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Oct 05

Makers Hub: creative workshops

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ABOUT MAKERS HUB

Run by leading professional theatre workers from around Australia, and locally, our Makers Hub workshops build and develop the region’s physical theatre, performance making, and backstage capacity.

The program engages and supports local artists and theatre workers with skills development training, forming deeper connections with NORPA and the wider creative community, and providing opportunities for future collaboration.

PAST 2024 WORKSHOPS

PAST 2023 WORKSHOPS

Read the 2023 Makers Hub program report

PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK

“Inspiring, Connecting, Insightful, Invigorating, Engaging, Fun!…”

“It was a real treat to connect with local artists creatively again, and have such inspirational leaders feed into my own practice.”

“The hub has a wonderful feeling as a shared creative space. It is so refreshing to come into a space like that, connecting with community and feeling so supported.”

“Vital for continued community creativity expression and healing”

“It was the perfect weekend to not only fill my creative cup but made me genuinely happy and grateful for life.”

THANK YOU

Our thanks to the Peterson Family Foundation for their support of the 2023 and 2024 Makers Hub.

Jan 28

Opportunities

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Artists are at the heart of what NORPA does. We offer opportunities for local, emerging, and established artists, as well as interstate artists looking to engage with our region.

Artists are encouraged to sign up to our newsletter to hear about professional development opportunities.

If you have a specific project you would like to discuss with us, please contact our artistic team via [email protected], with the subject line “Attn: Artistic Associate”.

 

Nov 15

In development

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We are makers

NORPA makes theatre that tells the stories of regional Australia and presents those stories in unique locations and site-specific venues. Audiences flock to NORPA’s outstanding original productions, trusting in NORPA’s flair for great theatre experiences.

We support knowledge – First Nations artists telling First Nations stories.

We create content and ideas that bring places and spaces alive.

Explore new NORPA works currently in development:

First Aboriginal Olympian

A NORPA production, conceived and led by Rhoda Roberts AO.

about the work

The Bundjalung Nation pride themselves on their sporting prowess. Sport changed the Bundjalung peoples’ financial freedom and provided new horizons to dream – through sport anything is possible.

First Aboriginal Olympian is a new work in development, conceived and led by NORPA’s Creative Director First Nations, Rhoda Roberts AO. First Aboriginal Olympian is a Widjabul Wia-bul led theatre project, inviting a new audience into an unknown local history. A story of Cubawee ‘a place of full and plenty’ and of ‘Frank’ Francis Roberts, who represented Widjabul mob at the Olympic Games, the first Aboriginal person to obtain selection for the Games.

The project began its creative process in late 2022, with a community gathering of Bundjalung families with connections to Cubawee, and continues in 2024/2025 with My Cousin Frank.

Image: Kris Cook

Dinner Party at the End of the World

A NORPA project, led by Creative Directors Julian Louis and Heather Fairbairn

about the work

Inspired by the raw, powerful stories of the Lismore floods, Dinner Party at the End of the World is a multi-artist, multi-artform project reflecting stories of community and resilience.

This important and timely project will unfold throughout 2025, using theatre-making, community engagement, video, dance, and text to embed a multitude of voices into a future original work born from the aftermath of a natural disaster.

Research and development on this project began in June 2023 and July 2024 through intensive two-week workshops with key performers and creatives. This year’s creative activities will be filmed, becoming a key element in a new NORPA production.

Image: Vanessa Kellas