in review - Brisbane Festival

IN REVIEW
THANK
YOU
Fast Facts
3
Highlights 6
2015 Audience 10
Marketing & Communications 14
Publicity Report
16
Partnerships 17
The Commissioners
24
Brisbane Festival
Board & Staff
24
An arts festival is an opportunity for artists and audiences to take risks. It’s a
chance to experience new forms and new ideas and to lift our gaze beyond
the everyday.
This year’s Brisbane Festival, my first, tied together work from five continents
and many hundreds of artists, all of whom had something to say. These voices
spoke powerfully across the city, sharing views and experiences of the world
that were both challenging and refreshing. Sometimes our securities were
shaken, and often our hearts went out.
Brisbane Festival positions the city as a global player, but also connects
locally. That connection, crucially, extends to our partners – the Queensland
Government through Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council, our
Principal Partner Treasury Casino & Hotel, long-term Platinum partners
Channel Nine and Sunsuper, as well as our terrific Gold, Silver, Bronze,
Distinguished Partners and Supporters. You are the great enablers.
Thank you, also, to all Brisbane Festival Board Directors, led brilliantly by
Paul Spiro, the Festival staff led consummately by Valmay Hill, and an
amazing team of volunteers. The utter belief in the work, and the focused
desire to get it right, has been truly extraordinary to witness.
As the world becomes smaller and more connected, and the value of
creativity and sharing becomes clearer, Brisbane Festival will reverberate
with increasing consequence. I’m longing to get on to the next edition.
2015
FAST FACTS
6
WORLD PREMIERES &
15 AUSTRALIAN PREMIERES
78
PRODUCTIONS WITH OVER
501 PERFORMANCES
58
ARTS & CREATIVE
COMPANIES ENGAGED
OVER
50
SOLD OUT
PERFORMANCES
PRODUCTIONS FROM
12
DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES
OVER
1.5K
ARTISTS
FREE & TICKETED EVENTS
David Berthold, Artistic Director
1M 220K 58K
OVER
OVER
OVER
ATTENDEES
VISITED ARCADIA
TICKETS ISSUED
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THANK
YOU
Unforgettable,
courageous theatre
where time ceases
to matter because
what’s happening on
stage is too riveting.
This year’s Brisbane Festival vibrated
with a very distinct vision and voice.
Across 20 venues, more than 500 shows,
embracing a mixture of the meaty and
the merry and including 15 Australian
premieres and six world premieres,
Brisbane Festival provided abundant
opportunities for new experiences and
cultural adventures.
Productions and artists from 12 different
countries, including the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Singapore, USA, UK, Japan
and France, joined 26 Queensland and 17
interstate companies to create three weeks
of enlightening entertainment.
Photography by Chris Van der Burght
The Australian
A highlight was the focus on the Congo, an often
forgotten nation in the very heart of Africa. Coup Fatal
mesmerised with its mix of baroque music, Congolese
instruments and rhythms, and delirious dancing.
Macbeth came from South Africa, but its setting in
the world of Congolese war lords allowed its brilliant
recomposition of Verdi’s operatic score to resonant
with poignant power. Faustin Linyekula, one of Congo’s
great dancer-storytellers, shared a remarkably intimate
evening in Le Cargo. Brisbane’s large African community
found voice in the Festival with Future Fidel’s
Prize Fighter, an astonishing debut play in a
co-production with La Boite that told the story of a
Congolese refugee and his journey to a new home
in Brisbane.
It was difficult not to think of these works when FLEXN
arrived in the city. These breathtaking African American
dance pioneers from Brooklyn brought with them not
only a vision of contemporary America, but also the
ghosts of their ancestors. It was a privilege to welcome
to Brisbane Peter Sellars, one of FLEXN’s co-creators,
and one of the greats of world culture.
FLEXN articulated, often with surprising lyrical beauty,
something of the tension between race and authority
in America, particularly the spate of police killings of
unarmed black Americans. Beautiful One Day, in the
theatre next door, told the Australian story of Palm
Island, and the death-in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee.
