PROGRAM

WA Showcase 2026 will take place at Subiaco Arts Centre from Tuesday 4 – Friday 7 August.

Make sure you subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on schedule, pitching program and more!

SCHEDULE

The WA Showcase 2026 Pitching Program is now live! You can view the pitches happening each day below.

Further information and details about the professional development program, including content and speakers, will be available once registrations open.

DAY ONE - TUESDAY 4 AUGUST

9:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
10:00am	First Nations Delegates Welcome Session	Rehearsal Room
11:00am	First & Second Time Attendees Welcome Session	Studio
12:00pm	Welcome to Country	Theatre Gardens
12:15pm	BBQ Lunch
1:15pm	Opening of WA Showcase 2026	Main Auditorium
1:45pm	Keynote Address	Main Auditorium
3:00pm	Afternoon Tea
3:30pm	Pitching Session #1 KiN – Isha Sharvani Black Swan State Theatre Company CENTA co. Physical Theatre IN. RESIDENCE: GATHERING.1 Curated by Raewyn Hill – Co3 Contemporary Dance Australia Because We’re Blak – Goolari Media Enterprises Bloom & Wonder – Hands some Feet Katt Osborne & Elise Wilson CADEL: Lungs on Legs – Limelight Consulting Resistance \| ചെറുത്തുനില്പ് – Swaroopa Unni	Main Auditorium
5:30pm	Subiaco Arts Centre bar opens	Foyer
6:00pm	2026 Pinnacle Awards Ceremony & Function	Foyer
8:30pm	Day One Finishes

DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST

8:15 – 8:45am	Resonance Excerpt – Resonance For their pitch at WA Showcase 2026, accredited breathwork practitioner Tiana Jae and professional musicians Jess Clancy and Pavan Kumar Hari invite you to an immersive performance where audiences experience live music in a new way. Lie down, breathe and listen as original compositions unfold in response to the energy in the room. Spaces are limited – register your interest here.	Studio
8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Pitching Session #2 From Boorloo to Nyinggalu: Journey with the Maamang – Boss Arts Creative Australian Baroque Proud Entertainment Group Dragon I – Neuro Bureau Arthur Haynes and the Smoking Gun – THEATRE 180	Main Auditorium
10:00am	Connections in Motion Facilitated Networking Session	Gallery
11:15am	Morning Tea
11:45am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
12:45pm	Lunch
1:45pm	Delegate Photo	Main Auditorium
2:00pm	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
11:15am	Afternoon Tea
4:00pm	Pitching Session #3 Salama Performance Series – Damdame Screen Scene Carnival – Acrobatch Ngaliju Perth International Jazz Festival The Scramble – Shaun Johnston Spare Parts Puppet Theatre New Owner – The Last Great Hun Which Way Home by Katie Beckett – Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company Koort – Wanjoo	Main Auditorium
6:30pm – 8:30pm	Networking Event
8:30pm	Day Two Finishes

DAY THREE - THURSDAY 6 AUGUST

8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
11:00am	Morning Tea
11:30am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
12:15pm	Pitching Session #4 – Get Togethers
	A RESTING MESS – Ainslie Allan	Studio
	She Said What? – Mirabilis Collective SHEDS: Stories from the Shearing Shed – Arts Narrogin and Corinna Bonshek & Collaborators	Gallery
	Tiny Doctors – Happy Labs Brightside Productions	Foyer
	Vestige – Miss Phoria	Foyer
	Zoology – Too Close to the Sun	Theatre Gardens
1:00pm	Lunch
4:00pm	Pitching Session #5 Belonging – Osma Productions Pty Ltd Thea Rossen / Ad Lib Collective Big Little Ballet Natalie Allen Louise Kirk Perth Symphony Orchestra The Lips – Puppets with Guts WA Youth Theatre Company	Main Auditorium
3:30pm	Afternoon Tea
4:00pm	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
6:00pm	Artist in Residence Showing	Studio
7:30pm	Final Night Function
9:00pm	Day Three Finishes

DAY FOUR - FRIDAY 7 AUGUST

8:15 – 8:45am	Resonance Excerpt – Resonance For their pitch at WA Showcase 2026, accredited breathwork practitioner Tiana Jae and professional musicians Jess Clancy and Pavan Kumar Hari invite you to an immersive performance where audiences experience music in a new way. Lie down, breathe and listen as original compositions unfold in response to the energy in the room. Spaces are limited – register your interest here.	Studio
8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Pitching Session #6 Side by Side – Encounter Marrugeku Reasons to Stay Inside – Barking Gecko Arts Peculiar Plants and the Ants Who Dance – Flying Bicycle Collective Sensorium Theatre	Main Auditorium
10:00am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
10:30am	Morning Tea
11:00am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
12:30pm	Closing of WA Showcase 2026
1:00pm	WA Showcase 2026 Finishes

