BEMAC Live

For The First Creatives debut full-length production, a multidisciplinary, intergenerational cast of First Nations’ women share stories of colonial violence, dispossession, motherhood, blak joy, connection and healing, woven together with song, dance and video.

Dynamic circus performers, dancers, musicians and DJs come together in celebration of the richness of West African arts through a contemporary creative lens.

Six friends gather at the local "sari-sari," a typical Filipino convenience store where people not only shop for groceries but also catch up over local beer, instant coffee, and peanuts. Among them are some "balikbayan," individuals who have returned home after living, working, or studying abroad, sharing tales of their lives in Australia. The show delves into the themes of reconnecting with one's homeland and embracing a migrant lifestyle.

Reverberations chronicles artist Kuweni Dias Mendis’ journey of belonging as a migrant woman of colour and culture in Australia. This multisensory arts experience begins with screening the artist’s biographical film followed by live performance art with live music, movement, and mark-making. The audience will be invited to participate in the co-creating an ephemeral installation.

Some days life isn’t a rainbow and getting out of bed is a bad idea! In the search for courage squishy dinosaurs, witchy magic and colourful rocky horrors take over the Queensland Multicultural Centre in Mark du Potiers’ free exhibition and party with performances, music, dance, food and drinks.

Visual artist Yao Mikami and vocalist Mico Sundari join forces as AWUWA to deliver a spiritual, multidimensional performance combining captivating melodies and evanescent visual art made with liquid light. In... Read more »

A kaleidoscope of multilingual poetry, songs and instrumental music, dance and shadow puppetry by The Resonant Heart. This all female cast of interdisciplinary artists draw from the embodied knowledge of their cultures to deliver, at once, a performance and a ritual.

An exploration of exotification and contemporary masculinity which delves deeply into the collective lived experience of people with diverse backgrounds, performed by Lucky Lartey, who also choreographed the work, and Vishnu Arunasalam. In this dance work, Lucky and Vishnu reclaim their identity, deconstructing and reconstructing the notion of what diverse contemporary work is expected to look like.