The connections were profound. Matters of race also
found expression in Brisbane’s fantastically infectious
and very popular hip-hop cabaret Hot Brown Honey at
the Judith Wright Centre.
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HIGHLIGHTS
I remember listening to
this piece with him and
this is a precious memory
of a wonderful father who
instilled a love of music in
his children.
Jane Thomson selected
The Hall of the Mountain King
by Grieg for Symphony for Me
The T’ang Quartet – Singapore’s finest string quartet
and one of the most adventurous in the world – gave us
a spectacular audio-visual treat in their Black Angels
concert in the beautiful Conservatorium Theatre. Music
legend Margaret Leng Tan, celebrating her 70th birthday,
enchanted us with her toy piano Cabinet of Curiosities
while indie sensation Charlie Lim soothed us in
The Spiegeltent with a sumptuous voice belying
his years.
Photography by Atmosphere Photography
Africa is far away but Singapore is close. This Asia
Pacific neighbour, as rich and small as the Congo is
large and poor, this year celebrated its 50th anniversary
of independence. It was wonderful to welcome a
delightful diversity of work from this unique city-state.
The Importance of Being Earnest charmed large
Playhouse audiences in an all-male version of the
Oscar Wilde comedy classic, while managing to point
to tensions within contemporary Singaporean society,
and indeed our own. That other great Singaporean
theatre company – Necessary Stage – shared beautiful
insight into a Malay woman’s particular experience.
QPAC’s glorious Concert Hall was the site of some
very special events. Rise for the Oceans brought
together a tremendous line-up of great Australians –
Bernard Fanning, Tim Winton, William Barton,
Katie Noonan, Jessica Watson among them – in a
multi-arts celebration of the Great Barrier Reef,
the oceans that surround us, and the 50th anniversary
of the Australian Marine Conservation Society. Later in
the festival, A State of Grace gathered an international
line-up including Martha Wainwright, Camille O’Sullivan,
Steve Kilbey, Casper Clausen, Willa Mason,
Cold Specks and Gary Lucas in a celebration of the
music of Tim and Jeff Buckley.
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The Queensland Symphony Orchestra did brilliant triple
duty this year, beginning with a sensational Mahler
concert with two more great Australians, conductor
Simone Young and soprano Lisa Gasteen. The world
premiere of Thum Prints saw world beat-boxing virtuoso
(and Brisbane resident) Tom Thum and local composer
Gordon Hamilton create a dazzling concerto for beatboxer and orchestra that lifted the Concert Hall roof.
Symphony for Me, hosted by Noni Hazlehurst, was a
deeply affecting concert of music chosen by members of
the public, who shared very personal stories about their
selections before sitting onstage with the orchestra to
hear the music played live, sometimes for the first time in
their lives.
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HIGHLIGHTS
480,000
Channel 9
television viewers
Sunsuper Riverfire was presented by Brisbane Festival
in association with Triple M and Channel Nine
Arcadia was our pulsing new festival hub, hosting two
performance tents, plentiful food and bars, and a wide
array of pop-up performance and interactive arts and
crafts. Each night, in different tents, Club Swizzle sizzled
in The Spiegeltent while Fear & Delight presented by
Audi took us on a food and performance trip into a kooky
netherworld. Huge crowds photographed themselves into
the magical Brisbane Airport 3D Chalk Walk drawings.
On some days, over 20,000 people passed through
the space.
The Spiegeltent was also home to an alluring mix of
music. Megan Washington and Conrad Sewell sold out
shows, while audiences found treasures in Japan’s Fox
Capture Plan, Spain’s Los Coronas, Iceland’s Kiasmos,
New Zealand’s Myele Manzanza & The Eclectic, USA’s
Luna and Lady Rizo, Canada’s deliciously named
Bahamas, and many more. A special all-day concert –
4ZZZ Flashback – marked 40 years of Brisbane’s iconic
independent radio station.
