Touring Victoria

AUSPICIOUS ARTS PROJECTS INC FOR KUTCHA EDWARDS, HAWTHORN, $35,478
Mutti Mutti singer/songwriter Kutcha Edwards performs in 26 locations in regional Victoria.

NICHOLAS CLARK MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, CHELTENHAM, $49,650
Two original Australian productions – The Alphabet of Awesome Science and Barbaroi – visit  26 regional and outer metro venues in 2022.

THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET, SOUTHBANK, $75,000
The Australian Ballet Regional Tour takes world-class ballet to Mildura and Bendigo with 30 dancers performing a selection of new and much-loved classical works, alongside a community engagement program.

NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS TOURING SUPPORT VICTORIA INC (NETS), MELBOURNE, $272,114
NETS Victoria's Touring Exhibition Program 2022-2024 presents two contemporary art exhibitions by Victorian artists at seven Victorian venues.

TRASH TEST DUMMIES PTY LTD T/A DUMMIES CORP, ELTHAM, $24,872
All-female circus-comedy show – Don’t Mess with The Dummies – tours to regional and outer metro Victorian locations.

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PTY LTD, MELBOURNE, $120,000
MSO Regional Touring 2022sees the Orchestra visit nine regional Victorian communities with a vision to meet the unique needs of each region and increase access to professional arts and cultural programming.

FINUCANE AND SMITH INC, FITZROY NORTH, $80,000
Finucane and Smith's national tour Travelling Dance Hall - the Whole of Community Celebration visits 33 locations in Victoria.

MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC, MELBOURNE, $108,266
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra 2022 Touring Season is a state-wide program of orchestral and chamber music touring, visiting 25 destinations.

Arena Theatre Company, $19,059

Critical Stages, $29,811

Flinders Quartet Inc, $18,000

Flying Fruit Fly Foundation, $70,500

HIT Productions Pty Ltd, $36, 291

ILBIJERRI Theatre, $32,573

La Mama Inc, $22,338

Michael Currie for The Heffernan Project, $13,600

Nicholas Clark Management, $24,035

National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria, $128,900

Opera Australia, $146,172

The Village Festival of New Performance, $72,240

The Wheeler Centre, $65,000

Woodfordia Inc, $43,570

Wordsworth Productions, $16,000

Anvil Productions, $30,000

To tour 2:20 AM, a play by Rebecca Lister drawing on real stories of people impacted by suicide, to eight regional and outer metro locations from September 2019. Each performance will be followed by a facilitated forum run by professionals in social, mental health and bereavement work.

Behind the Wire, $64,655

To tour They Cannot Take the Sky – Stories from Detention, an award-winning exhibition developed with the Immigration Museum telling stories of asylum seekers held in detention in Australia. The tour will visit four regional towns with significant migrant and refugee communities from July 2019 – including Bendigo (in partnership with La Trobe Art Institute) and Shepparton (in partnership with Goulburn Valley Libraries).

National Exhibitions Touring Support Victoria, $106,904

To tour two exhibitions to five regional and outer metropolitan locations from July 2019: Great Movements of Feeling curated by Zara Sigglekow and featuring six contemporary artists, and In Her Words curated by Olivia Poloni and based on the Horsham Regional Art Gallery’s collection.

Circus Oz, $130,672

To tour the latest show from Circus Oz to six regional and two outer metropolitan destinations from February 2020. The tour will be accompanied by a range of community activities at each location including workshops, masterclasses, and discussion forums.

Alternative Facts PTY LTD, $47,222

To tour Grace under Pressure, a play by David Williams and Paul Dwyer based on the stories of 30 health professionals, to three regional and two outer metropolitan locations from March 2020. This will be accompanied by professional development opportunities for emerging artists and workshops for health professionals.

The Wheeler Centre, $51,280

To tour 13 literary events for children and adults featuring leading writers. The 18-month tour begins in July 2019 and partners with venues and local government in Warrnambool, Ballarat, Macedon Ranges Shire, and North East Victoria.

