BEHIND THE SCENES

bAKEHOUSE, KXT and the Contemporary Australian Theatre Landscape

in 2009 bAKEHOUSE commissioned Justin Fleming to deliver A Land Beyond The River, a play examining the refugee experience and based in part on the lives of Elijah Williams (Sierra Leone), Alex Jalloh (Sierra Leone) and Kir Deng (South Sudan). A Land Beyond the River was a featured play in the 2012 StoryLines festival, launched at NIDA and continuing as part of the Tamarama Rock Surfers season

In 2013 working with a company of 21 artists from 13 nations speaking 11 languages bAKEHOUSE showcased Two Chairs at CRACK! Festival and ATYP

In 2013 bAKEHOUSE staged early developments of The Laden Table at ICE - Information and Cultural Exchange at Parramatta Sydney

In 2014 working with the support of Innovaid bAKEHOUSE partnered with Apne Aap Women’s Collective in Kamathipura, Mumbai to establish an arts program for the victims of sex trafficking, creating an international artistic exchange

In 2014 bAKEHOUSE partnered with FATSthearts, Aramabh and Rage Prods at The Workspace in Pune, India to begin work on the early stages of Jatinga

2014 - now bAKEHOUSE funded and facilitated the following bACE residencies:

  • 2014: Actor and project deviser Jarrod Crellin, 8 weeks / Mumbai

  • 2015: Activist and actor Taryn Brine, 1 week / Mumbai

  • 2015: Writer Katie Pollock, 1 week / Mumbai

  • 2016: Producer John Harrison, 1 week / Mumbai

  • 2016: Writer Purva Naresh, 1 week / Sydney

  • 2017: Actor and activist Sapna Bhavnani, 6 weeks / Sydney

  • 2017: Actor and project deviser Faezeh Jalali, 6 weeks / Sydney

  • 2017: Lighting and Sound designer Yael Crishna, 6 weeks / Sydney

  • The bAKEHOUSE / bACE project is ongoing

In 2015 / 2016 bAKEHOUSE provided partial funding for the NIDA Diversity Survey - an essential, important and sweeping look at the experiences of First Nations and BIPOC students at NIDA. Results pending

In 2015 bAKEHOUSE worked with Loyola College in Mt Druitt to establish a scholarship for tertiary education for the most promising students, unable to attend university due to uncertain citizenship. The partnership delivered start up funds in excess of $50,000

In 2016 bAKEHOUSE partnered with Education and Learning Foundation, LBW and Mumbai-based company Yarambh Theatre to further develop and showcase The Laden Table and Jatinga in a season of sideshows for The Invisible Circus, that included panels, events and workshops.

In 2017 bAKEHOUSE partnered with Don’t Look Away theatre co to support and deliver Phillip Rouse’s debut play Night Slows Down, investigating the politics of climate change

In 2019 bAKEHOUSE co-produced Megan Wilding’s ground breaking play A Little Piece of Ash, partnering with JackRabbit Theatre and investing significantly in the production budget of the sold out season.

In 2020 bAKEHOUSE provided a fully-funded scholarship place for an artist of colour to attend the international Masterclass Pleasure to Play

In 2021 working with company Ambassadors Renee Lim and Elijah Williams, bAKEHOUSE partnered with 3 exciting emerging companies to deliver a season of plays, workshops, reads and developments of work to bring the StoryLines Festival model to the KXT stage: Falling by Nikita Waldron in partnership with GRL PWR productions; The Marriage Agency by Saman Shad in partnership with kwento; 3 Fat Virgins Unassembled by Ovidia Yu in partnership with Slanted Theatre

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We are committed to telling the stories missing from our stages.

Using a model of community partnership, including cultural representation and community advisors, and close engagement with BIPOC and First Nations artists we are proud to provide a platform for the untold stories of Sydney.

Over the past 10 years bAKEHOUSE has collaborated with the following groups and organisations to build plays, promote social change and support their work:

AAPNE AAP WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE (Mumbai); THE HIVE (Mumbai); INNOVAID (Mumbai); THE REFUGEE ART PROJECT; KINCHELA BOYS HOME ABORIGINAL CORPORATION; SOUTH SUDAN EDUCATES GIRLS; SHALOM GAMARADA; LOYOLA COLLEGE, MT DRUITT; ALL SAINTS AFRICAN CENTRE; ABE'S BABES; INFORMATION AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE (ICE); NAISDA; THE SOUK COLLECTIVE; RAGE THEATRE, (Mumbai); THE COMPANY THEATRE, (Mumbai); AARAMBH THEATRE, (Mumbai); NIDA; RIVERSIDE THEATRES, PARRAMATTA; THE PARK THEATRE, (London UK); RED LEAP THEATRE, (Auckland NZ); FACULTY OF ASIAN STUDIES, SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, UNSW; MALAYSIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, UNSW + more

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