DAY ONE - TUESDAY 4 AUGUST

9:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
10:00am	First Nations Delegates Welcome Session A Welcome & Gathering for First Nations delegates at WA Showcase 2026. For further information contact Maddie Young, WA Showcase Coordinator.	Rehearsal Room
11:00am	First & Second Time Attendees Welcome Session Meet CircuitWest Staff & Board Members at this introduction for first time attendees at WA Showcase, or those returning after a break.	Studio
12:00pm	Welcome to Country	Theatre Gardens
12:15pm	BBQ Lunch
1:15pm	Opening of WA Showcase 2026 Mr Chad Anderson – Director General, Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport Philippa Maughan – Executive Director, CircuitWest Drew Dymond – Chair, CircuitWest Committee	Main Auditorium
1:45pm	A Boy Like Me Kyle J Morrison… Copy copy copy
2:30pm	CircuitWest Strategic Plan Philippa Maughan – Executive Director, CircuitWest Copy copy copy
3:00pm	Afternoon Tea
3:30pm	Pitching Session #1 KiN – Isha Sharvani Black Swan State Theatre Company CENTA co. Physical Theatre IN. RESIDENCE: GATHERING.1 Curated by Raewyn Hill – Co3 Contemporary Dance Australia Because We’re Blak – Goolari Media Enterprises Bloom & Wonder – Hands some Feet Katt Osborne & Elise Wilson CADEL: Lungs on Legs – Limelight Consulting Resistance \| ചെറുത്തുനില്പ് – Swaroopa Unni	Main Auditorium
5:30pm	Subiaco Arts Centre bar opens	Foyer
6:00pm	2026 Pinnacle Awards Ceremony & Function Presented by the Hon Simone McGurk MLA, Minister for Creative Industries	Foyer
8:30pm	Day One Finishes

DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST

8:15 – 8:45am	Resonance Excerpt – Resonance For their pitch at WA Showcase 2026, accredited breathwork practitioner Tiana Jae and professional musicians Jess Clancy and Pavan Kumar Hari invite you to an immersive performance where audiences experience live music in a new way. Lie down, breathe and listen as original compositions unfold in response to the energy in the room. Spaces are limited – register your interest here.	Studio
8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Pitching Session #2 From Boorloo to Nyinggalu: Journey with the Maamang – Boss Arts Creative Australian Baroque Proud Entertainment Group Dragon I – Neuro Bureau Arthur Haynes and the Smoking Gun – THEATRE 180	Main Auditorium
10:00am	Connections in Motion: Facilitated Networking Session Meet the Presenters and Venues at WA Showcase 2026 and get the conversation started about programming, projects and touring opportunities.	Gallery
11:15am	Morning Tea
11:45am	CITS Creative Taskforce Update Dr Nikki Miller – A/Executive Director, Creative Industries Copy copy copy	Main Auditorium
12:15pm	Tech Initiative Title Emily Stokoe – Manager, Technical Initiative, CircuitWest Copy copy copy	Main Auditorium
12:45pm	Lunch
1:45pm	Delegate Photo	Main Auditorium
2:00pm	Landscapes – Title Tandi Palmer Williams – Director, Patternmakers Copy copy copy	Main Auditorium
3:30pm	Afternoon Tea
4:00pm	Pitching Session #3 Salama Performance Series – Damdame Screen Scene Carnival – Acrobatch Ngaliju Perth International Jazz Festival The Scramble – Shaun Johnston Spare Parts Puppet Theatre New Owner – The Last Great Hunt Which Way Home by Katie Beckett – Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company Koort – WAnjoo	Main Auditorium
6:30pm – 8:30pm	Networking Event
8:30pm	Day Two Finishes

DAY THREE - THURSDAY 6 AUGUST

8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
11:00am	Morning Tea
11:30am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
12:15pm	Pitching Session #4 – Get Togethers
	A RESTING MESS – Ainslie Allan	Studio
	She Said What? – Mirabilis Collective SHEDS: Stories from the Shearing Shed – Arts Narrogin and Corinna Bonshek & Collaborators	Gallery
	Tiny Doctors – Happy Labs Brightside Productions	Foyer
	Vestige – Miss Phoria	Foyer
	Zoology – Too Close to the Sun	Theatre Gardens
1:00pm	Lunch
4:00pm	Pitching Session #5 Belonging – Osma Productions Pty Ltd Thea Rossen / Ad Lib Collective Big Little Ballet Natalie Allen Louise Kirk Perth Symphony Orchestra The Lips – Puppets with Guts WA Youth Theatre Company	Main Auditorium
3:30pm	Afternoon Tea
4:00pm	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
6:00pm	Artist in Residence Showing	Studio
7:30pm	Final Night Function
9:00pm	Day Three Finishes

