Vanessa Goodwin: Tasmanian Performers Take the Stage

The Liberal Government is a strong supporter of the arts in Tasmania.

This week representatives of performing arts venues from around Australia and New Zealand are meeting in Hobart for the annual Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (APACA) conference.

APACA is the national peak body representing and supporting performing arts centres from Hobart’s own Theatre Royal to the iconic Sydney Opera House and regional and remote cultural centres.

Approximately 240 delegates, including performance makers, producers, venue managers and programmers from throughout Australia are attending the conference in and around central Hobart.

A selection of Tasmania’s finest performing artists and companies will be showcased over the next few days during the conference, in a program curated by Tasmania Performs.

This “mini-market” entitled Me, My Art and You will enable Tasmanian artists to present their work to producers and presenters who are looking to tour and present performing arts in their venues around Australia.

Me, My Art and You will feature independent Tasmanian artists including contemporary dancer, Trisha Dunn; musician, singer and songwriter Dean Stevenson; and veteran performer Justus Neumann.

Performing arts companies MADE (Mature Artists’ Dance Ensemble) and Blue Cow Theatre Company will also be showcasing their work and Tasmania Performs will present As We Forgive, which premiered at Ten Days on the Island in 2013 to critical acclaim.

The mini market is presented by Tasmania Performs in partnership with the APACA Conference, Blue Heeler Network and the Theatre Royal, with assistance from the Australia Council for the Arts and the Tasmanian Government through Arts Tasmania.
Vanessa Goodwin, Minister for the Arts