Applications close TONIGHT at midnight for Season 9 of The Flying Nun!!!!
There’s still time! This is an extremely rare opportunity for contemporary performance makers in Sydney: alongside time, space and box office earnings, successful applicants will receive a $1,300 artist fee (for solo, group or collective) and $1,300 stipend per project for production costs, totalling to $2,600.
Don’t believe how good it is? Hear from Producer Robbi James and Theatre Maker Scott Parker who developed ’Hillsong Boy’ alongside Director Felicity Nicol to sold out audiences in Season 8 of The Flying Nun.
So put the finishing touches on your applications and get them in, folks! Link below:
https://www.brandx.org.au/flying-nun-season-9-callout
If you have any questions about The Flying Nun program or the application process, please contact [email protected]. �
If you would like to speak to someone regarding Access, please contact Access Coordinator Dean Nash at [email protected] or [email protected] or (02) 8029 9068.
Video by Douglas Walker.
Applications for Season 9 of The Flying Nun CLOSE TOMORROW, at midnight!
Still in need of convincing to apply? Hear Emma Maye Gibson (AKA Betty Grumble) talk about The Flying Nun Season 8, her experience developing ‘Bury the Beast’ and why risk taking residencies are important for new work.
Quick! Quick! Quick! Head to the link below to apply and read the full guidelines.
https://www.brandx.org.au/flying-nun-season-9-callout
If you have any questions about The Flying Nun program or the application process, please contact [email protected].
If you would like to speak to someone regarding Access, please contact Access Coordinator Dean Nash at [email protected] or [email protected] or (02) 8029 9068.
Video by Douglas Walker.
Hear from Theatre Maker, Actor and Writer Charlotte Otton talk about her experience developing ‘I Watched Someone Die on Tik Tok’ during Season 8 of The Flying Nun. �
Are you applying for Season 9? Come along to our Open Venue tomorrow night, 5pm - 6.30pm at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre (ESCAC), 34 Burton St, Darlinghurst. Check out the venue, meet the Brand X team and ask your questions!
Applications for Season 9 of The Flying Nun are still open and close on the 30th of May, at midnight.
Follow the link to apply and read the full guidelines.
https://www.brandx.org.au/flying-nun-season-9-callout
If you have any questions about The Flying Nun program or the application process, please contact [email protected]. �
If you would like to speak to someone regarding Access, please contact Access Coordinator Dean Nash at [email protected] or [email protected] or (02) 8029 9068.
Video by Douglas Walker.
Applications are now open for Season 9 of The Flying Nun ✨
Brand X invites professional performing artists working in contemporary culture to apply for The Flying Nun.
Pitch us projects that explore experimental concepts, innovate formats, push your practice and expand audience experience.
The Flying Nun supports new projects in the late stages of development, or existing projects undergoing significant re-development to undertake a 1-week residency followed by a 2-night performance run at our Darlinghurst venue, the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre (ESCAC).
Performances will run for approximately 1 hour and include a range of disciplines including theatre, contemporary performance, dance, movement, physical and visual theatre, spoken word, live music and interdisciplinary art.
Each residency includes:
- 1 week of rehearsal, followed by performances on Friday and Saturday night
- $2600 contribution to the project
- 80% of box office income
- Access to Brand X production equipment
- Front of house and marketing support
The program kicks off in October 2024 and will run until March 2025.
There will be an Open Venue on Friday 24th May to check out the space, meet the
Brand X team and have a chat.
Applications are now open, closing midnight 30th of May.
Go to our website for more details and to apply for season nine of The Flying Nun. Link in bio!
Video by Douglas Walker.
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Applications are now open for Season 9 of The Flying Nun.
Brand X invites professional performing artists working in contemporary culture to apply for The Flying Nun.
Pitch us projects that explore experimental concepts, innovate formats, push your practice and expand audience experience.
The Flying Nun supports new projects in the late stages of development, or existing projects undergoing significant re-development to undertake a 1-week residency followed by a 2-night performance run at our Darlinghurst venue, the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre (ESCAC).