Watch This Inc, $18,000

To tour Sunday in the Park with George, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, to Geelong in August 2019. The season of four shows is accompanied by music theatre masterclasses, panel discussions, hands-on workshops, and activities with Courthouse Youth Arts and Geelong Gallery.

The Village Festival of New Performance, $71,775

To tour The Village Festival, a travelling arts festival, to Benalla in November 2019 and Melton in March 2020. The program includes songwriting workshops and events including the World Kitchen, the Fire Spectacular, and the Kids Cardboard Carnevale.

Regional Arts Victoria, $43,776

For shows in 26 regional and two outer metropolitan locations from July 2019 – Three Birds One Cock by Three Birds Theatre, Loose Ends by Jens Altheimer, Varietyville (Acts of Absurdity) by Varietyville, and The Kutcha Edwards Hour by Kutcha Edwards.

The Melbourne Rainbow Band, $15,500

To tour the band to the 2019 OUTintheOPEN Festival, Shepparton’s annual festival celebrating LGBTI+ pride and community diversity. The 40-piece LGBTIQA community concert band will work with local musicians to develop their performance as part of the festival.

Lab Kelpie Inc., $20,496

To tour Spencer, a new play by Katy Warner exploring the nature of self-acceptance, identity, masculinity and depression, to four regional and two outer metro destinations from July 2019. Accompanying programming includes community and professional development activities.

The Australian Ballet, $80,000

To tour the classic ballet Coppelia to Warragul and Shepparton in August 2019 – including a program of masterclasses for local dancers, behind-the-scenes activities for audiences, and internship places on the tour for two regional dancers and a stage management student.

December 2019

Antony Attridge, $7500

Screenings of Burn Gently, an Australian hip hop documentary, accompanied by live interviews and panel discussions. The film is directed by Sensible Antixx and co-produced by Hideaway Productions and N'fa Jones.

DanceBourne Arts, $7500

Drysdale and Wonthaggi.

Presentation of DanceBourne Arts’ recently revised Pointe, Line and Surface, a performance exploring the history of ballet, with accompanying workshops at local dance schools in Drysdale and Wonthaggi.

Performing Lines, $23 407

Cardinia Shire Council, HotHouse Theatre – Wodonga, Greater Shepparton City Council, Latrobe City Council and Geelong Arts Centre.

Presentation of Jessie Lloyd’s Mission Songs Project, an initiative reviving First Nations songs about life on the ‘mish’, at four regional locations and one outer metropolitan location in 2020 as part of a national tour. The Wodonga and Geelong based editions will also include community engagement activities.

Woodfordia Inc, $25, 000

Loch, Port Albert, Port Fairy, Red Cliffs, Wycheproof, Pomonal, Glenlyon, Sedgwick, Merton, Hallston, Heyfield, Tarwin Lower, Stanley and Barnawartha.

To support emerging folk singer and pop punk poet Alana Wilkinson’s tour with the 2020 Festival of Small Halls. The festival will travel to 14 regional destinations across Victoria as part of a national tour and will offer community workshops and performance opportunities for local support acts along the way.

Play On Presents, $30, 396

Locations to be announced.

To tour Tell Me Why by Archie Roach, the life story of the iconic First Nations Elder, performer and storyteller, based on his memoir and album of the same name. The tour is travelling to 12 regional and two outer metropolitan destinations in 2020, and will include support act opportunities for local First Nations musicians, as well as meet-and-greet sessions and book and CD signings.

Orchestra Victoria, $ 75, 000

Presentation of the Orchestra Victoria Bendigo Festival 2020, a program of concerts and activities in Bendigo and surrounding towns including five chamber music concerts; a brass concert; a sensory concert; a series of children’s concerts in local libraries, including a bilingual concert in English and Karen; the mOVe education program of workshops and performances; a goldfields cabaret; a live performance to a silent film; plus initiatives to improve access to concerts for parents, refugees, children and the elderly.

Mary Souness, $128 960

Alexandra, Bena, Bright, Charlton, Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota, Orbost, Ruby, Ruffy, Tarwin Lower, Toora, Wangaratta and Yarroweyah.

