PACT

Where artists meet & discoveries are made.

PACT supports the ecology of local artistic practice by providing a centre for emerging artists to produce interdisciplinary and experimental performance.

03/06/2026

ANNOUNCING... PACT UNDERGROUND: AFTER THE FLOOD

In celebration of the next stage of PACT's ongoing rejuvenation & rebirth, we invite you to the newest iteration of Underground; After The Flood. Featuring performances from Julien Mier, Withdrawe and Milo M, come along for an evening of live experimental and ambient music.

PACT Underground is a series of events curated by our crew. Each iteration brings in artists across a wide range of media, whether that be dance music, sculpture, theatre, poetry, painting or experimental performance. Previous iterations have been curated by Marcus Whale, Zsa Zsa Gyulay, Sonnet Cure, Anwyn Brook-Evans and Theo Carroll.

After The Flood has been curated by Milo McLaughlin.

01/06/2026

After an amazing first few months of the year here at PACT we will now be spending some time with doors closed as we finish the final touches of the new and improved lighting grid.

We are so thankful to our generous donors and the NSW Government for this once-in-a-generation opportunity and can't wait to welcome you all back to shows and experiences in July with an amazing upgraded grid... making future theatre here at PACT all the more mesmerising! Efficient for our technicians! An improved ability to be more creative with Lighting design and plotting!

We can't wait to have you back!

Photography credit: Valerie Joy.
First picture taken of the In the Works: Storyworlds artists and their mentors and the second taken at Ash Veitch end of residency showing

29/05/2026

Photography of Ash Veitch's end of residency showing by Valerie Joy.

Ash worked on 'Longing', an abstract contemporary dance work set in a distant future, explores the consequences of human detachment from the body and emotional self. The work imagined the final remnants of a human on Earth, moving slowly, uneasily, and laboured. It was an exploration that searches for hope, connection, and a sense of belonging.

27/05/2026

Photography by Valerie Joy of Amit German's end of residency showing.

Amit German, worked with exploring glitch — not simply as an image, but as a method: a way of staying with delay, drift, and the feeling of not quite matching up.

Artist in Residence: Amit German
Sound Artist: Gigi de Lacy
Residency Mentor: Victoria Hunt

25/05/2026

REVIVAL! CMI (A Certain Maritime Incident) night three was beautiful and moving. Three artists responded to the original CMI production with powerful short works created from lived experiences of asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds.

We saw the works of Adeeb Razzouk in collaboration with Amy Morris, Neda Taha and Mahdi Mohammadi with Kobra Sayyadi, Paul Dwyer and Frank Dwyer.
There was then an inspiring panel conversation led by Alissar Chidiac with all the response artists.

Thankyou to all who came and witnessed.

Credit to Byron Martin for videography.

REVIVAL! CMI was presented by PACT, Intimate Spectacle and Alternative Facts.

22/05/2026

REVIVAL! CMI (A Certain Maritime Incident) nights one and two recap! What an amazing production.

We were welcomed by Aunty Rhonda, introduced by David Williams, watched excellent excerpts of the original CMI by CMI artists and there were short talks by Bryoni Trezise, Caroline Wake, Justine Shih Pearson, Claudia Chidiac, Safdar Ahmed and Paul Dwyer.

Thankyou to all who came.

REVIVAL! CMI was presented by PACT, Intimate Spectacle and Alternative Facts.

06/05/2026

We’re proud to be a part of the Experimental Commissioning Consortium (ECC) – a new multi-year, multi-organisation initiative that scaffolds independent artists to make ambitious work.

The ECC is a newly convened group of organisations around Australia devoted to the development and presentation of independent and experimental art and performance. It seeks to foster cross-sector collaboration to generate increased mobility and opportunity for artists.

The program includes three pillars: an experimental laboratory to incubate work, a commissioning circle to bring work into development, and a national touring network.

Participating organisations: Abbotsford Covent (), (Arts House (arthouse), Assembly 197 (assembly.197), Cementa (), Dancehouse (.melb), Metro Arts (), PACT (), Performance Space, PICA (), Punctum (), Superposition, The Substation (), The Unconformity (), Utp (), Vitalstatistix (), Wired Lab ().
The ECC is supported by Creative Australia (.australia).

🔗 Find out more about the pilot program and participating artists at the link in our bio

📸 Bob Cartledge

17/04/2026

PACT is hiring new Front of house staff to join the team!

Come and join our lovely, welcoming and friendly Front of House team making every event at PACT warm and inviting!

RSA required for this position.

Applications open now until the end of April.

Link to apply is in our bio ✨

16/04/2026

PACT Underground: OVERGROWTH

More photos by Annabel Li. Thank you to all who came and supported the group of emerging artists making works about their relationship with the environment. It was a special evening and held everyone in a beautiful, soft and sharing energy.

We look forward to bringing you more Underground events throughout the year.

Photos showing work by: Svee, Kate Francis, Gaz and Wee Wen Yu.

15/04/2026

Ash begins her residency with us on the 27th of April! We can't wait to see her exploration, play and discovery.

"I'm super excited to have the support from PACT and my mentors, to help me probe even deeper into the questions I have surrounding this work and the world it lives within. I'm also really looking forward to delving deeper into the understanding of my own movement practice and exploring the movement vocabulary between pedestrianism and an otherworldly organism."

photo credits: Ashley de Prazer and Bianca Yeung

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