DAY FOUR - FRIDAY 7 AUGUST

8:15 – 8:45am	Resonance Excerpt – Resonance For their pitch at WA Showcase 2026, accredited breathwork practitioner Tiana Jae and professional musicians Jess Clancy and Pavan Kumar Hari invite you to an immersive performance where audiences experience music in a new way. Lie down, breathe and listen as original compositions unfold in response to the energy in the room. Spaces are limited – register your interest here.	Studio
8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Pitching Session #6 Side by Side – Encounter Marrugeku Reasons to Stay Inside – Barking Gecko Arts Peculiar Plants and the Ants Who Dance – Flying Bicycle Collective Sensorium Theatre	Main Auditorium
10:00am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
10:30am	Morning Tea
11:00am	Professional Development Program	Main Auditorium
12:30pm	Closing of WA Showcase 2026
1:00pm	WA Showcase 2026 Finishes

PITCHING PROGRAM

Featuring tour-ready works, excerpt performances, roundtable discussions, profiles & updates from more than 40 producers, artists & companies!

Which Way Home by Katie Beckett

GET TOGETHER PITCHES

Ainslie Allan

A RESTING MESS

Bright Side Productions Inc.

Mirabilis Collective

She Said What?

Arts Narrogin and Corrina Bonshek & Collaborators

SHEDS: Stories from the Shearing Shed

Happy Labs

SPEAKERS & FACILITATORS

Stay tuned for further information about speakers and facilitators at WA Showcase 2026.

EXPLORE WA SHOWCASE 2026

2025 SCHEDULE

Last year’s unmissable conference took place at Subiaco Arts Centre from Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 July 2025 and brought together members of the performing arts sector from across the state to discuss the key issues facing the industry in Western Australia.

Day 1 - Tuesday 22 July 2025

DAY ONE – TUESDAY 22 JULY

9:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
10:00am	First Nations Attendees Welcome Session	Rehearsal Room
11:00am	First & Second Time Attendees Welcome Session	Studio
12:00pm	BBQ Lunch	Theatre Gardens
12:45pm	Welcome to Country Aunty Vivienne Hansen	Theatre Garden
1:15pm	Welcome & Opening of WA Showcase 2025 Official Opening of WA Showcase 2025 by Dr. Nikki Miller, A/Executive Director Creative Industries Welcome by Fiona de Garis, Chair & Philippa Maughan, Executive Director	Main Auditorium
1:45pm	Driving Change: CircuitWest’s Live Performing Arts Tech Initiative Dr. Sue Fenty Studham, Manager Workforce Development	Main Auditorium
2:15pm	Culturally Courageous: the story of creating a Noongar language production of a Shakespearean play Kylie Bracknell, Clint Bracknell, Kyle Morrison, Sue Fenty Studham & Luzita Fereday	Main Auditorium
3:15pm	Afternoon Tea	Multipurpose Room
3:45pm	Pitching Session 1	Main Auditorium
	The 7 Stages of Grieving – Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
	From Zero to 100 – Perth International Jazz Festival
	Galup VR Experience – Created by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, with an oral history from Doolann Leisha Eatts
	Company Update – Goolarri Media
	Aliwah Bardinar! – Breaksea
	Mayakeniny with Maatakitj – Boomerang and Spear
5:00pm	Subiaco Arts Centre bar opens	Foyer
6:00pm	2025 Pinnacle Awards Ceremony	Main Auditorium
7:00pm	2025 Pinnacle Awards Function	Foyer

Day 2 - Wednesday 23 July 2025

DAY TWO – WEDNESDAY 23 JULY

8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Pitching Session 2	Main Auditorium
	Company Update – Performing Lines WA
	Shadow of Doubt – Fine Comb Theatre
	Nocturnal – Brooke Leeder & Dancers
	Same Time Next Week – Nick Pages-Oliver & Scott McArdle
9:45am	Economic Contribution: Performing Arts Venues and the Fundamentals of Impact Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services	Main Auditorium
10:30am	Morning Tea	Multipurpose Room
11:00am	Pitching Session 3	Main Auditorium
	Dragged Through the Desert – A Priscilla Celebration – Proud Entertainment Group
	Scones with Nanna – Big MAMA Productions
	Wise Young Things – Asha Cornelia Cluer
	YUCK Circus: Naughties – YUCK Circus
	Traps and Ladders – Southern Edge Arts
	KiN – Isha Sharvani
	An Imaginary Life – Humphrey Bower & Libby Klysz
12:45pm	Lunch	Multipurpose Room
1:45pm – 2:30pm
1:45pm – 2:30pm	Economic Contribution: Plugging in the Numbers Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services	Main Auditorium
1:45pm – 3:30pm	Creative Industries Grants Information Session Jessica Anderson, Jill Brown & Allison Archer, Department of Creative Industries, Tourism & Sport	Studio
2:30pm	Connections in Motion: Facilitated Networking Session	Gallery
3:30pm	Afternoon Tea	Multipurpose Room
4:00pm	Pitching Session 4	Main Auditorium
	Classical AF – Flamingo Strings
	Company Update – Drew Anthony Creative
	The Six Noongar Seasons – Australian Baroque
	LÉ NØR [the rain] – The Last Great Hunt
5:00pm	PAC Australia: Sector Update Katherine Connor, PAC Australia Executive Director Hear about research and advocacy priorities, new training opportunities and platforms, PAC’s national platform, the Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX) and the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), recently secured by PAC Australia to be held biannually in WA until 2030.	Main Auditorium
6:00pm	Lightscape Kings Park Bus departing from Subiaco Arts Centre	Offsite

