TWT Rehearsal Space - St Leonards

This rehearsal space will be permanently closed and unavailable for hire from 20/12/2020 onwards.

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LAYER (on-demand)

Video of live performance recorded 14/11/20 at The Flying Nun, Darlinghurst

A real-time collaboration with the Netherlands, Layer tells the story of three women, each alone and isolated with multiple cultural identities. They encounter multiple layers of themselves in real, virtual, fragmented and augmented realities. Layer explores notions of self-identity within our socially distanced COVID selves.

Tickets available for on-demand: $10
FRUMPUS presents LANDED (on-demand)

Video of live performance recorded 28/11/20 at The Flying Nun, Darlinghurst

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 on-demand: $10
THE LIFE CYCLE OF BLANCO (on-demand)

Video of live performance recorded 20/11/20 at The Flying Nun, Darlinghurst

A solo work incorporating call-and-response games with a riotous monologue about the culminating impact of casual racism. Blanco – a struggling Asian actor – reviews the short ‘life cycle’ of his career with documentarian flair, unpacking the emotional labour and exhaustion of being a POC artist in Australia.

Tickets available for on-demand: $10
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ESCAC Rehearsal Space - Darlinghurst

Rehearsal space for hire in Darlinghurst, Sydney for Performing Artists, Dance, Theatre practitioners preparing for production, training or building their creative practice as well as being a venue suitable for performances, events, classes and workshops.
Arts Incubator – St Leonards

A modern office space for creative arts-based businesses seeking affordable, semi-permanent space in which to work.
The Meeting Room at ESCAC - Darlinghurst

This state-of-the-art meeting room features a large meeting table, WiFi, AV connectivity, shared kitchenette, foyer and accessible toilets. The space is designed for creative business meetings, planning or presentation as well as being a space suitable for writers or short-term production desk.
ESCAC Performance Space - Darlinghurst

Performance space for hire in Darlinghurst with staging, sound and lighting rig available on request. Available as an affordable DIY venue for shows and events with a capacity for 100 patrons.

Performing arts residency

The Flying Nun program at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre in Darlinghurst showcases outcomes from our performing arts residencies featuring local fringe performance that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day. Applications for the 2021 program open 18 January. Residencies include stipend, development and marketing support.
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Introducing our new Marketing Manager - Jaz Lynch

Brand X are thrilled to welcome Jaz Lynch as our new Marketing Manager, taking the reins from Ricardo who is returning to his homeland of Spain. Jaz's interests lie in the arts, travel, fashion for expression, motion graphics, branding and e-commerce.
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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.
MEET THE ARTIST BY BRAND X Claire Conroy

Claire Conroy is a visual artist working in photography and installation who has a studio space in our Arts Incubator. Amoungst other things Claire constructs her own pinhole cameras and darkrooms from found objects, including a 1950s caravan, a water tank, and a three-tonne truck – very cool! Lately, she has been busy in the darkroom refining a series of sea monsters for her exhibition Monstrous at Rouge Pop-up Gallery in Redfern opening this Saturday 17th October.
MEET THE ARTIST BY BRAND X James Douglas Cooper

Brand X welcomes painter and film-maker James Cooper as our newest resident Visual Artist in the Incubator studios. He has just launched a virtual solo show aptly named “The Great Pause” including works from his recent residency at Chateau d’Orquevaux and from his time in Sydney quarantine.
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).
Meet the Artist by Brand X Tina Fox

Tina Fox is a visual artist and designer working in textiles and craft, her current work explores hand crafted techniques to reflect on digital printing, manufacturing and the future of craft in the modern age.
Opportunity: Spaces for Visual Artists and Creative Business

Brand X recently had openings for Visual Artist studios, office space, desk space for Creative Business and Visual Artists at St Leonards. All spaces have access to shared kitchen and Bathroom,NBN wifi, 24/7 access. Affordable spaces for Artists.
Brand X resident artist Tina Fox, finalist at the Woolahra Small Sculpture Prize

Woolahra Small Sculpture Prize Exhibition is on until 3 November at Woolahra Council Chambers. Brand X resident Artists Tina Fox is part of this year exhibition as a finalist.