To tour the 2020 Café Culture Series to 13 regional destinations, featuring The Royal Hi Jinks; western–swing band The Canyon Callers; music designed to make your laugh out loud from Lady Ha Ha!; and Argentinian singer and dancer Juan Vernon with La Bussa Tango. The performances are accompanied by a music and dance workshop program.

Critical Stages, $142 833

Traralgon, Warragul, Shepparton, Swan Hill, Portland, Wodonga, Ararat, Gannawarra, Geelong and Mildura.

To tour four theatre productions to various regional destinations: Red Stitch Actors Theatre’s American Song, a show about gun violence by Joanna Murray Smith; Red Stitch Actors Theatre’s Lamb, a piece on dementia by Jane Bodie with music by Mark Seymour; A Migrant’s Son, a cabaret work paying tribute to her Greek migrant family by Michaela Burger; and Rolling on the Floor Laughing so Hard by The Listies, an award-winning children’s comedy. Each show is accompanied by community engagement activities.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, $157 000

Bendigo, Mildura, Warragul, Shepparton, Ballarat, Port Fairy and Wangaratta.

Presentation of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2020 Regional Touring Program in 11 regional destinations. The program includes the MSO in concert with British composers, The Lark Ascending; Swan Lake and Saint-Saens and Handel’s Messiah; Indigenous Lullabies, a family concert in partnership with regional First Peoples communities and language custodians; Melbourne Ensemble performing works by Beethoven in celebration of his 250th birthday; a schools production of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf; and a program of community engagement activities.

Each concert is to be opened by a musical acknowledgement of country developed with Deborah Cheetham and First Peoples language custodians.

Kieran Carroll, $22,300
Tour of Kieran Carroll’s The Truth Is Longer Than a Lie, a play investigating children’s experiences of family abuse and professional intervention. The tour is presented in partnership with Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault and performances will be accompanied by Q&A forums with industry professionals. Destinations include: Mildura, Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Moe, Traralgon.

Circus Oz, $98,710
Support for the Victorian leg of the national tour of Precarious, Circus Oz’s new main stage production. The tour will include a circus workshop program at each destination. Destinations: Sale, Bendigo and Warragul.

Flinders QuartetInc, $15,000
Tour of two concert programs that showcase compositions by emerging composers alongside well-known repertoire. The tour will include mentorship opportunities for teen string quartets in partnership with the John Noble Quartet Program, and shared performances with local musical groups to support the development of emerging musicians. Destinations include: Shepparton, Romsey, Eltham, Wyndham Vale, Warragul, Ballarat, Dromana, Bendigo.

HIT Productions, $84,500
Support for the Victorian leg of the national tour of Geraldine Aron’s My Brilliant Divorce, a comedy starring Mandi Lodge. Performances will be accompanied by community engagement activities. Destinations include: Bairnsdale, Buchan, Mallacoota, Wodonga, Sale, Mooroolbark, Kyneton, Pyramid Hill, Elmore, Heathcote, Bendigo, St Arnaud, Dunkheld, Balmoral, Ararat, Colac, Upwey, Warragul, Drysdale, Murchison, Tatura, Dookie.

Opera Australia, $132,799
Support for the Victorian leg of the national tour of a new production of Bizet’s Carmen. Performances will be accompanied by education workshops and the Regional Children's Chorus program which gives children in regional areas the opportunity to perform onstage with Opera Australia during the tour. Destinations include: Bendigo, Wangaratta, Mildura, Sale, Warragul, Bunjil Place - Narre Warren.

Regional ArtsVictoria, $123,000
Delivery of the second part of Regional Arts Victoria’s 2018 touring program. Featuring Damien Callinan’s comedic Swing Man, performances by Southern Ocean Sea Band, Michael Veitch's one man historical epic Hellship – the Journey of the Ticonderoga, Finucane & Smith’s Dance Hall, St Martins’ Fitter.Faster.Better, and Suitcase Royale’s Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon. The program will take in more than 30 regional and outer metropolitan destinations. Destinations include: Apollo Bay, Ararat, Archies Creek, Bairnsdale, Ballarat, Birregurra, Bruthen, Cape Otway, Colac, Drysdale, Hamilton, Healesville, Horsham, Katamatite, Kerang, Kyneton, Montrose, Narre Warren, Portland, Ruffy, Sale, Swan Hill, Tallarook, Terang, Trafalgar, Traralgon, Wangaratta, Warburton, Warragul, Warrnambool, Werribee, Wodonga, Yarck, Yea.