Day 3 - Thursday 24 July 2025

DAY THREE – THURSDAY 24 JULY

8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Driving Momentum: An overview of the WA Screen Industry and the Perth Film Studios Gabrielle Cole, Screenwest & James Grandison, Perth Film Studios Join Gabrielle Cole, Screenwest’s Production Attraction and Services Manager, and James Grandison, Business and Industry Development Director at Perth Film Studios, for an overview of Western Australia’s growing screen industry.	Main Auditorium
9:45am Break-out sessions	Marketing on Micro Budgets Laura Milke Garner, MILKE	Main Auditorium
	Talking ’bout the Toolkit: Improving engagement with First Nations people in your community Facilitated by Bobbi Henry, Yirra Yaakin & Philippa Maughan, CircuitWest	Gallery
	Funding One-on-Ones – Jessica Anderson,Jill Brown & Allison Archer, Department of Creative Industries	Studio
11:00am	Morning Tea	Multipurpose Room
11:30am	Pitching Session 5 – Get Togethers	Break Out
	UP THERE (Insert Town Here) – UP THERE Collective	Outside/Foyer
	Regional Dance Artist Online Hub – Ausdance WA	Studio
	Outer Metro Venues – Don Russell Performing Arts Centre, Hamilton Hill Memorial Hall, Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre, Koorliny Arts Centre, Mundaring Arts Centre and the Quarry Amphitheatre	Gallery
	Memory of Rain – The Tipping Point	Gallery/Outside
	Cine-Circus – Acrobatch	Foyer
	A Conversation with Perth Festival – Perth Festival	Main Auditorium
12:45pm	Lunch	Multipurpose Room
1:45pm	Pitching Session 6	Main Auditorium
	Company Update – Natural Wings
	Piyalbajarri – Yarns & Songs with Peter Salmon – Ngaliju
2:15pm Break-out sessions	Economic Reverberation: The Hidden Impact of Performing Arts Venues Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services	Main Auditorium
2:15pm Break-out sessions	Last Minute Ticket Buying Trend Laura Milke Garner, MILKE	Studio
3:15pm	Afternoon Tea
3:45pm	Creative WA: 10 Year Vision Progress and Creative Industries Update Dr. Nikki Miller, A/Executive Director Creative Industries	Main Auditorium
4:45pm	Economic Reverberation: In-Depth Venue Case Study Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services	Studio
4:45pm	Email Marketing – How To Laura Milke Garner, MILKE	Main Auditorium
6:00pm	Artist in Residence Creative Showing	Studio
7:00pm	Final Night Function at Subiaco Hotel	The Courtyard, Subiaco Hotel

Day 4 - Friday 25 July 2025

DAY FOUR – FRIDAY 25 JULY

8:30am	Registration Desk Opens	Foyer
9:00am	Pitching Session 7	Main Auditorium
	Ngurragabu [Yawuru: from the last night/what is to come next/tomorrow] – Marrugeku
	Wonderbox – Sensorium Theatre
	MILLENNIAL: Hits of the 90s & 00s – Lisa Woodbrook
	Bogan Literature Presents: A Christmas Carol – BS Productions
	Company Update – The Hairy Godmothers
	Company Update – Barking Gecko Arts
	CATALPA: Flight to Freedom – THEATRE 180 & WA Museum
	Hometown – Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
10:30am	Morning Tea	Multipurpose Room
11:00am	Economic Persuasion: Turning Data into Dialogue for Performing Arts Venues Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services	Main Auditorium
12:30pm	Official Closing of WA Showcase 2025	Main Auditorium
1:00pm	WA Showcase 2025 finishes

The 2025 Pitching Program featured over 30 artists and companies presenting tour-ready shows, works in development and profiles. These listings will remain available until the 2026 pitching program is announced.