Performances will run for approximately 1 hour and include a range of disciplines including theatre, contemporary performance, dance, movement, physical and visual theatre, spoken word, live music and interdisciplinary art.
Each residency includes:
- 1 week of rehearsal, followed by performances on Friday and Saturday night.
- $2600 contribution to the project
- 80% of box office income
- Access to Brand X production equipment
- Front of house and marketing support
The program kicks off in October 2024 and will run until March 2025.
There will be an Open Venue on Friday 24th May to check out the space, meet the
Brand X team and have a chat.
Applications are now open, closing midnight 30th of May.
Go to our website for more details and to apply for season nine of The Flying Nun.
https://www.brandx.org.au/flying-nun-season-9-callout
Video by Douglas Walker.
It’s Sinister. It’s Sexy. Hear from the writer, creator and performer of ‘I Watched Someone Die on Tik Tok’, opening THIS WEEK at The Flying Nun.
A 60-minute dark comedy that deep dives into the power our algorithms. Laugh, cry and spiral during the final show of The Flying Nun Season 8 ‘Reality or Nothing’.
‘I Watched Someone Die on Tik Tok’ by Charlotte Otton
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 April @ 8pm
East Sydney Community Arts Centre
$25 or $20 with an Artist Pass
Mob and Financial Hardship tickets available, no questions asked, contact [email protected]
Get your tickets here!
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/i-watched-someone-die-on-tik-tok
Video by Douglas Walker
‘Reading the Signs’ and ‘Endless Conversation’ by Sue Jo Wright is exhibiting in the ‘You’re Okay’ foyer space / cafe at the City of Sydney Creative Studios (CoSCS).
In this video, Sue Jo tells us about her work, ‘Reading the Signs’.
Transcript:
“In ‘Reading the Sings’, vintage napkins adorned with Auslan signs in red thread, redefine the cafe experience. Each napkin serves as a tool for communication facilitating interaction and ordering around the counter.
As cafe staff learn Australian Sign Language, these napkins symbolise inclusivity and bridge the gap between deaf and heading visitors.
“Reading The Signs” celebrates the significance of small gestures in making profound difference within the deaf community.
It is a testament to the transformative power of accessibility, fostering joy and connection, one stitch at a time.”
‘Reading the Signs’ and ‘Endless Conversation’
By Sue Jo Wright
Textile and Video installation
Exhibiting 19 March - June 15
‘You’re Okay’ foyer / cafe space Mon to Fri 7am - 3pm
@ City of Sydney Creative Studios
Find out more here:
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/reading-the-signs-and-endless-conversations
Image Description: A woman, Sue Jo Wright, wearing pink glasses and a dark green dress with orange dots signs in Auslan in front of the camera.
Video by: The Story Mill
‘Spoons’ by Saskia Ellis and Wytchings opens THIS WEEK at The Flying Nun.
A soft space to wander, to wonder, to listen, or lay, or play, stimming and settling and surrendering.
'Spoons' is a Relaxed Performance, wheelchair accessible, with guide dogs and service dogs very welcome at every performance. There will be a Tactile Tour Friday on the 8th of March at 6.30pm prior to the performance, and Companion Cards are available at no additional cost. Masks are encouraged.
'Spoons' by Saskia Ellis and Wytchings (Jenny Trinh), Friday 8th March and Saturday 9th March @ 8pm.
East Sydney Community Arts Centre (ESCAC).
$25 or $20 with an Artist Pass.
Tactile Tour 8th March @6.30pm prior to performance .
Mob and financial hardship tickets are available, no questions asked, contact [email protected].
Running time: 60mins.
Please go to the Brand X website for more information:
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/spoons
Or email [email protected] or call (02) 8029 9068 to speak to someone from the Brand X Programs team.
Video: Saskia Ellis, Wytchings (Jenny Trinh) and Douglas Walker.
Emma Maye Gibson, AKA Betty Grumble, is next up at The Flying Nun with 'Bury the Beast', the first iteration of her brand new ongoing project.
