The Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation (SB&WF) has announced the Board’s approval of awards totaling $110,000 to nine applicants from the performing arts. The successful projects were selected from a large field of 41 applications representing a wide variety of companies and individual artists from NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia including:
McFadden Music Co
The co-producer Peter Fleming has successfully applied for funds to stage a musical based on a classic Filipino novel involving the Sydney Filipino community. The work, directed by Aarne Neeme, has already received development and will be produced at Riverside Theatres Parramatta in mid-2019. The funds will be applied to the director and designer’s fees. SB&WF Grant: $12,000
Squabbalogic Independent Theatre Music Theatre Inc
Jay James-Moody, Artistic Director and Producer of this well-established independent music-theatre company specialising in unusual and innovative work, has successfully applied for financial assistance to stage a new production that has already received significant development by a group of experienced artists. SB&WF Grant: $20,000
Seymour Centre
Artistic Director and General Manager Tim Jones has successfully applied for assistance to stage/re-stage five productions. SB&WF Grant (to support one production: Ear to the Edge of Time by Alana Valentine): $5000
Hub Studio
Oliver Wenn previously received assistance from SBWF in 2016 to complete six episodes of a web-series called The Bench. They have been screened to invited audiences with considerable success. Oliver Wen has successfully applied for further funding to showcase the episodes with the aim of obtaining wide distribution. SB&WF Grant: $8,000
Wendy Moche
PNG NIDA Graduate and Resident Writer at the Jute Theatre Company based in Cairns, Queensland, Wendy Moche has successfully applied for funds to conduct a workshop for PNG actors and writers in association with the company. SB&WF Grant: $10,000
Marrugeku Inc
Producer Justin Macdonell has successfully applied for financial support for a production that will be seen in several Australian states and will tour to the USA. Marrugeku is a is well-run indigenous dance company based in Broome, Western Australia, with an international profile. SB&WF Grant: $15,000
Performance Space
Emily Langridge, Marketing and Development Manager at Performance Space operating at the Sydney Carriageworks arts complex, has successfully sought assistance for the annual two-week festival of innovative, interactive performances, a popular event now an important part of Sydney’s theatrical year. SB&WF Grant: $18,000
bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company
Suzanne Millar, Artistic Director of this independent theatre company with its track record of highly original theatre production in Kings Cross, has successfully submitted a clear and precise application to develop a new production dealing with serious social issues. SB&WF Grant: $14,000
Shopfront Arts Company
Based in Carlton NSW, Shopfront is a long-established and successful youth performing arts centre. The Company received SBWF support in 2017 and applied the funds in strict accordance with their application. Creative Director Natalie Rose has successfully applied for funding for ArtsLab, a core emerging artists program. SB&WF Grant: $8,000
Guidelines for SB&W Foundation Grants include significant Australian content, work that reflects different aspects of Australian culture, projects that demonstrate originality and imagination, have a clear set of achievable artistic aims, have potential for artistic and popular success, provide employment opportunities and supported by a realistic budget.
Consideration is also given to work that adds value to the Australian performing arts and brings Australian theatre to regional and even international audiences. For information on applications for the final round of 2018 Grants in November, visit: www.sbwfoundation.com for details.
Image: Ear to the Edge of Time – courtesy of the Seymour Centre