Just around the corner in The Courier-Mail Piazza,
the UK hipster circus FLOWN captivated audiences,
particularly those with families. Our Family Program also
included The Listies Make You LOL!, Music for Little
Monkeys, and the wondrous The Luck Child.
Across the river in our beautifully designed
Theatre Republic hub at QUT Kelvin Grove, some of
the best independent theatre from here and around
the world challenged us to think differently.
Adrienne Truscott’s Asking for It and Richard II were
clear highlights in an exceptional calendar, along with
loads of free music from some of our best bands and
lively discussions on contentious areas of contemporary
arts practice.
Over in New Farm, Brisbane Powerhouse hosted the
scintillating disco inferno Velvet, starring Marcia Hines
and Brendan Maclean, and the world premiere of
Il Ritorno, Circa’s jaw-dropping new show that wove
together the return of Ulysses, Monteverdi and post-WWII
displacement in a way that strikingly resonated with the
plight of contemporary Syrian refugees. It will now tour
Europe and, we hope, beyond.
Backyards across Brisbane were transformed into home
grown cinemas with a free streaming of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, while our The Female Gaze series
shed light on the female perspective in film.
Cinematic splendour continued when Treasury Lights
stunningly transformed the façade of the Treasury Hotel
into oceans, disco, candy store and even firework display.
That proved a perfect segue into our much-loved closing
celebration, when the night sky became our ultimate
canvas for the spectacular Sunsuper Riverfire, enjoyed
by almost a million people.
This three weeks of vision and voice, of entertainment
and enlightenment, marked Brisbane Festival as one of
the world’s leading international festivals, and Brisbane
as a lively cultural centre. In this city, September is the
month of marvels.
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Photography by Atmosphere Photography
485,000
Sunsuper Riverfire
attendees
2015
AUDIENCE
Free Events
VISITOR ORIGINS
AGE
NEW VS. RETURNING
55-64
Interstate
66
4%
45-54
%
17%
Intrastate
14%
Greater
Brisbane
71%
Overseas
32%
18-24
90
OF ATTENDEES BELIEVE BRISBANE FESTIVAL
CREATES A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT AND
BUZZ AROUND THE CITY
18-24
19%
35-44
19%
Ticketed Events
VISITOR ORIGINS
AGE
NEW VS. RETURNING
Overseas
65+
5%
18-24
8%
11%
New
25-34
Interstate
7%
Intrastate
10%
23%
26%
Greater
Brisbane
55-64
14%
78%
3
18%
Returning
82%
19%
10%
%
New
25-34
OF FESTIVAL ATTENDEES IDENTIFY AS
ACTIVE ADVOCATES OF THE FESTIVAL
2
65+
9%
5%
35-44
45-54
21%
20%
18-24
19%
Returning
77%
OF FESTIVAL TICKET BUYERS SIT IN A
HIGH SOCIO-ECONOMIC MARKET SEGMENT
*Please note visitor origin data is likely to be skewed to attendees who reside
in greater Brisbane. The source of attendee contact data used for this research
consisted of a high proportion of Greater Brisbane residents.
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The research data and findings have been collected and analysed by
IER Pty Ltd., Melbourne Australia.
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UNDERSTANDING
AUDIENCES USING
GEOTRIBES
GEOTRIBES
Proportional size of Brisbane Festival GeoTribes markets
16%
11%
17%
Brisbane Festival
GeoTribes markets
17%
It is important to note
that 61% (in 2015) of
the attendee segment
is made up of four
key GeoTribes:
Rockafellas 17%
Fortunats 17%
Crusaders 16%
Achievers 11%
Powerful person-level segmentation platform.
With GeoTribes you target the needs of people, not the area they live in.