Tickets are selling fast! Don't miss 'Bury the Beast' at The Flying Nun 19th and 20th Jan, 8pm at ESCAC.
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/bury-the-beast
"A highly respected mystic told me not so long ago that it was time to ‘Bury The Beast.’ In this next offering in a canon of autobiographical work we eagerly meet mid-burial to collaborate on this rite of renewal. The voice as a limb. The body as a witness. A testament to the Goddesses and Goddexx’s that lit the way. A charge of sensual, poetic, dancing hope. Something we make together, part torch song, part workshop. Breath, Body, Balm, Beyond.
Bury The Beast is about fire. It is about learning how to tend to a fire that can crack open, light the way and create life. A fire that has assisted in cauterising wounds, but threatens to implode, burn out or rage uncontrollably if mismanaged or insulted.
Bury The Beast is an ongoing ecosexual wish towards flesh, force and the fecund.
How do we play with, respect, channel, bury and make kin with the beasts of our personal histories as they connect to a greater shared story? If you compost a sex clown, what remains?
Join me in this first iteration of a new ongoing project seeded in ‘Thank You Body’. Space is limited. Your support via attendance and collaboration is potent force for ongoing independent and communal making. We will build this together. Thank you for meeting us here.
The work will discuss flesh, sensuality, violence, ecogrief and hope. It will contain nudity, loud noises and body modification.
I acknowledge the Country that I make and live on, Gadigal/Bidjigal. I express my respect for this Country and Elders. I express my respect and solidarity with First Nations people globally. I acknowledge the time we are in, need for collective action and how vital gathering with intention is. It is my inten
The Flying Nun by Brand X celebrates fringe, alternative and contemporary counter-culture, contributing multi-disciplinary creative risk-taking to the East Sydney Creative Precinct. Be the first audience members to witness these new works fresh out of the rehearsal room and by doing so supporting Independent Artists in Sydney!
‘Kinetic Illusions’ by street dance crew @Oh Sheila opens the season THIS Friday! So come along and experience this cutting edge performance, as it challenges your understanding of reality.
KINETIC ILLUSIONS presented by Jam Republic Sydney
Friday 1st- Saturday 2nd December, 8pm
At East Sydney Community Arts Centre, Darlinghurst
Tickets for $25 or $20 with an Artist Pass
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/kinetic-illusions
Contact: [email protected] for financial hardship and Mob Tickets.
Footage by: Doug Walker and Raul Andres Vallejo Lopez
Footage of: The Hunger (Marcus Whale)
The Sucker (Harriet Gillies)
I Am Root (Olenka Toroshenko)
Young and Gorgeous (Adriane Daff and Eliza Scott)
Plastic Bag (Jackson Garcia and Tiffany Nung)
The Infinity Mirror (Lily Hayman)
(Up) Holding (Tra Mi Dinh, Emma Riches, Emma Harrison)
AUTO TUNE (Mark Rogers)
Fillow Talk (Happy Feraren, Jeff Mesina, Janette McBride and Ronaldo Rivera)
Video edited by: Sophie Davis
The Flying Nun, Season 8 kicks off in ONE WEEK with ‘Kinetic Illusions’ by Jam Republic Sydney, starring street dance crew Oh Sheila!
Oh Sheila’s performance transforms the room into a complex and multifaceted world to challenge your understanding of reality. A street dance show that experiments with the manipulation of time and space of physical movement. Established initially as a battle-focus crew, Oh Sheila is now exploring a new style of choreography, combining battle, contemporary dance and theatre.
KINETIC ILLUSIONS presented by Jam Republic Sydney
Friday 1st- Saturday 2nd December, 8pm
At East Sydney Community Arts Centre, Darlinghurst
Tickets for $25 or $20 with an Artist Pass
Go to: https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/kinetic-illusions
Contact: [email protected] for financial hardship and Mob Tickets
Check out a sneak peak of Oh Sheila in action from the 3v3 Open Styles Top 16 Radikal Forze 2019 Jam against Ghetto Style Killaz.
