Performing Lines WA

01/09/2026

31/07/2026

🚌✨This August, ARCO (Jnr/Snr) by Adam Kelly & James Berlyn hits the road to meet audiences at Darwin Festival, Riverside Live at PHIVE in Parramatta and Cairns Festival. 🌴

Adam Kelly is, in his words, an autistic gentleman, and his friend Finbar is a fish. Together, they dance, draw, fly and joke their way through this award-winning story about living with autism, filled with warmth, yearning and optimism.🐠🎨🪽

🎟️ Find a performance near you and book now—tickets are selling fast! 🔗Link below
https://performinglines.org.au/projects/arco/
🌟 ARCO Jnr: ages 7–12 | ARCO Snr: ages 15+

📅 20–21 August 2026
📍 Darwin Community Arts, Darwin, NT

📅 25–26 August 2026
📍 Riverside Live at PHIVE, Parramatta, NSW

📅 30 August 2026
📍 Cairns Performing Arts Centre Studio, Cairns, QLD

09/07/2026

Open to WA based First Nations writers, artist, students or art enthusiasts above the age of 18 years old. The EOI for this workshop series closes July 17th 2026.

16/06/2026

✨ Performing Lines is proud to announce the 2026 Kolyang Program participants.

This year, 18 artists will take part across three key initiatives: Practising Mentorship, Studio Boosters and WA–SE Asia Lab.

Evolved in response to independent feedback and sector need, the 2026 Kolyang Program supports performance practitioners through mentorship, creative development, residency opportunities and industry connections.

Take a moment to meet the participants via below. 🔗💛 We look forward to sharing more from the participating artists as their Kolyang journeys unfold later this year.
https://performinglines.org.au/announcing-the-2026-kolyang-program-participants/

09/06/2026

💛 LEGENDS is coming to Brisbane Festival 💗

Performing Lines is excited to announce that our award-winning show LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches) by Joe Paradise Lui and Merlynn Tong is coming to Brisbane Festival this September, fresh from winning two Performing Arts WA Awards for Outstanding Stage Design and Outstanding Costume Design.✨

This funeral will be the death of them.

A rip-roaring ride plunging two best friends into the depths of the Chinese afterlife, LEGENDS crosses genres, realities and theatrical convention with infectious zest. It’s a powerful, deeply personal examination of the Chinese cultural experience and the enduring power of friendship, revealed through a hilarious yet subtly moving lens.

📅 17–20 September 2026
📍 Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Brisbane QLD
🎟️ Book now via the link below
https://performinglines.org.au/projects/legends-of-the-golden-arches/

05/06/2026

Fuel Transformative Performance this EOFY. Your support of Performing Lines will help artists like Crystal Nguyen to make work on their terms.

💛 Donate today via the link below 🔗
https://performinglines.org.au/support-us/
All donations made before 30 June are fully deductible on your next tax return.

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31/05/2026

💛This International Children’s Day, we’re celebrating arts experiences for young people that spark imagination, connection and new ways of seeing the world.🐠

We’re delighted to bring the award-winning ARCO (Jnr & Snr) by Adam Kelly and James Berlyn to Makuru Arts Festival this winter, joining a vibrant program of music, theatre, workshops and more.🌈

All events are free, with ticket registration required. Thank you to Makuru Arts Festival and the City of Cockburn for making the arts accessible to the community. Gather your loved ones and warm yourself with art this winter.❄️

🐠 ARCO Jnr and ARCO Snr (Suitable for ages 7+ and 13+)
📅 Saturday 20 June, 3pm and 6pm
📍 Hamilton Hill Memorial Hall, Hamilton Hill WA
🎟️ Register now via link below🔗
https://performinglines.org.au/projects/arco

28/05/2026

🎉 Performing Lines is thrilled to be heading to Darwin Festival this August with ARCO (Jnr & Snr) by Adam Kelly and James Berlyn 🐠

Adam Kelly is, in his own words, an autistic gentleman, and his friend is a fish called Finbar. Blending storytelling, playful imagination and interaction, ARCO is Adam’s award-winning show about living with autism, exploring experiences of rejection, celibacy and optimism with honesty, humour and heart.

📍 Darwin Community Arts, Darwin, NT
📅 Thursday 20 August – Friday 21 August
🎟️ Tickets selling fast — 🔗book now via link below
https://performinglines.org.au/projects/arco

25/05/2026

📣 EOIs extended: Kolyang Program 2026 WA–SE Asia Lab now closing Wednesday 27 May ✨

Good news for WA artists🎉EOIs for the 2026 Kolyang Program WA–SE Asia Lab have been extended until Wednesday 27 May 2026, 11:59pm.

Facilitated by Sandi Woo, this four-day residential Lab is open to artists working across disciplines within live performance, at any stage of their career. Taking place in residence at Fairbridge Village from 30 July to 2 August 2026, the Lab supports artists to develop project ideas, expand their practice and connect with mentors.

Successful applicants will receive a $1,000 fee, subsidised travel to Fairbridge, all meals provided through the Lab, and accommodation.

📅 EOIs now close: Wednesday 27 May 2026
📣 Notifications: Wednesday 3 June 2026

👇🔗 Read full details and apply now via the link below.
https://bit.ly/Kolyang2026

📸 Midfield, delivered by Fremantle Biennale, Performing Lines WA and STRUT Dance. Image by Thomas Earnshaw.

19/05/2026

🎬 Performing Lines is proud to announce the launch of The Wendy Tapes, a four-part interview series honouring the extraordinary life and legacy of Australian performing arts pioneer Wendy Blacklock AM.💛

As the founder of Performing Lines, Wendy Blacklock was instrumental in building pathways for independent artists, fostering innovation, and championing stories from across Australia to reach audiences locally and internationally.

Through intimate interviews, personal reflections and archival material, The Wendy Tapes offers a rare and deeply human portrait of a producer whose vision and tenacity helped shape the national performing arts landscape.

The four interviews are conducted by artists, colleagues and friends with whom Wendy worked across more than three decades producing, founding and leading Performing Lines, including Wesley Enoch AM, Kate Champion, Annette Downs and Ian Temby AO KC.

🎥 Watch the series via the link below.
https://bit.ly/wendy-tapes