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The Flying Nun Season 5 is your antidote to the ordinary!

Brand X’s performance showcase is back again with our 5th season. 13 new performance projects will take over the space at the East Sydney Community & Arts Centre during the weekends from January till May 2020. Tickets on sale for only $25 (or $20 if you hold a current Artist Pass subscription).
From the Brand X Team: "THANK YOU for an amazing 2019"

In 2019 we housed more than 70 artists and organisations in our semi-permanent studios and provided over 6560 hours of rehearsal space hire for performing artists to develop their craft across our spaces in Darlinghurst, St Leonards and Tempe. We hosted over 30 performances as part of The Flying Nun program and with a total audience of more than 1700 people coming through our doors at the East Sydney Community & Arts Centre (ESCAC) generating $22,500 in box office for participating artists.
FRUMPUS presents LANDED

Fri 8 May at 8pm
Sat 9 May at 8pm

Frumpus is back with their new show LANDED: Wrapped in First Class pyjamas and inflated ankles, Frumpus navigate white knuckle turbulence to touch down in luxury goods. Damaged, swollen from neck to foot, and desperate to clear customs, they negotiate a land of extravagance, opulence and anarchic self-satisfaction. Tickets available for $25.
DICTIONARY BY A BITCH: THE JOURNALS OF BEE MILES

Fri 1 May at 8pm
Sat 2 May at 8pm

The title of one of Bee Mile’s unpublished journals; her articulate, humorous and subversive voice resonates strongly today in Sydney's stifling bureaucracy. Bee was transgressive and a bohemian rebel who constantly challenged the power structures of the time. An inspiration screaming "NO!" to a similar oppressive world. Tickets available for $25.

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Performing arts residency

The Flying Nun program at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre (ESCAC) in Darlinghurst, Sydney showcases outcomes from our performing arts residencies alongside local fringe performance that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day. Application rounds happen twice yearly. Risk Everything.
Closing 1st November: EOI Open for The Flying Nun Season 5

Brand X are seeking expressions of interest from Performing Artists wanting to be considered for The Flying Nun program (Season 5) that will take place from January 2020 till June 2020. Aplications Due: 1st November 2019
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Short Term Empty Property

The City of Sydney and Brand X match properties available on a temporary basis with short term creative projects including creative working studios, exhibition space, creative retail and temporary office space for project work.
Accommodation grant now open for business innovation space

City of Sydney invites applications from organisations that would like to operate a business innovation space for the tech startup sector at 180 George Street, Circular Quay.
The Flying Nun

Celebrating the fringe, alternative and local contemporary counter-culture, come and be the first audience to witness new performance work fresh out of the rehearsal room and by doing so, support Independent Artists to propel their work on to stages across Sydney.
UFO

Fri 31 Jan at 8pm
Sat 1 Feb at 8pm

Set on a miniature 1:8 scale model golf course, this live videographic performance and piece of speculative fiction documents the real-time landing of an alien ship in a rural town, exploring how protocols break down in the face of the unknown. Tickets available for $25.
National swap day event by The Clothing Exchange

The 9th National swap day event hosted by The Clothing Exchange will take place at the East Sydney Community Arts Centre in Darlinghurst, Sydney.
"These Walls Could Talk" mental health through art and poetry

Sydney Art Events: New Public Art Commission for Sydney unveiled as part of The Big Anxiety 2019."These Walls Could Talk" addresses mental health through art and poetry.
The Power of the Holy Spirit: Best Experimental

Harriet Gillies has been awarded the "Best Experimental Show" at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival for her new work "The Power of the Holy Spirit" coming to The Flying Nun for 2 nights in November (15 & 16).