru and Samia Sayed, Sarabi, Claudia Nicholson, Latai Taumoepeau & Brian Fuata, Mra My Dvi and Radio Skid Row: Sister Agnes, DJ Alatafari, Baby Muva Beats and SO Raymond. Check it out and book your tickets below!

25.01.2022 Our friends at Blacktown Arts can help you become a shadow puppet master in this Spring school holiday workshop on Thursday 1 October 10-11:30am with artist Jumaadi, who will guide you through the traditional Indonesian art of shadow play called 'wayang kulit'. Click here to book: https://bit.ly/301nFG3

24.01.2022 We're super excited to invite you to join us at 1pm this Wednesday for 'As We Know It', the third experimental live broadcast of our Dream Sequence program by poet Evelyn Araluen. After six months of quarantine and social distancing the terms, relationships, and rituals which reinforce our sense of social and cultural reality are losing their validity. Or at least they are for writer Evelyn Araluen. For a world in the death-throws of late capitalism, things are quiet in thi...s house. Whats the point of poetry at the end? Whats the point of pants when no one will see them? The author isnt dead, but shes running a depression-meal cooking show in her kitchen. Interweaving poetry, theory and video, this work contemplates personal registers of global transformation in the midst of a stage four lockdown. Dream Sequence is a monthly series of digital artist residencies, experimental live broadcasts, and artist conversations. The title references the dystopian surrealist state we currently live in, while invoking a hopeful way forward into the future. Closed captions and a transcript of this performance will be available via the Dream Sequence website from Monday 31st August. More info here and facebook event below -> http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/dream-sequence/ #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

24.01.2022 Dreamers! We can't wait for you to join us at 1pm on Wednesday 25th November for the fifth experimental live broadcast of our Dream Sequence program, this time with screenwriter, director, and absolute gossip Enoch Mailangi. Closed captions and a transcript of this performance will be available via the Dream Sequence website from Monday 30th November. Dream Sequence is a monthly series of digital artist residencies, experimental live broadcasts, and artist conversations. Th...e title references the dystopian surrealist state we currently live in, while invoking a hopeful way forward into the future. Visit our website for more info - http://urbantheatre.com.au/ Sidney McMahon #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

23.01.2022 It's not too late to book your tickets for the final performances of M'ap Boulé! Follow the link below pick up your pay-what-you-can ticket for Friday at 9am, 6pm and 8:30pm AEST! http://ow.ly/Yxo450ByycG #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

23.01.2022 We're excited to announce that tickets for M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis are now on sale! Presented online between 21 - 25 September, this major new work is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors. Find out more and book your tickets here -> http://urbantheatre.com.au/mapboule #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules ... Akil Ahamat [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The words "M'ap Boulé, by Nancy Denis, 21 - 25 September 2020, Presented online, Book your tickets today!" cascade down the image where a woman wearing a light yellow top and pink scarf is holding her hands up beside her face, with her face angled up and her eyes closed.]

23.01.2022 Have you got your M'ap Boulé t-shirt yet? Follow the link in our bio to get your hands on one of these beauties today! @thenancydenisshow #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

23.01.2022 It's not too late to book your ticket for tonights premiere of M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis at 6pm! Link for pay-what-you-can tickets https://urbantheatreprojects.iwannaticket.com.au//map-boul

23.01.2022 Check out this teaser clip for M'ap Boulé Have you bought your tickets yet?? Head here to get yours today - http://urbantheatre.com.au/mapboule

21.01.2022 M'ap Boulé goes live in 1 week and we've released an extra performance time of 8:30pm on Friday 25th! Presented online between 21 - 25 September, this major new work is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors a journey through fire, pain, ash and becoming. To find out more and book your tickets visit our website http://urbantheatre.com.au/mapboule or facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/313173389790426/ #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTP...rojects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules Akil Ahamat @premiumsweats [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The words "M'ap Boulé, 21 - 25 September 2020, Presented online, Book your tickets today! By Nancy Denis" cascade down the image where a man wearing a white singlet top on the left and a woman wearing a jacket on the right are turned away from the camera looking towards a the flag of Haiti.]

20.01.2022 Today at 1pm poet Evelyn Araluen explores poetry too and for the end of the world in 'As We Know It for the third iteration of our year long series Dream Sequence. Tune in via our homepage -> http://urbantheatre.com.au/ Facebook event for more details -> https://www.facebook.com/events/1133331707038314/... #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules #poetry [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The words "Dream Sequence, Episode 3 - Evelyn Araluen, Today at 1pm, watch online via our website" cascade across a backdrop of pink folded material and further cascading faded letters.]

