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Boorloo open platform for performers and improvisers

11/02/2026

Heyyyyy Shifters!! Happy New Year!

We are so excited for this year of making and shifting!

Makeshift x Perth Moves is just one week away!

Fri 20th of Feb, 6-8pm
KSAC, Studio 3
Donation entry at door 🚪

🎤 There will be small discussion groups post performance to get into what/how the artists worked!

Performers! If you would like to show something at this Makeshift flick us a dm or an email! 📧📲💌

We can’t wait to share ideas between our Boorloo based family and new friends that have flown in for Perth Moves!!

📸 STRUT Dance

08/12/2025

Welcome ….. WWIMake-Shift!

~~ Making, co-posing, rupturing, overlapping, permeating, percolating …~~

Brought to you by Make-Shift and WWIM.

This evening is a 2-hr long FREE workshop (RSVP in bio) facilitated by AliceC and Annika Moses for artists with a sound or movement practice and improvisational experience.

At 7:30pm, an improvisational performance by workshop participants is open to the public, so bring your friends!

THIS FRIDAY December 12th, Studio 1
Performance 7:30 pm, Studio 3
King Street Art Centre, Level 2

RSVP to the Workshop link in bio!

Please note:
• The studios are accessible from the Murray Street or King Street entrance and a lift/stairs to level 2.
• Entry into the performance is by donation at a pay scale $ 5/10/15 at the door. The workshop is free.
• Audience only permitted to watch the performance.

There will be cake!

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Photos by the incredible .mov from our last WWIMake-Shift held at .artspace

29/11/2025

WWIMake-Shift is so back!

Make-Shift and WWIM (fka Walyalup Weekend of Improvised Music) are collaborating!

This is a 2 hr long improvisation workshop facilitated by AliceC and Annika Moses, two very special local artists who will share their thoughts and expertise on sound and movement interplay and collaboration from an embodied understanding of improvising.

Following this, at 7:30pm, is an open improv performance for workshop participants, open to public viewing!

PLS RSVP for the workshop!
Link in our linktree

DM any questions or email us at [email protected]

DETAILS
Friday December 12th at King Street Arts Centre, Level 2

Workshop 4 pm - 6 pm, Studio 1
Dinner 6 pm - 7 pm
*Set up in Studio 3 until 7:30 pm*
Performance 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Studio

… more coming …

25/09/2025

Good evening, Shifters...

Check your calendars! We are just one week away from our next Make-Shift Evening!

Get ready for improvising, musicing, ~experimental performancing~ horses, group dancing, and C-C-C-CAKE!!!

Come for the dancing, stick around for the sweet treats after the post-show chat 🍰

🗓 October 3rd
⏰️ 6:30 pm
📍King Street Arts Centre, Level 2, Studio 3

IN OTHER NEWS...

We are officially starting an e-newsletter to offer y'all a cuter, more wholesome, less Meta-y way to stay up to date with our events, other cool events around town, writings and reflections and other fun arty stuff. 🥳

Dm us your email if you wanna join our mailing list!!! We want to hear from you 💞💓💘

See you soon and stay in touch xoxo

📸
💃 .robin .uemoto .s_

14/09/2025

Last Make-Shift was beautiful! It held such a variety of performances which was so exciting to watch! There was so much joy in the love of meeting and being and sharing together ❤️🌀🌀

The next Make-Shift Evening is coming up!

📆 3rd of October

⏰ 6:30pm

📍King Street Arts Centre- Studio 3

Make-Shift is a platform for performing, experimenting and sharing. This space is for coming together and going further 🚀

Send us a message or email if you have an idea you would like to show!!

Dm us any questions!
See you there xoxo

📸
💃 .s_ .uemoto .robin

21/07/2025

Discussion is at the core of all Makes-shift Evenings! So stoked to have so many friends in this buzzing Short-Makes room!!

The next Make-Shift is happening:

Friday 8th of August
6:30 pm
King Street Arts Centre

Message or email us if you would like to perform or if you have any questions!!

See you soon xx

16/07/2025

Wow! It’s been a month since the beauty that was SHORT-MAKES!!!

We would like to send a huge thankyou to for supporting this exciting new opportunity for Boorloo makers/ movers/ improvisers

Thank you to the artists and performers! What a pleasure it was to see your practices progress throughout the course of the month.

Thankyou to the audiences that came along! It was very special to have so much energy and discussion in the room!

The next Make-Shift Evening is already approaching quickly!!!

📆 8th August

⏰ 6:30pm

📍King Street Arts Centre- Studio 3

Make-Shift is a platform for performing, experimenting and sharing. This space is for coming together and going further 🚀

Send us a message or email if you have an idea you would like to show!!

Dm us any questions!
See you there xoxo

📸
💃

22/05/2025

Short Makes is only 2 weeks away!!!

Here’s some images of the artists in research- beautiful works are in progress!!

The ticket link is in our bio:
6pm June 6 & 7
Studio 3 King Street Arts Centre
Prices are a sliding scale

14/04/2025

One more day left to APPLY for Short-Makes!

Use this opportunity to be busy with your improvisational practice, experiment further, take risks and practice performing. We wrap up with two presentations on June the 6th and 7th ☄️

You’ll receive:
• 20 hrs of studio research time
• up to 15 min presentation time
• low-fi technical support
• photo and video documentation

Link to apply in our bio!

EOI closes April 15th, 11:59PM

📸 Photos taken by STRUT Dance at PM 25’ Make-Shift Evenings. Performers are Olivia McGregor, Jo Omodei and Eliza Sanders (in order)

This opportunity has been created with the support from STRUT Dance

DM us any questions!

11/04/2025

Some beautiful images from our last Makeshift taken by the very very special Cameron Park

Short Makes Applications close next Tuesday 17/04- please message us if you have any questions- we love to chat about it!! ❤️
Link to app in our bio

Performers:

c.dance busari

14/03/2025

What a beautiful start to the year!!! We are so pleased by the turn out for Makeshift x Perth Moves 2025- the first of many moments for research, performance practise and gathering shared by the makeshift community this year. Thank you to the artists that shared, the viewers that came and to for their support.

The next Makeshift will happen on the Sunday the 30th of March. Because of the busy schedule that this time of year brings we are trialling a gathering on a Sunday afternoon.
We are looking forward to sharing the space with you all very soon!!!

COME along:
- King Street Arts Centre, Studio 3
- Sunday 30th March
- 6pm
- Donation entry (pay scale//sent directly to performers)

If YOU want to perform:
- Send and a brief EOI to [email protected]
- include your name/s and how long you would like to perform (max 10 mins)

Makeshift is open to all performance styles, in the spirit of improvisation, experimentation and practise sharing. If you are not performing, come along and see the evening unfold!

DM or email us with any questions!

See you on the 30th ❤️

📸 Cameron Park

Picture 1: dancer Azzam Mohamed PM2025

Picture 2: PiP Perth Improvisation Practice Collective PM2025

Picture 3: Rose Philpott

18/02/2025

The first makeshift of the year is only 2 days away!!!

MAKESHIFT #1 2025
Friday (21/02)
7:30 pm
Studio 3 KSAC
Pay what you can :)

It’s going to be beautiful! We can’t wait to reconnect with the community and welcome our friends visiting for Perth Moves!

See you there!

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King Street Arts Centre
Perth, WA
6000

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