WA SHOWCASE 2025

TUESDAY 22 - FRIDAY 25 JULY

Subiaco Arts Centre

Registrations for WA Showcase 2025 have closed.

Tuesday 22 – Friday 25 July
Subiaco Arts Centre

Pictured: Aunty Debra Pigram and Uncle Wayne Webb at WA Showcase 2024. Image Credit: Adam Scott, Infinite Productions

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

9:30amRegistration Desk OpensFoyer
10:00amFirst Nations Attendees Welcome SessionRehearsal Room
11:00amFirst & Second Time Attendees Welcome SessionStudio
12:00pmBBQ LunchTheatre 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
3:15pmAfternoon TeaMultipurpose Room
3:45pmPitching Session 1Main 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
5:00pmSubiaco Arts Centre bar opensFoyer
6:00pm2025 Pinnacle Awards CeremonyMain Auditorium
7:00pm2025 Pinnacle Awards FunctionFoyer

DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 23 JULY

8:30amRegistration Desk OpensFoyer
9:00amPitching Session 2Main 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
10:30amMorning TeaMultipurpose Room
11:00amPitching Session 3Main Auditorium
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
12:45pmLunchMultipurpose Room
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
2:30pmConnections in Motion: Facilitated Networking SessionGallery
3:30pmAfternoon TeaMultipurpose Room
4:00pmPitching Session 4Main 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 THREE - THURSDAY 24 JULY

8:30amRegistration Desk OpensFoyer
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 IndustriesStudio
11:00amMorning TeaMultipurpose Room
11:30amPitching Session 5 – Get TogethersBreak Out
UP THERE (Insert Town Here) – UP THERE CollectiveOutside/Foyer
Regional Dance Artist Online Hub – Ausdance WAStudio
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 AmphitheatreGallery
Memory of Rain – The Tipping PointGallery/Outside
Cine-Circus – AcrobatchFoyer
A Conversation with Perth Festival – Perth FestivalMain Auditorium
12:45pmLunchMultipurpose Room
1:45pmPitching Session 6Main 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

Last Minute Ticket Buying Trend

Laura Milke Garner, MILKE

Studio
3:15pmAfternoon 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

Email Marketing – How To

Laura Milke Garner, MILKE

Main Auditorium
6:00pmArtist in Residence Creative ShowingStudio
7:00pmFinal Night Function at Subiaco HotelThe Courtyard, Subiaco Hotel

DAY FOUR - FRIDAY 25 JULY

8:30amRegistration Desk OpensFoyer
9:00amPitching Session 7Main 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
10:30amMorning TeaMultipurpose Room
11:00am

Economic Persuasion: Turning Data into Dialogue for Performing Arts Venues

Tim Long, Hawkridge Entertainment Services

Main Auditorium
12:30pmOfficial Closing of WA Showcase 2025Main Auditorium
1:00pmWA Showcase 2025 finishes 

the 2025 pinnacle awards

Pictured: Jenny Broun and Minister David Templeman at the 2025 Pinnacle Awards. Image credit: Adam Scott, Infinite Productions

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.

This session was held on Tuesday 8 April. You can watch the recording anytime.