19.01.2022 Our friends at BLEED go live tomorrow, Thursday 30 July at 7PM for the second RE:SOUNDING performance with Indonesias Bagus Mazasupa, one of the most chameleon-like composers in the Asia-Pacific region today. Hear how he applies his unique ear to the ông Sn drum with a composition created for the RE:SOUNDING project. RE:SOUNDING is a project lead by Dream Sequence artist James Nguyen and composer Victoria Pham. Register here >>> https://bit.ly/BagusMazasupa ... Access: Audio Description, Open/Closed Captioning available. Information is available in Vietnamese text through downloadable Word documents. Image courtesy of Bagus Mazasupa

19.01.2022 Utp extends its deepest sympathies to the extended Lebanese community with which we create and share work. If you have the means please consider supporting the Arab-Australian Writers and Artists for Lebanon auction featuring works by many artists and writers in our program. Follow the link below for more details. #BeirutBlast #ArabAustralianArtists #Lebanon #fundraising #poetry #novels #art

18.01.2022 Oh internet! Due to a tech issue weve just restarted the program! Join us live now via our website here - http://urbantheatre.com.au

18.01.2022 This Wednesday the 29th at 1pm, artist James Nguyen explores the expanded practice of floral arranging in 'Ikebana on a Lazy Susan for the second iteration of our year long series Dream Sequence. Having first started this practice in his studio in 2019 as a reprieve from his research, James has expanded this work for Dream Sequence into an embodied arts practice, steaming live to your living room. Using found objects and locally sourced flowers, leaves and vegetables, this... work will explore the vessel, silence, nature, humanity, beauty, shape, line, form & structure. Tune in at 1pm on Wednesday the 29th July via our homepage. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A grey square plastic container holds an arrangement of green kale, dried poppy buds, as well as different yellow and red flowers. The arrangement is bulky at the base and fills the container. It sweeps up to the right with longer stemmed flowers reaching upwards.] Image courtesy of the artist. #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules #Ikebana #Flower #Arrangement #Sogetsu

17.01.2022 Tomorrow at 1pm, artist James Nguyen explores the expanded practice of floral arranging in 'Ikebana on a Lazy Susan for the second iteration of our year long series Dream Sequence. Having first started this practice in his studio in 2019 as a reprieve from his research, James has expanded this work for Dream Sequence into an embodied arts practice, steaming live to your living room. Using found objects and locally sourced flowers, leaves and vegetables, this work will expl...ore the vessel, silence, nature, humanity, beauty, shape, line, form & structure. Tune in at 1pm tomorrow via our homepage - http://urbantheatre.com.au/. Image courtesy of the artist. #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules #Ikebana #Flower #Arrangement #Sogetsu [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A broken ceramic vase holds the strong stem of a bunch of kale. The broken part of the vase exposes the stem of the kale. It sits on a black bench against a pale wooden backdrop.]

17.01.2022 Our friends Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) present 100% West on 21 November, 6 pm 10 pm. 100% West is an exclusive fashion event curated by Opnsrc.co collab with ICE. Five emerging fashion labels paired with five incredible music acts, all working out of Western Sydney. Tickets cover a night of fashion, music, performance, video snacks and drinks provided and are extremely limited! Can't make it? We've got you covered with a livestream. Find out more here - https://ice.org.au/project/100-west/

17.01.2022 Our friends at Pari have just launched the registration for Gudskul workshop: Speculative Collective! Speculative Collective was conceived as a tool to explore forms of collectivising through direct practice, forming a kind of know-how. In a loosely defined process, Gudskul invites strangers to meet and share what they consider to be knowledge by playing the roles of both teacher and student in a quick reciprocal exchange. This newly formed pair must then couple with an...other pair, forming a temporary collective. This workshop is open to all Australian-based participants. You dont have to be an artist to participate. If youre part of a collective yourself thats great! Its best if only one person from the group participates as this workshop is about connecting people with different kinds of knowledge who dont already know each other. Find out more and register here: https://pariari.org/p2p/@gudskul

16.01.2022 Dream Sequence artist Brian Fuata goes live in conversation with Matthew Lyons (Curator, The Kitchen) this Thursday morning at 10am AEST (Wednesday 8pm ET) as part of ESCAPE #2 presented by The Hoosac Institute. Registration for this event is required and can be done via this link: https://tinyurl.com/yxeno3vh with more information about the Hoosac Institute and the event found here -> https://hoosacinstitute.com/EVENTS. Brian Fuata, of a house besieged (preposition tweaked), 2020

14.01.2022 Tune in tomorrow at 1pm for artist James Nguyen exploration of the expanded practice of floral arranging in 'Ikebana on a Lazy Susan for the second iteration of our year long series Dream Sequence. Tune in via our homepage - http://urbantheatre.com.au/. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The words "Dream Sequence, Episode 2 - James Nguyen, Tomorrow at 1pm, watch onlie via our website" cascade across a backdrop of pink folded material and further cascading faded letters.]

