Performance Space, later Performance Space at Carriageworks, is an arts organisation based in

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, Australia, that develops and presents interdisciplinary arts and

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History

Performance Space was established in 1983 in a venue in Cleveland St, Redfern (known as Cleveland Street Performance Space from 1980 until 1983), with Christopher Allen as its manager. The building was formerly the

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Trade Union Dance Hall. In April 1987, the newly-formed performance group The Sydney Front performed ''Waltz'', composed by Sarah de Jong, directed by Nigel Kellaway, and featuring Roz Hervey, at the Performance Space. In 2007 the Performance Space moved to the

Carriageworks Carriageworks is a multi-arts urban cultural precinct located at the former Eveleigh Carriage Workshops in Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern, Sydney, Australia. Carriageworks showcases contemporary art and performing arts, as well as being use ...

contemporary multi-arts centre, when the company became known as Performance Space at Carriageworks. The original venue became known as 199 Cleveland Street Theatre between 2007 and 2013, and has also been referred to as Giant Dwarf Theatre and Old Performance Space.

Description

Performance Space develops and presents interdisciplinary arts and experimental theatre. the CEO is Vanessa Lloyd and Kate Britton is the

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...

. Performance Space is a member of the advocacy organisation Contemporary Art Organisations Australia.

References

External links

* {{official, https://performancespace.com.au
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Organisations based in Sydney Australian contemporary art Experimental theatre Culture of Sydney 1983 establishments in Australia