From Human Needs
to Segments
Why person-level
targeting is better
Person-level GeoTribes segments
turn readily available age and address
information into a powerful platform
for understanding audiences with
fifteen familiar tribes that are built on:
Your lifecycle stage and where you
live are key factors in creating your
social identity, and this is integral
with your lifestyle, purchasing, social
interactions and use of brands and
media channels.
ifecycle Stage which is a key
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driver on needs across many
categories, and
Socioeconomic Status which
is a key driver of the quality of
purchases made to meet
the needs
If you are young, you will have
something in common with the older
people in your area, but you actually
live your life in a totally different tribe
and this is reflected in GeoTribes.
GeoTribes is the only segmentation
tool that uses factual age in tagging,
so that each Tribe incorporates a
distinct lifecycle stage rather than the
mix that occurs in the segments of
other geodemographic tools.
Applications
GeoTribes is used by researchers,
planners and creatives to:
nderstand behavioural drivers
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to work out why your customers
respond the way they do
Build rich psychological, media
and lifestyle profiles and create
more nuanced propositions
and messaging
Benchmark market penetration
to find the best opportunities for
business development
Link research, media, behavioural
and retail data for market planning
based on underlying needs
Create targeted welcome packs
for new customers as they sign up
The GeoTribes
1. Rockafellas: Affluent
mature families
Very high incomes and discretionary
spend. Mature children. High home
ownership and investments.
ituation: Enjoying the position
S
of success
Buying Drivers: Exclusive,
distinctive, aesthetic, quality
and genuine status
Media: Magazines and
Newspapers
Online Media: Linkedin,
Wikipedia, Twitter
T V: News/Current Affairs, Food,
Home/Lifestyle, Sport
Online Activities: Travel
Arrangements, Shopping,
Reading Current Affairs or Sport
2. Fortunats: Financially Secure
Retirees and Pre-Retirees
Incomes primarily from
superannuation and investments.
ituation: Comfortably enjoying the
S
fruits of a successful life
Buying Drivers: Exclusive,
sophisticated, epicurean, quality,
evolved and cultural
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edia: Newspapers, Magazines,
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Radio and TV
Online Media: Linkedin,
Wikipedia, Google
T V: Documentaries, News/
Current Affairs, Dramas/Soaps
Online Activities: Travel
Arrangements, Emails,
General Information
3. Crusaders: Career-Oriented
Singles and Couples
High earned incomes and hours
worked. Higher occupational status,
especially professionals.
ituation: Getting the most out of
S
life, getting ahead and finding the
‘right’ someone
Buying Drivers: Fashionable,
branded, stylish status and
great experiences
Media: Internet and Outdoor
Online Media: Instagram,
Linkedin, Twitter
T V: Comedies, Cartoons, Movies
Online Activities: Dating, Watching
TV/Movies, Reading Blogs
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4. Achievers: Ambitious Younger
and Middle Ages Families
Higher SES with high levels of income
and debt. High household spend.
Younger children.
ituation: Family ambition and a
S
commitment to ‘Making It!’
