bAKEHOUSE Community + Artistic Programs
2009 + 2012 StoryLines Festival: New work by diverse artists: theatre, dance, visual art, writing. Multiple partnerships: NAISDA; St Ignatius College; NIDA; Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Home; TRS + more
2012 Company in Residence, Critical Stages, Sydney
2013 Artist in Residence, Red Leap Theatre NZ
2013 - pres bACE (India): the bAKEHOUSE Artistic Cultural Exchange Partnership with multiple Mumbai-based theatre companies & venues. The establishment of an arts program in Kamathipura, India’s oldest and largest red light district. In partnership with AAWC Apne Aap Women’s Collective working with victims of trafficking click link for more JATINGA 2017
2015 I AM WE ARE bAKEHOUSE in Mt Druit: Development of new work with students of Loyola College. Launching a scholarship assisting tertiary education for most deserving new Australian citizens click link for more VIDEO
2016 - 2018 The Chesterfield at KXT: community engagement: rapid response to burning issues. Re-thinking the way we live. A program of live music, exhibitions, readings and conversations
2017 – pres KXTeethcutting at KXT A series of free play reads showcasing recent grads and emerging actors and directors.. 2017 – 2018 delivered by Danny Ball and Hugo Kahn // 2019 – pres delivered by Legit Theatre Co click link for more PLAY READING at KXT
2018 - pres Step Up at KXT KXT based formalisation of the bAKEHOUSE mentoring program offering support and opportunities to new companies, artists and work. Program includes but is not limited to the Step Up team click link for more STEP UP 2019
2018 – pres KXT Crossroads at KXT ~ Where art and community meet: A program of events and partnerships providing awareness and fundraising for NFPs and community based organisations click link for more CROSSROADS
2019 – pres Write Up with KX Hotel Providing time and space for new work at various stages of early development click link for more WRITE UP 2019
2019 – pres Popupstairs with KX Hotel A platform showcasing experimental and non-traditional work in a creative space sharing partnership with KX Hotel click link for more POPUPSTAIRS 2019
2018 – pres Storytellers Festival at KXT A 2 week pop-up celebration of playwrights and words, bringing the artistic community together in the presentation of full length plays, small pieces of writing and special events, curated by playwright Joanna Erskine click link for more STORYTELLERS 2019
2020 - pres The Laboratory at KXT A bAKEHOUSE / Montague Basement partnership offering peer support, networking and dramaturgical guidance to writers click link for more THE LABORATORY
2020 - the bAKEHOUSE 2020 Residencies at KXT / the bAKEHOUSE response to Covid. Offering time and space to 12 producers, 7 companies, 3 designers, 10 emerging writers and 6 directors for the further and ongoing development of their work
2021 - the KXT StoryLines Festival In partnership with GRL PWR Productions, kwento and Slanted Theatre, and led by Festival Ambassadors Renee Lim and Elijah Williams
bAKEHOUSE Production Portfolio
2008 her holiness by Justin Fleming at Seymour Centre
2010 the History Boys by Alan Bennett at NIDA Parade Playhouse
2012 Great Expectations by Nick Ormond for Under the Wharf at ATYP
2012 the StoryLines Festival at NIDA + Tamarama Rock Surfers
2013 Two Hands at CRACK Festival + ATYP
2013 Love Field by Ron Elisha at TAP Gallery Sold Out
2014 His Mother’s Voice by Justin Fleming for Under the Wharf at ATYP Sold Out
2015 the Ishmael Club by Bill Garner + Sue Gore at Old Fitz Theatre Sold Out
2015 KXT Built and Launched
2016 Black Jesus by Anders Lustgarten at KXT
2016 Visiting Hours by John Harrison, Mike Costi at KX Hotel for Vivid Festival Sold Out
2016 The Invisible Circus Festival at KXT with Siren Theatre
2017 The Laden Table multi-writers at KXT Sold Out
2017 Jatinga by Purva Naresh and company at KXT with Aarambh, Mumbai Sold Out
2017 Night Slows Down by Philip Rouse at KXT with Don’t Look Away
2018 Visiting Hours reboot in partnership with KX Hotel Sold Out
2018 Dresden by Justin Fleming at KXT Sold Out
2019 Coram Boy by Helen Edmundson at KXT Sold Out
2021 Falling by Nikita Waldron at KXT in partnership with GRL PWR
2021 The Marriage Agency by Saman Shad at KXT in partnership with kwento
2021 3 Fat Virgins Unassembled by Olivia Yu at KXT in partnership with Slanted Theatre