“If theatre is to be part of the most vital conversation humanity faces, then it has to change its practice.” – Paddy Dillon, Theatre Green Book APDGreen Conversations has been involved with several exciting ecoscenographic projects happening recently, focussing production designers on environmental solutions. In this Quarter’s newsletter, theatre designer Imogen Ross reports back about conversations […]
Did you know that the levels of moderate to severe anxiety symptoms for Australian Entertainment Industry workers are 10 times higher than in the general population? Or that the levels of depression symptoms are five times higher than in the general population? Or that Suicide attempts for Australian Entertainment Industry workers are more than double that of the […]
The SASS (Screen and Stage Summer) Party was held on Friday November 26 in Melbourne. It was a fantastic night of industry networking after what has been a tumultuous couple of years. A big thank you to Jo Briscoe APDG, who not only represented the APDG at countless planning meetings and organised the food truck, but who […]
This year has been a very special year for the guild, as we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the APDG awards. Congratulations to all our nominees and award recipients, what dazzling display of talent and amazing work! More congratulations are due to Rebecca Whittington (APDG Business Manager), Michael Rumpf (Queensland Chair) and Queensland colleagues who put […]
Bronwyn Pringle In February 2021, Moreland City Council (through their Arts and Culture department, Arts Moreland) launched quite a unique kind of arts grant to simultaneously support local businesses and artists, called the Community Creator: Artist in Residence Program (CC:AIR). The grant involved a two-part application process where artists were invited to submit an EOI […]
With the 10th Anniversary APDG Awards less than a week away – here is everything you need to know! TICKETS! If you haven’t reserved your free ticket for the virtual event, you can reserve it HERE! THE HOST “Warmly funny, immediately relatable, fast on her feet.” -Time OutThe 10th Anniversary APDG Awards will be hosted […]
Leah Purcell wrote, directs and stars in this period Western about a determined mother protecting her children – a searing reimagining of Henry Lawson’s classic with an Indigenous female gaze. It’s 1893 in the alpine country of Australia’s Snowy Mountains. On an isolated farm, the heavily pregnant Molly Johnson (Purcell) and her young children struggle to […]
By Imogen Ross APDGreen Conversations is a Live Performance initiative that actively champions environmental actions made by Australian production designers working across film, TV, live events and live performance. In this Quarter’s newsletter, theatre designer Imogen Ross looks at the growing interest in sustainable practises at World Stage Design (WSD) and the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ), and […]
Covid strikes again with NSW, Victoria and ACT in lockdown which means that live performance, events and screen projects are drying up, or have been completely shut down. With much of that work generated from the eastern states it also means that the other states are feeling the downturn in work as well. Not a […]
Music and Ideas EOI has been extended until Monday October 4, 2021. Don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of the Vivid Sydney Music and Ideas program in 2022. Vivid Sydney warms the soul of our city with light artists, music makers and brilliant thinkers. From 27 May – 18 June 2022, Sydney will […]