Buying Drivers: Accessible status
and memorable experiences that
show they are successful
Media: Internet and Outdoor
Online Media; Linkedin,
Twitter, Instagram
T V: Children’s Shows, Cartoons,
Reality Shows
Online Activities: Watching TV/
Movies, Shopping, Buying/
Selling Goods
MARKETING &
COMMUNICATION
Facebook
fans
increased by
Twitter
followers
increased by
Instagram
followers
increased by
Pinterest
followers
increased by
Youtube
followers
increased by
Eat Play Stay
page views
increased by
10% 58% 57% 25% 26% 59%
DIGITAL
ADVERTISING
Online
,351,134 page views 553,288 visits
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and 338,602 visitors to Brisbane Festival
website, which was responsive to all mobile
and tablet devices
mail marketing campaign involving 41,832
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enews subscribers and further past attendees
21 editions of enewsletters
Outdoor
376 street banners throughout Brisbane’s inner city
68,800 Facebook fans
30 static and 111 digital goa billboard placements
over three months
51,600 Twitter followers
10,400 Instagram followers
Press
498 Pinterest followers
35 Press advert total with Brisbane Kids,
274 YouTube subscribers
ouTube playlist of Brisbane Festival 2015
Y
videos had 15,311 views
ditorial content was generated for Festival blog,
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receiving 1,727 page views
Brisbane’s Child, Q News, The Music,
The Courier-Mail, The Australian, The Sunday Mail,
The Music, Gold Coast Bulletin and QNews
Television and Cinema
Six television commercials receiving 314 spots and
COLLATERAL
an additional four What’s On commercials receiving
17 spots on Channel Nine
75,000 80-page programs distributed via direct
mail to past attendees, street distribution,
Festival partners and venues
9 0 minutes of dedicated television programming
on Channel Nine for both ‘Behind the Scenes’ and
Sunsuper Riverfire
12,300 highlights brochures distributed via
3
The Courier-Mail and The Weekend Australian
in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
Four week cinema campaign across 104 screens
in the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
Total attendance 46,919
ver 97,550 other marketing pieces including
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brochures, postcards, posters and in-theatre
programs distributed via street distribution, partner
promotions and on-site at Brisbane Festival hubs
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A pproximately 1,317,498 impressions and 130,433
paid search impressions made online across
various media platforms
Radio
5 64 live and recorded commercials and
promo spots
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Weekend Australian, Australia
Author: Matthew Westwood • Section: Review • Article type : News Item
Audience : 225,206 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 2846.00cm² • Market: National
Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 92,942 • Words: 2686 • Item ID: 459847494
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PUBLICITY
REPORT
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PARTNERSHIPS
SEPTEMBER 5-6 2015
New
MAN DOWN
REALITY BITES
MAN MEETS MOUNTAINS
REVIEW
LIFE
TRAVEL & INDULGENCE
THE FLIPSIDE
OF HOLLYWOOD’S
GIRL POWER
2,369 media clips independently valued at more
than $10.1 million (Advertising Space Rate),
reaching a cumulative audience of 61.7 million
11 cover stories including The Weekend Australian
Review, The Courier-Mail CANVAS, Sun Herald
(QLD edition), The Star Observer, Scenestr,
The Music, Queensland Pride and South East
Advertiser
International coverage in New York Times,
International Arts Manager, The Strait Times
(Singapore), The Guardian, Vice, Mashable and
Times of India
Count 162
7%
National
Count 362
15%
Six Radio National features across The Drawing
Room, The Music Show and Books & Arts Daily,
and a feature on The World Today
Magazine Blogs
International
Count 49
2%
Count 50
2%
Count 5
1%
TV
Count 925
40%
Radio
Count 549
23%
Count 657
28%
Our partners understand and practice this and have ensured
that their brands are a welcome and valued part of the
Brisbane Festival experience.
Count 275
12%
Online
Count 522
22%
Regional
The stories that we can tell of our partnerships demonstrate
that relationships with Brisbane Festival deliver great
benefits in staff development, community engagement and
innovative branding.
Newspaper
Local
Count 510
22%
I am certain that now and into the future business will
continue to benefit from the arts just as much as the arts will
continue to benefit from the business community. To have a
sustainable arts industry we require long term commitment
from the business community as well as government.
COVERAGE PER MEDIA TYPE
Interstate
Count 628
26%
A LOFTY QUEST TO
BUILD MUSEUMS
IN THE DOLOMITES
TV highlights include the first edition of Foxtel’s
new Event program, Peter Sellars interview on
ABC National Breakfast/ABC News 24, feature
story on Prize Fighter on ABC TV Qld/ABC News
24, Jessica Watson interview on Weekend Today,
16 weather crosses by Channel Nine Brisbane,
plus multiple crosses by Channels Ten and Seven
COVERAGE PER GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET
State-wide
WHAT’S FOR DINNER?
A WORKING MUM’S
LAMENT
What you get through sponsorship
is not just an audience but the
privilege of connecting with people
through something that they care
about – something that they have
already decided is important
enough to invest their own time,
their money and their heart.
