PITCH YOUR WORK AT THE MAIN EVENT FOR WA VENUES AND ARTISTS

Your chance to tell your music story to the managers from venues across WA. In June 2020, the stage at Subiaco Arts Centre will come alive for CircuitWest’s WA Showcase with WA’s finest artists pitching the best WA work to almost every venue that presents performing arts in the state. Pitching at WA Showcase allows… More

New resource – Audience engagement strategies

A Guide to Blowing  Up Your Paint Box If you have ever been made to walk like a penguin at a serious arts conference and it was more fun than the free sundowner, engage here. Lindsey Buller Maliekel raised the bar on audience engagement at WA Showcase 2018 and by 2019 with her co-speaker WT… More

How To Find Your “Lost’ Customers

How MANPAC Re-Found 10,000 subscribers In late 2018,  MANPAC  believed  it could only contact  13% of its huge database. Research the same year showed email was the favourite ticketing buying channel for customers. This was a significant problem. The database, 30,000 records strong built with an ENTA platform, has been in operation since 2016 and… More

Are we conquered by being divided?

The Major Performing Arts (MPA) Framework Review has certainly sent a shockwave through the sector as a whole and opened up new avenues for debate and comment. It would seem that this latest consultation appears to have opened a wound that threatens to turn the sector against itself. I think we are missing something deep… More

CircuitWest is HIRING! Marketing Project Manager

MAKE A DIFFERENCE as our MARKETING PROJECT MANAGER CircuitWest is looking for a Marketing Project Manager to take the reigns of an exciting, sector-building, arts marketing project. Described as a “centralised marketing resource”, this role will work closely with professional arts presenters and venues across the regions of Western Australia to develop, and assist with the implementation of… More

Black Swan welcomes new Artistic Director

Following the announcement in late 2015, that its Artistic Director Kate Cherry, will leave the company at the end of 2016 after 9 years in her post, the company has announced Clare Watson as Kate’s successor. Clare Watson says “I am honoured and excited to be returning to Perth in the role of Artistic Director… More

2017 Asialink arts residency info session

Join Asialink and past Asialink Arts Resident Sally Richardson at the King St Art Centre for an introduction to the program and Q&A session. Applications open 28 July for the 2017 round.  A DCA, WA Grants & Programs Officer will also give a brief presentation about the DCA grants program, with a focus on upcoming Fellowship grants. The Officer… More

NEW Regional Presenter development program

CircuitWest will deliver a number of projects as part of the WA Government’s Royalties for Regions’ investment into regional culture and arts. The program is designed to streamline business structures and programming strategies to increase the viability of regional performing arts touring in WA. Over the next six months, we will deliver projects including: a new online toolkit,… More