The Village Festival of New Performance, $43,939
To present The Village Festival in Benalla as part of the 2018 Benalla Festival. The program will include community engagement activities in the lead up to the festival, re-invention of the Benalla Street Parade, a school drama program, and a food-based performance The World Kitchen.

Australian Centre for the Moving Image, $61,712
Confirmed destinations: Warrnambool, Morwell, Swan Hill, Bairnsdale
For a regional tour of the Code Breakers: Women in Games exhibition throughout 2018 and 2019. Developed by ACMI, this exhibition celebrates the achievements of Australian and New Zealand women in the digital games industry. At each destination the tour will also include ‘Meet the Makers’ talks and workshops with featured games developers.

CreateAbility, $20,000
Confirmed destination: Wodonga
A tour of the theatre show No Hands, by mixed ability ensemble CreateAbility to The Cube Wodonga in September 2018. The tour will see the Bendigo-based ensemble give public performances and also share and exchange their skills with members of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. The visit will include student, teacher and public workshops on creating inclusive performances for - and with - people of diverse abilities.

HIT Productions Pty Ltd, $132,110
Confirmed destinations: Ararat, Bairnsdale, Ballarat, Bendigo, Colac, Echuca, Healesville, Horsham, Kyneton, Narre Warren, Sale, Shepparton, Swan Hill, South Morang, Traralgon, Upwey, Wangaratta, Warragul
Pop up performance confirmed for Lake Tyers
Support for the Victorian leg of the national tour of a new production of musical theatre show The Sapphires. This production, which will take in 33 destinations across Victoria between February and September 2019, will feature an ensemble of emerging Aboriginal performers. The season will also include a ‘pop up’ version of the show which will tour to Aboriginal communities for free performances. In addition to performances, the season will include pre-show talks with writer and director of this production Tony Briggs and members of the original Sapphires, post-show Q&As, and meet and greet opportunities.

Mary Souness, $148,000
Delivery of Just Shows to Go's 2018 Café Culture Series which will run from February to December, touring to 16 small communities across Victoria. The program includes Pacific Belles, a performance featuring songs from the 1940s; the cabaret performance Red Dress & the Sugar Man, featuring music by Tom Waits; swing performers Dr Crask & His Swingin' Elixir band; and A Night of Bollywood, a celebration of Indian music and dance. The program will be accompanied by a series of workshops and artist talks at select locations.

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, $79,492
Between April and September 2018, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will perform 22 concerts in regional and outer metropolitan Victoria. The program will include performances of French arias, as well as works by Mozart and Vivaldi. The program will include a residency in Daylesford featuring performance of Schubert’s octet, and the MCO Small Halls Tour which will feature the Melba Quartet. In addition to performances, the tour includes pre-concert talks, post-concert ‘meet the musicians’ events, community talks, education performances, workshops and masterclasses.

Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC), $39,925
Confirmed destinations: Bendigo, Charlton, Mildura, Stratford, Swan Hill, Warragul, Warrnambool
Between February and December 2018 the Melbourne Recital Centre will spread its programming from its Southbank headquarters into 14 regional and outer metropolitan destinations. The concert program will feature chamber ensembles from the Recital Centre’s Local Heroes concert series and will include post show talks for students and audience members.

Orchestra Victoria, $87,000
Confirmed destinations: Bendigo, Hamilton (festival program)Between February and October 2018, Orchestra Victoria will present over 45 activities in regional Victoria ranging from festivals celebrating orchestra music, education concerts and pop-up performances. The Orchestra team will also tour the Class and Brass program, featuring brass band workshops and free community concerts, in regions with a history of community brass bands.

Regional Arts Victoria, on behalf of Ilbijerri Theatre $27,669
Support for the Victorian leg of a national tour of Ilbijerri Theatre's production Which Way Home, based on writer Katie Beckett's memories of growing up with her single father, featuring Katie Beckett and Tony Briggs. The Victorian season, which will run from May to July 2018, will take in ten regional and outer metropolitan destinations and will also offer an accompanying education program for schools and educators.