Kim Skildrum-Reid
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PARTNERSHIPS
EMPLOYEE ADVANTAGES
Each year Sunsuper has shown leadership in their
field through their reward of their top performing team
members. One of the many benefits enjoyed by Sunsuper
top performers is a money-can’t-buy VIP experience
of Sunsuper Riverfire. In 2015 this included a private,
licensed, exclusive space right on the riverfront for the
best seats in the house to experience Sunsuper Riverfire
with their families and friends. This not only rewards
outstanding staff, but encourages other staff to strive for
excellence, enhances employee satisfaction and loyalty,
encourages lower staff turnover, and is a great incentive
to potential employees.
Treasury Casino & Hotel invited all of their staff to visit
Arcadia for an interactive Family Day experience.
As our Principal Partner, Treasury staff has been
extremely supportive of Brisbane Festival and to be able
to give back some extra fun and games to their team has
been very rewarding for the Festival.
BRANDING ALIGNMENT
Our Partners’ brands seamlessly align to Brisbane
Festival. People describe us in the same terms
and our customers think of us as a synonymous brand.
Eat South Bank is outdoor, Brisbane, experiential,
nightlife, social. QUT is real-world, lifelong learning,
best practice, memory-makers. Vinaceous is fringedwelling, artistic, delicious, experience-enhancing.
Audi is high quality, trustworthy, international.
The list can go on forever as we really work hard to
partner with organisations that will fit and with whom we
can work to enhance our mutual target audiences.
Brisbane Festival has and continues to play a significant
role in the evolution and expression of Brisbane. It vitally
provides a unique opportunity for the business community
to connect with the people of Brisbane in a meaningful
and beneficial way.
CORPORATE ENTERTAINING
2015 saw a real growth in the opportunity to make your
corporate mark through bespoke, unique and high
quality corporate entertaining at the Festival. Specifically,
Gadens enjoyed a night with Katie Noonan in the
Riverhouse with around 400 of their closest friends.
Aurecon also hosted around 350 guests at a private
showing of Circa’s Il Ritorno and Audi hosted 100 of
their most valued clients at a private performance of
Fear & Delight, which was presented by Audi. This type of
large-scale entertaining at the Festival enables our select
corporate Partners to create memories with their clients
that cannot be copied by their competitors, or indeed,
re-enacted in future years.
Many Partners also enjoyed more intimate entertaining
opportunities through private booths in The Spiegeltent,
delicious dining and show experiences with our
Festival Flavours restaurants, and casual evenings of
drinks at Arcadia followed by a show.
A unique activation of their Partnership that punches above
its weight is the Singapore Airlines partnership with
Festival Flavours. Progressive dinners around Brisbane with
key clients and top performing sales staff and a foodie’s trip
to Singapore really bring this partnership to life and enhance
the public’s experience.
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By being part of the Festival,
we were able to not only give our
clients an exceptional evening
of entertainment, we supported
the performing arts in Brisbane something that is dear to us here
at Aurecon. It was a win/win for all.
The team at Brisbane Festival
are very passionate about what
they do and a pleasure to work
with. They work to understand
objectives and create tailored and
unique experiences to help you
meet the goals of the partnership.
Neil Barr, Aurecon.
Jenna Griffith, BDO.
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PARTNERSHIPS
MARKET ADVANTAGE
The introduction of the Little Creatures Treehouse
was enjoyed my thousands and truly enhanced the
experiences of many. A creative space filled with
lively performers, experiential beer schools, great
viewing of Arcadia and generally a comfortable
spot to have a beer and play Jenga with friends.
The Little Creatures Treehouse did make the
experience of Arcadia better for everyone and
Brisbane Festival and our visitors have made the
Treehouse a part of our story.
2015 saw the creation on the
Little Creatures Treehouse.