14.01.2022 It's not too late to book your tickets for the final performances of M'ap Boulé today! Follow the link in our bio to pick up your pay-what-you-can ticket for 9am, 6pm and 8:30pm AEST today! http://ow.ly/Yxo450ByycG #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

13.01.2022 Join the Feminist Killjoys Reading Group in a two-hour workshop at querying the potentialities of abolitionist futures: Who does the prison-industrial complex serve? Why do we still have prisons? How do we listen to incarcerated voices? This Saturday at 2PM at Pari In partnership with Biennale of Sydney

13.01.2022 M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis is out online tomorrow! September 21, 23, & 25 Nancy Denis' new work is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors a journey through fire, pain, ash & becoming ... Pay-what-you-can tickets via http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/map-boule/ @thenancydenisshow #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules Akil Ahamat @premiumsweats

12.01.2022 Our friends at Campbelltown Arts Centre have just announced the entries for Fishers Ghost Art Award 2020 are now open! Entries close Wednesday 2 September at 4pm. Check out the link below for more info.

11.01.2022 Evelyn Araluen's Dream Sequence Episode 'As We Know It' is now available for viewing on our site! After six months of quarantine and social distancing the terms, relationships, and rituals which reinforce our sense of social and cultural reality are losing their validity. Or at least they are for writer Evelyn Araluen. For a world in the death-throws of late capitalism, things are quiet in this house. Whats the point of poetry at the end? Whats the point of pants when n...o one will see them? The author isnt dead, but shes running a depression-meal cooking show in her kitchen. Interweaving poetry, theory and video, this work contemplates personal registers of global transformation in the midst of a stage four lockdown. To watch: http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/dream-sequence/ @evelynaraluen Still from Evelyn Araluen's 'As We Know It' #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

11.01.2022 We're super excited for you to join us next Wednesday the 26th August at 1pm for the third experimental live broadcast of our new Dream Sequence program by poet Evelyn Araluen. Evelyn's work will be based on poetry to and for the end of the world, exploring ideas of futility and despair in a context of humour and self-effacement. Dream Sequence is a monthly series of digital artist residencies, experimental live broadcasts, and artist conversations. The title references t...he dystopian surrealist state we currently live in, while invoking a hopeful way forward into the future. Link for more info http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/dream-sequence/ Stuart Spence #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

09.01.2022 This Sunday 6th September, our friends at Riverside Theatres present "ODETTE: Live at Riverside". A melting pot of cultures and influences, singer-songwriter Odettes soulful voice and worldly-wise, poetic lyrics have seen her flourish in both the Australian and international music scene. Odette will showcase her incomparable music with a one off live stream show with full band on Sun 6 Sept 7pm AEST. Get your tickets via the link below!

09.01.2022 Today marks 40 days since the catastrophic explosion in Beirut. We honour and remember Beirut and all the people of Lebanon, those who have died, those who have been injured, and those who have lost their homes, their work and their livelihoods. Love and solidarity Arab Theatre Studio ... #arabtheatrestudio #australianartistsforbeirut Donate Now - Beirut and Lebanon need you https://onedayforbeirut.carrd.co/ #OneDayForBeirut #_ #arbaeenBeirut #40Days #keeptalkingaboutBeirut #ArabTheatreStudioForBeirut #RememberingBeirut #arabaustralianartistsforbeirut #talkaboutLebanon

09.01.2022 Today at 1pm artist James Nguyen explores of the expanded practice of floral arranging in 'Ikebana on a Lazy Susan for the second iteration of our year long series Dream Sequence. Tune in via our website - http://urbantheatre.com.au/. #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules #Ikebana #Flower #Arrangement #Sogetsu... [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The words "Dream Sequence, Episode 2 - James Nguyen, Today at 1pm, watch onlie via our website" cascade across a backdrop of pink folded material and further cascading faded letters.]