Regional Arts Victoria, $161,672
Regional Arts Victoria will provide touring support services to twelve productions that were picked up by presenters at the 2017 Showcase Victoria marketplace event. Between March and November 2018 these productions will tour to 32 regional and six outer metropolitan destinations across Victoria. The following productions will be on tour Hart (She Said Theatre); That’s Not A Daffodil (Jump Leads Productions); Ickypedia (The Listies); Elegy (Lab Kelpie); Dinosaur Time Machine (Highwire Events & Entertainment); Damian Callinan’s Swing Man (Hey Boss); Hell Ship: The Journey of the Ticonderoga (Chester Productions); Personal (Jodee Mundy Collaborations); Crunch Box 3-speed: Re Booted (Dislocate); Macdeth (Company 13); Super Amazing Giant Girl (Anna Lumb); and FoRT (Asking for Trouble).

Western Edge Youth Arts, $22,100
For a tour of Caliban, a performance by The Edge Ensemble, Western Edge's company of emerging artists that reinterprets part of Shakespeare's Tempest. The performance premiered at Malthouse Theatre in 2016 and between May to June 2018, the show will tour to five regional and one outer metro destinations and in addition to performances, the company will present workshops for young audiences.

June 2017

Jen Anderson, $3,367
Confirmed destination: Port FairyTour of 'Pandora's Box' to the 2017 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival. The production is a 1920s silent film which will screen alongside the live performance of an original score written by Jen Anderson. In addition to the performance,  a composition workshop with local young people will also be held.

Circus Oz, $115,475
Confirmed destinations: Bendigo, Horsham, Warrnambool, Mildura, Narre WarrenTour of Circus Oz's latest production. Each stop will also include community engagement activities including public workshops and education performances.

Critical Stages, $7,001
Confirmed destinations: Mildura, Murrayville, OuyenTour of the comedy cabaret production 'Reception: The Musical', to north west Victoria. A post-show Q & A, and a series of drama and music theatre workshops for secondary school students and local artists  will be held as a part of the tour.

Flying Fruit Fly Circus, $42,438
Regional Victorian tour of the company's latest contemporary circus show 'JUNK', accompanied by a program of community activities.

HIT  Productions, $80,000
Current confirmed destinations:  Orbost, Mallacoota, Lakes Entrance  , Bairnsdale , Pyramid Hill, Elmore , Heathcote , Bendigo, Portland , Trafalgar, Neerim South, Cororooke, Cohuna, Kyneton, Upwey.

A tour of 'All My Love', a theatre production tracing the romance between Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore. The tour, which will take place in 2018, will include talks with  secondary school students, post-performance Q&As and post-performance meet and greet opportunities.

Georgie Mattingley $10,000
Confirmed destination: Warrnambool
For the presentation of Topias III, a solo exhibition of hand-painted photographs and large-scale video projections that will go on display at South West Healthcare, Warrnambool. Accompanying programming will  engage hospital staff, patients, local artists and the general public through include a professional development workshop with local TAFE students, an artist floor talk and creative skills workshops.

Melbourne Ballet Company, $9,519
Tour of 'Archè', a ballet inspired by 'Swan Lake'.  Accompanying programming will include company and performer talks, workshops and masterclasses for people of all ages and levels of experience.

Betty Sargeant, $13,897
Confirmed destination: Ararat
Presentation of The Playground, a public multi-media art-making project hosted by Ararat Regional Art Gallery. With the gallery closed for redevelopment, art will take over the streets in this interactive 'Pokémon Go'-style  project that will see artworks and sculpture pieces placed around the town for the community and visitors to find, collect and bring together to form a mass public artwork. Accompanying programming will include public workshops and an interactive exhibition.

Writers Victoria, $47,000
Current confirmed locations: Mildura, Traralgon, Woodend Presentation of 'Writers on the Road', an 18-month touring program of literary events and professional development activities for writers in regional and outer metropolitan Victoria.