This was a great collaboration
between Brisbane Festival and
Little Creatures that showcased all
things beer and art, including the
Little Creatures Beer Schools.
Brisbane Festival is a fantastic
platform for Little Creatures to talk
to many like-minded creatures and
open up a little.
If you are a subscriber to The Courier-Mail you
will also have noticed an exclusive offer of tickets
to the Opening Night of Flown in The Courier-Mail
Piazza. A great element of this partnership is that
it leverages the Festival as well as leveraging their
other partnerships and marketing activities.
Exclusive exposure of Sunsuper Riverfire on
Channel Nine and Triple M ensure that Brisbane’s
biggest celebration is strongly and exclusively
linked to these iconic brands. Industry exclusivity
for our biggest Partners ensures that Festival
patrons have no question where our loyalties lie.
With around 20 hosted opportunities for artists,
arts workers, business and government guests to
get to know each other, this year really blurred the
lines between backgrounds and confirmed that we
are all together on this journey.
There have never been more authentic
opportunities for us to all feel connected by
the Festival.
REPUTATION
Our Partners’ reputations as industry leaders,
corporate philanthropists, innovators, community
investors are extremely important to the Festival.
Their reputations reflect upon the Festival as much
as the Festival’s reputation reflects upon their brands.
BUILDING WEALTHY COMMUNITY
The Festival entertains, inspires and enriches
our lives, but it also plays an important role in
bringing communities together and contributing
to our economy.
A creative society is a healthy society, one
that provides opportunities for self-expression,
communal experiences and the development of
skills and new cultural experiences. We commend
and thank all of the businesses and government
partners who have made a commitment to being
part of the creation of a culturally rich, stimulating
and exciting Brisbane.
We can never underestimate the impact of free
community events, such as Sunsuper Riverfire,
Eat South Bank Buskers, Brisbane Airport
3D Chalk Walk, and goa Billboards competition,
on building community spirit and pride.
Phil Wuersching, Lion Co.
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PARTNERS
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THE
COMMISSIONERS
The Commissioners
For the very first time, Brisbane Festival was
able to invite generous donors to join us in the
commissioning of new works. The Commissioners
program brings together those who share our deep
commitment to enabling artists to realise fresh ideas.
Works commissioned by Brisbane Festival and our
Commissioners give Brisbane the privileged prime
position of the first, exclusive look at performances
that tell our perspective and share it with the world.
The Commissioners this year helped us to fund the
creation of Prize Fighter at La Boite and also II Ritorno
by Circa. These performances were a true gift to the
people of Brisbane, securing sold out performances and
overwhelming critical acclaim.
We welcome you to join us for the journey of creating
new work for years to come and invite you to contact us.
High Commissioner
Audi Centre Brisbane
Commissioners
Philip Bacon AM
Valmay Hill
Peter Hyland
Paul Spiro
Directors of
Brisbane Festival
Paul Spiro,
Chair
Philip Bacon AM,
Deputy Chair
Cory Heathwood
Peter Hyland
Ian Klug
Anna Marsden
Amanda Newbery
Ian Turner
Chris Tyquin
Brisbane Festival
Management Team
David Berthold,
Artistic Director
Valmay Hill,
Chief Executive Officer
Danica Bennett,
Business Development Director
Rebecca Drummond,
Finance Director/Company Secretary
Justin Grace,
Marketing & Communications Director
Tim Pack,
Technical Director
Beck Pearce,
Program Director
Contact
PO Box 3943
South Brisbane QLD 4101
P: +61 7 38335400
F: +61 7 38335450
E: brisbanefestival@
brisbanefestival.com.au
brisbanefestival.com.au
BRISBANE FESTIVAL
2016 DATES
3 – 24 SEPT 2016
Images by Atmosphere Photography
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PO Box 3943
South Brisbane QLD 4101
P+61 (0)7 3833 5400
F +61 (0)7 3833 5450
[email protected]
brisbanefestival.com.au
Principal Partner
Brisbane Festival is an initiative of the
Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council