07.01.2022 Have you bought her tickets yet? It's just under two weeks until M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis goes live! Presented online between 21 - 25 September, this major new work is a summoning and a worshipping of ancestors a journey through fire, pain, ash and becoming. To find out more and book your tickets visit our website or via our facebook event below https://www.facebook.com/events/313173389790426 #NancyDenis #MapBoulé #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #Cont...emporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules Akil Ahamat @premiumsweats [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The words "M'ap Boulé, 21 - 25 September 2020, Presented online, Book your tickets today! By Nancy Denis" cascade down the image where a woman wearing a peach top is looking directly at the camera, and a man is in the background wearing a white singlet top and looking towards the ground.]

07.01.2022 Check out this fiercely uncensored collection of 61 poems from First Nations poets in 12 First Nations languages, commissioned by Red Room Poetry over 16 years and published by Magabala Books. These poems are an exquisite expression of living First Nations culture. Journey through a range of poetic forms from lyric, confessional, protest, narrative and song, showcasing new voices and established poets. More info via the Red Room webpage link here -> https://redroomcompany.org/projects/guwayu/ And you can buy the book online via Magabala: https://www.magabala.com/products/guwayu-for-all-times

07.01.2022 Evelyn Araluens poem Dirge forms part of the series that her Dream Sequence work is based on. Dream Sequence - Evelyn Araluen goes live next Wednesday 26th August at 1pm via our website. http://urbantheatre.com.au/... @evelynaraluen #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

06.01.2022 A fresh update from the Burnie Community House Dear Friend writing room - including the Shorewell Presents neon from our dinner in 2019 as part of Ten Days on the Island. Dear friend, invites the residents of Shorewell Park to share stories via letter writing and voicemail. Find out more about this project via our website - http://urbantheatre.com.au/current-projects/dear-friend/ #dearfriend #shorewellpresents #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #rewritetherules

06.01.2022 It's not too late to book your tickets for the final performances of M'ap Boulé tonight! Follow the link in our bio to pick up your pay-what-you-can ticket for 6pm and 8:30pm AEST! http://ow.ly/Yxo450ByycG #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

06.01.2022 Expressions of interest are now open for the 2020 Belvoir St Theatre Balnaves Fellowship! Applications close on 28 August and are open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander playwrights, writer/directors and directors. Find out more info here -> https://belvoir.com.au/fellowships-and-residencies/

04.01.2022 We've got something new, something exciting, something very special coming to you next week! Get ready! Stay tuned! #Utp #getready #bignews #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

03.01.2022 Its not too late to get your hands on a ticket for our lunchtime viewing of Map Boulé! Link in bio to get your pay-what-you-can ticket! @thenancydenisshow #mapboule #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

02.01.2022 Our friends at NIDA kick off their Digital Theatre Festival tonight! Running until Sunday 9th August, this festival comprises of six world premieres of works created specifically for the online space. Tickets from $0$25. Find out more via the link below

02.01.2022 We're super excited to invite you to join us at 1pm on Wednesday 26th August for the third experimental live broadcast of our Dream Sequence program, this time with poet Evelyn Araluen. Dream Sequence is a monthly series of digital artist residencies, experimental live broadcasts, and artist conversations. The title references the dystopian surrealist state we currently live in, while invoking a hopeful way forward into the future. Closed captions and a transcript of this... performance will be available via the Dream Sequence website from Monday 31st August. More info here and facebook event below -> http://urbantheatre.com.au/2020/dream-sequence/ #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules

02.01.2022 Tomorrow at 1pm poet Evelyn Araluen explores poetry too and for the end of the world in 'As We Know It for the third iteration of our year long series Dream Sequence. Tune in here - http://urbantheatre.com.au/ More info here - https://www.facebook.com/events/1133331707038314/ ... #dreamsequence #UTP #UrbanTheatreProjects #UTP2020 #UTProjects #ContemporaryPerformance #PerformanceArt #ArtResearch #SocialImpact #WesternSydney #RewriteTheRules #poetry [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The words "Dream Sequence, Episode 3 - Evelyn Araluen, Tomorrow at 1pm, watch online via our website" cascade across a backdrop of pink folded material and further cascading faded letters.]

01.01.2022 Our friends at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC) are hosting a FREE gig for Great Southern Nights - a new music event to kick-start the recovery of the live music industry with 1,000 COVID-safe gigs across Sydney and Regional NSW. On 27 November, Australia’s slickest hip-hop act, Cult Shtta and local R&B pop songstress Jessica Jade will headline the all-local line-up at CPAC, which also features supporting acts Zeadala and Clarissa Mei. To register for the event head to www.casulapowerhouse.com/visit/music/great-southern-nights.