Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) launches the Spotlight and Searchlight 2012 program.

Since the biennial arts market began in 1994 with 200 participants, APAM now connects over 600 artists and programmers from around the globe to discover Australia and New Zealand’s best new performing arts, find new collaborators and meet fellow professionals and key arts funding and development agencies to develop and negotiate international and national tours.

APAM is funded by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts and the South Australian Government through Arts SA. Presented in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Fringe, the 2012 APAM program highlights include:

• A Spotlight program featuring 33 performing arts companies
• A Searchlight program providing the opportunity for 17 companies to pitch and present exciting new works in development
• A significant indigenous component with 5 works with indigenous content
• On Display – a lively trade fair representing more than 40 performing arts companies and organisations
• G’day Mate – an introduction to a number of exciting Australian performing arts companies and their current projects

SPOTLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS

• Jack Charles V the Crown from Ilbijerri Theatre Company, fresh from its season at the 2011 Brisbane Festival
• Belvoir’s hit production of Samuel Beckett’s The End starring Robert Menzies
• Ganesh Versus the Third Reich from the iconic Back to Back Theatre which has just premiered at the 2011 Melbourne International Arts Festival
• Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s production of Waltzing the Wilarra by David Milroy which premiered at the 2011 Perth International Arts Festival
• Tangle by Polyglot Theatre
• Double Think by Byron Perry

SEARCHLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS

• Black Thread White Thread written by Bryony Lavery, directed by Chris Drummond Created by Brink Productions in collaboration with London-based English Touring Theatre (ETT)

“In 2010 APAM attracted the largest delegation to date of 584 delegates, which saw 34 companies presenting work in the 2010 Spotlight program and 21 companies pitched work in the 2010 Searchlight program. In 2012 APAM will continue to build on initiatives for networking and relationship building in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere,” comments Lee-Anne Donnolley, Executive Producer, Australian Performing Arts Market.

Donnolley continues, “we believe the success of APAM lies in the fact that the event has been allowed to grow and mature over the years, enabling it to develop into a fundamentally effective marketplace within a genuinely creative environment.”

Key Spokespeople
Lee-Anne Donnolley, Executive Producer, Australian Performing Arts Market, mobile number: 0410 653 120

Collette Brennan, Director, Market Development, Australia Council for the Arts, mobile number: 0412 543 090

To join the mailing list and to see the full 2012 APAM Program visit www.performingartsmarket.com.au