Undercover Artist festival is back in 2025, showcasing the boldest and brightest artists with disability.
We are looking for incredible national and local talent so we can support the development of new work and early career talent in the performing arts.
“
The Undercover Artist Festival made my career and it could do the same for you.
Oliver Hetherington-Page
The No Bang Theory
A woman delivers Undercover Artist 2023 announcement in Auslan direct to camera.
A woman delivers Undercover Artist 2023 announcement with audio description.
Ready to Push it! – Push buttons, push boundaries, and push for change.
Alternative methods to submit an application:
Download and send your completed Festival Application form, along with supporting material to to undercoverartist@cpl.org.au by 11:59pm, Friday 29 November 2024.
Please include subject line: ‘2025 UAF – Your Name’. Your email will need to include a link to a Google Drive, OneDrive or DropBox folder with all of your support materials.
Film an Auslan video, ensuring all questions from the Festival Application form are covered.
Save this video to a DropBox, Google Drive or similar site, and send a link to undercoverartist@cpl.org.au by 11:59pm, Friday 29 November 2024.
Please include subject line: ‘2025 UAF – Your Name’. Your email will need to include a link to a folder with all of your support materials.
Record an audio recording, ensuring all questions from the Festival Application form are covered.
Save this video to a DropBox, Google Drive or similar site, and send a link to undercoverartist@cpl.org.au by 11:59pm, Friday 29 November 2024.
Please include subject line: ‘2025 UAF – Your Name’. Your email will need to include a link to a folder with all of your support materials.
Request a phone or video interview by emailing undercoverartist@cpl.org.au prior to 1 November 2025.
Request a phone or video interview by emailing
undercoverartist@cpl.org.au prior to 1 November 2025.
These calls will go for 15 minutes and our team will ask the same questions on the Festival application form. Supporting material will still be required via email.
Fill out the webform here to apply online.
If you are having any issues applying via the webform below, click here instead.
All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 20 December 2024.
If you are not successful at this stage, we will provide a General Feedback Sheet. We are unable to provide individual feedback on each expression of interest due to the number of applications. This sheet will contain general information that may help you in your next application for Undercover Artist or any other opportunity.
If you proceed to Stage Two, you will be contacted and asked to provide more information about your show to help us with our programming.
If you have any questions, please contact us via undercoverartist@cpl.org.au and we will contact you as soon as possible to discuss your project.
Please note: The Undercover Artist team works part-time only and will be in touch as soon as possible
Undercover Artist acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and we pay our respects to Elders, past, present, and emerging. We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their unique cultural and spiritual relationship to land, water and seas and their rich contribution to society.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.
