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Touring Queensland Fund Round 1b recipients 2023

24 May 2023

Touring Queensland Fund – Round 1b

  • Nadia Licence - $36,224 to tour Twinkle and The Moon which is an interactive, theatre and literacy experience for children aged 2 – 7 years and their families. The production will tour to 17 regional and remote Queensland communities and present performances, community engagement and professional development activities.
  • *shake and stir theatre co - $300,000 (plus $60,000 for an industry placement) to tour an annual production each year for three years to Queensland's major performing arts centres. This will ensure regional venues can present high-quality, large-scale productions in their annual subscription and school seasons and grow regional audiences.
  • shake and stir theatre company - $76,390 to visit 61 regional primary and secondary schools across 22 regions and present 8 productions across 107 performances and workshops. It is anticipated that they will perform for more than 11,150 students.
  • Joseph Geia - $56,297 to tour First Nations singer-songwriter, Uncle Joe Geia and his band.  They will combine his songs, video, and storytelling to introduce audiences to the lives of some of Australia’s most important and influential Indigenous leaders.
  • The Crackup Sisters - $68,080 to deliver a tour that will visit 10 regional and remote Queensland communities and include engagement activities for children and families.
  • The Trustee for the Huglin Family Trust - $49,974 to deliver acting and digital storytelling workshops to remote, disadvantaged, and Indigenous young people across 63 schools in 41 locations.
  • Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts - $100,000 to deliver the visual arts exhibition POSTWORLD.  POSTWORLD is produced by professional Australian visual artists and collectives who create diverse parallel universes.  Audiences will engage with playful, sublime, poetic and cautionary works which will reflect and amplify contemporary and impending societal issues.
  • *Indel-ABILITY arts - $46,400 (plus $60,000 for an industry placement) to tour Chameleon and The No Bang Theory production which is a double-bill cabaret tour of original works exploring the highs and lows of mental illness and the search for love through autistic eyes.
  • Dylan Cattanach - $19,615 to support a regional tour of emerging musician Dylan Cattanach (AKA Katanak), his band, and support acts to engage with regionally based young audiences.
  • *Museum and Gallery Services Queensland - $44, 565 (plus $24,640 for an industry placement) to tour 'Lost in Palm Springs'.  This sophisticated interdisciplinary exhibition, curated by Dr Greer Honeywill, explores the strong architectural and aesthetic sensibilities that exist between California and Australia. The exhibition brings together fourteen acclaimed artists and thinkers who will respond to, capture, or reimagine mid-century modern architecture.
  • Bundaberg Regional Galleries - $63,871 to deliver a multi-media exhibition that showcases key artworks by two highly acclaimed contemporary artists, Tim, and Mic Gruchy.  The exhibition will feature large-scale projections, reflective elements, and interactive displays.
  • *Woodfordia Inc - $295,510 (plus $60,000 for an industry placement) to host four small hall music tours to 40 communities across rural and regional Queensland over a two-year period.  Eight Queensland artists will perform in front of approximately 8,900 Queenslanders who are physically, socially, culturally or digitally isolated.
  • *Cluster Arts - $173,755 (plus $60,000 for an industry placement) to deliver a curated two-year touring calendar of shows in conjunction with key venues and communities. As part of the project, they will develop local venue Champions, a database of theatre audiences and grows audiences.

* Denotes artists and arts organisations who received both Touring Queensland Fund and Industry Placements funding. 

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