WA SHOWCASE 2025
TUESDAY 22 - FRIDAY 25 JULY
Subiaco Arts Centre
Registrations close 11:59pm, Monday 7 July!
Tuesday 22 – Friday 25 July
Subiaco Arts Centre
Pitch applications open:
Tuesday 1 April
Pitch applications close:
Friday 2 May – midday
Registrations open:
Wednesday 11 June
Pitching program announced:
Friday 13 June
Registrations close:
Monday 7 July – 11:59pm
WA SHOWCASE 2025:
Tuesday 22 – Friday 25 July
WA SHOWCASE 2025 PROGRAM
2025 Pitching Program
The 2025 WA Showcase pitching program features over 30 WA companies and artists, and a range of productions! From company updates to tour ready works, excerpts to roundtables, you’re sure to see something amazing. Click below to view the full range of pitches at WA Showcase 2025.
DAY ONE - TUESDAY 22 JULY
| 9:30am | Registration Desk Opens |
| 10:00am | First Nations Attendees Welcome Session |
| 11:00am | First & Second Time Attendees Welcome Session |
| 12:00pm | BBQ Lunch |
| 12:45pm | Welcome to Country |
| 1:15pm |
Welcome & Opening of WA Showcase 2025 Welcome by CircuitWest Chair Fiona de Garis & Executive Director Philippa Maughan |
| 1:45pm |
Driving Change: CircuitWest’s Live Performing Arts Tech Initiative – Dr. Sue Fenty Studham, Manager Workforce Development |
| 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 |
| 3:15pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:45pm | Pitching Session 1 |
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The 7 Stages of Grieving – Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company |
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From Zero to 100 – Perth International Jazz Festival |
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Galup VR Experience – Created by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, with an oral history from Doolann Leisha Eatts |
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Company Update – Goolarri Media |
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Aliwah Bardinar! – Breaksea |
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Mayakeniny with Maatakitj – Boomerang and Spear |
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| 5:00pm | Subiaco Arts Centre bar opens |
| 6:00pm | 2025 Pinnacle Awards Ceremony |
| 7:00pm | 2025 Pinnacle Awards Function |
DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 23 JULY
| 8:30am | Registration Desk Opens |
| 9:00am | Pitching Session 2 |
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 |
| 10:30am | Morning Tea |
| 11:00am | Pitching Session 3 |
Dragged Through the Desert – A Priscilla Celebration – Proud Entertainment Group | |
An Imaginary Life – Humphrey Bower & Libby Klysz | |
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 | |
| 12:45pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm Break-out Sessions | Creative Industries Grants Information Session – Jessica Anderson, Jill Brown & Allison Archer, Department of Creative Industries, Tourism & Sport |
Economic Contribution: Plugging in the Numbers – Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services | |
| 2:30pm | Connections in Motion: Facilitated Networking Session |
| 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00pm | Pitching Session 4 |
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. |
| 6:00pm | Lightscape Kings Park Discounted tickets available when you register for WA Showcase 2025! |
DAY THREE - THURSDAY 24 JULY
| 8:30am | Registration Desk Opens |
| 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. |
| 9:45am Break-out sessions | Marketing on Micro Budgets – Laura Milke Garner, MILKE |
| Talking ’bout the Toolkit: Improving engagement with First Nations people in your community | |
| Funding One-on-Ones – Jessica Anderson & Jill Brown, Department of Creative Industries | |
| 11:00am | Morning Tea |
| 11:30am | Pitching Session 5 – Get Togethers |
| UP THERE (Insert Town Here) – UP THERE Collective | |
| Regional Dance Artist Online Hub – Ausdance WA | |
| 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 | |
| Memory of Rain – The Tipping Point | |
| Cine-Circus – Acrobatch | |
| A Conversation with Perth Festival – Perth Festival | |
| 12:45pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm | Pitching Session 6 |
| 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 |
| Last Minute Ticket Buying Trend – Laura Milke Garner, MILKE | |
| 3:15pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:45pm | Creative WA: 10 Year Vision Progress and Creative Industries Update – Dr. Nikki Miller, A/Executive Director Creative Industries |
| 4:45pm | Economic Reverberation: In-Depth Venue Case Study – Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services |
| Email Marketing – How To – Laura Milke Garner, MILKE | |
| 6:00pm | Artist in Residence Creative Showing |
| 7:00pm | Networking Drinks at Subiaco Hotel |
DAY FOUR - FRIDAY 25 JULY
| 8:30am | Registration Desk Opens |
| 9:00am | Pitching Session 7 |
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 | |
Ngurragabu [Yawuru: from the last night/what is to come next/tomorrow] – Marrugeku | |
CATALPA: Flight to Freedom – THEATRE 180 & WA Museum | |
Hometown – Spare Parts Puppet Theatre | |
| 10:30am | Morning Tea |
| 11:00am | Economic Persuasion: Turning Data into Dialogue for Performing Arts Venues – Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services |
| 12:30pm | Official Closing of WA Showcase 2025 |
| 1:00pm | WA Showcase 2025 finishes |
the 2025 pinnacle awards
Nominations for the 2025 Pinnacle Awards have now closed.
The awards are open to any and all performing arts producers and presenters. The criterion for the awards is ‘excellence’ in all its forms. Your experience with a producer or presenter may be as a result of a tour, partnership or collaboration.
Key Dates
- Nominations Open – Wednesday 23 April 2025
- Nominations Close – Monday 9 June 2025
- Nominees Announced – Monday 30 June 2025
The winners of the 2025 Pinnacle Awards will be announced at WA Showcase.
WANT TO BE PART OF WA SHOWCASE?
PITCHING APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 HAVE NOW CLOSED
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse performing during their pitch at WA Showcase 2024. Image Credit: Adam Scott, Infinite Productions
Pitching is about sharing your passion for a performing arts project with the sector at Western Australia’s annual arts market and conference. The aim of pitching is to start conversations with interested presenters about touring, programming and partnerships.
Pitching is about showing the heart and soul of your work – why WA audiences must see it, and why regional and outer-metro communities need it in their venues.
Check out the Application Guide for more information!
LEARN HOW TO APPLY AND PITCH FOR SUCCESS!
'pitch good' online information session
A session all about pitching and applying to pitch – deciding whether you’re ready, which pitch type is right for your work, how to apply, and to what it might lead. We will also cover what a strong application looks like, and what you will need to do to prepare for WA Showcase if your application to pitch is successful.