@radialforzejam
Filmed by Edwin Prasetyo
Edited by Richard Prayoga
© RPProductions 2019
Organised and Produced by Recognize! Studios @recognizestudios
Not too long till 'Ground Zero' is on at The Flying Nun this Friday and Saturday night. Listen to one of the performers on the bill, Saskia Ellis, talk about her upcoming performance of 'Spoons' which will be part of the show.
Special thanks to Saskia for providing visuals for this video, and Wytchings for the incredible music, who is also on the bill composing for 'Spoons'.
For more info on 'Ground Zero' and to grab tickets, head to: https://www.brandx.org.au/event/ground-zero
Development is almost up for ‘Auto Tune’ and we are wagging our tails in excitement to see this wacky show.
Having had the pleasure of meeting Wolfman during rehearsals, we were blown away by his improvisational skills.
With a sold out performance tonight, don’t miss out on grabbing a ticket to tomorrow nights show at 7pm.
For tickets, head to: https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/auto-tune
Nathan Harrison, writer and performer of ‘Birdsong of Tomorrow’ gives us a little taste on what to expect from the show on Friday and Saturday night. There are only two shows so don’t miss out on this playful exploration of human and avian experiences of time, change and adaptation.
Show starts at 7pm both nights, with the bar open at 6.30pm.
Come along to an intriguing night of bird discovery!
For tickets, head to https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/birdsong-of-tomorrow
#independenttheatre #sydneytheatre #sydneybirdclub
Applications are now open for Ground Zero!
Brand X invites LGBTQIA+ artists who identify as: disabled or with disability, d/Deaf and/or hard of hearing, and/or neurodivergent, to apply for performing arts residency Ground Zero.
5 artists or groups will be selected to develop and perform a short 10-15 minute work in a night of accessible performance as part of The Flying Nun and Sydney WorldPride 2023.
We welcome artists with any level of experience to pitch ideas that are brand new, developing or existing across performance, theatre, dance, movement, spoken word, drag, physical theatre and more.
For more info, head to our website:
https://www.brandx.org.au/ground-zero-application
This Friday and Saturday night at The Flying Nun, we have Albert Lin performing 'Of Stars and Streetlights', a one-man theatrical spoken-word poetry performance exploring nature, suburbia and the mundane beauty that surrounds us.
Albert recently completed a 6-month emerging artist residency with Shopfront Arts Co-Op that culminated in a two-week performance run, and we are thrilled to see what this weeks residency at Brand X - ESCAC will bring to Albert's upcoming shows here at The Flying Nun.
For a little snippet of what to expect from the night, watch this video.
For tickets, head to: https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/of-stars-and-streetlights
Video credits
Performer: Albert Lin
Director and Lighting: Christina Mishell
Camera and Editor: Nick Thomson
Audio and Lighting Assistant: Doug Walker
Here's part two of our interview with creator and star of 'i am root', Olenka Natalia Toroshenko.
Tonight's the last night of her incredibly powerful show, where Olenka bares on stage her thoughts, histories, and culture told through the cyclical nature of birth, death and re-birth. This brilliantly stitched together piece is a rare treat that should not be missed.
The final show starts at 8pm. For tickets, head to https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/i-am-root
Olenka Toroshenko show is proudly presented in partnership with The Mill
'i am root' kicks off season 7 of Flying Nun tonight at 8pm!
For a snippet of what's installed, listen to creator and star, Olenka Toroshebko describe what her one woman show is about.
There are two shows only! One tonight, the other tomorrow. With Saturday's show including an auslan interpreter.
Tickets are available online or at the door, so don't miss out.
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/i-am-root
PARTY LIKE IT'S YOUR COUSIN'S 21st 😉
INTRODUCING AUNTY JUDE
Friday 10 Dec @ 7pm & 9pm
Saturday 11 Dec @ 7pm & 9pm
Devised and performed by Alison Bennett, Directed by Shy Magsalin, Music composed by Maria Alfonsine.
Buy tickets 👇
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/introducing-aunty-jude
