Artistic Practice

Caroline Dunphy directing SAND during the Flowstate residency, South Bank, Brisbane.

“I believe in the collaborative power of theatre. Creating an ensemble and learning a shared vocabulary that transcends cultural differences and finds common ground to create something original and dynamic.”

— Caroline Dunphy, Co-Artistic Director

VISION

To bring people and stories out of the shadows

How We Work

Founded in 2013, we made a commitment to create work through a feminist lens and to embrace diversity and participatory story telling in all our projects. Our work is grounded in true stories and made in partnership with people and communities locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, as well as with partner companies and organisations.

We work through partnership and relationship, from a collaborative framework that traverses text and physical form to:

Produce diverse, original, contemporary theatre
Develop performance-based works across artforms
Create transcultural projects
Advocate, mentor, innovate and inspire creative practice and positive change
Strengthen artistic ties between Australia and Asia (Indo Pacific) region.

Our processes are unique to each partnership and work intricately with the skills and expertise at hand, combined with an intuitive understanding developed through experience, practice and relationship.

OUR VALUES

Respect. We work inclusively with diverse, intergenerational artists and communities, guided by the principle of First Nations first.

Engagement. We create new models of working in community (advocacy, leadership and mentorships).

Collaboration. We forge long-term partnerships to create original, dynamic performance, installation and digital content.

Practice. We are dedicated to rigorous processes and long-term creative practice.

Global Connection. We value transcultural collaboration and propel our stories and art into new national and international markets.

Innovation & Sustainability. We pioneer new ways to work across boundaries of company, institution and artist so that we invest directly in artists, not infrastructure. We repurpose, recycle and upcycle across all of our artistic and business practice