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Tour It!

Undercover Artist Workshop

Tour It!

Undercover Artist Workshop

Tour It!

Tuesday 6 August
5:00pm – 6:10pm

Location

Online

Cost

Free

Accessibility

  • Auslan 
  • Live captioning 
  • Speaker and slides audio described  
  • Transcription available after the session 
  • Plain English used during workshop 

About the workshop

You’ve got an amazing act, and an excellent marketing plan – now it’s time to take the show on the road!  

Facilitated by Wiradjuri yinaa, Nicole Reilly, Tour It! will introduce you to the world of touring and help you create a strong Tour Pack. It will also give some context to creating a tour with stops at fringe festivals and the differences between fringe, regional and mainstage venues..  

Topics include: 

  • What Is a Tour Pack? 
  • How To: Approach venues and festivals. 
  • How To: Provide examples of your work. 
  • How To: Tour Budgeting and Scheduling. 
  • Tips and Tricks: Accessible touring. 

Audience

Artists who are disabled and/or d/Deaf, and are interested in taking their show on the road and pitching their art to venues and festivals.  

Non-disabled and hearing artists who wish to join are very welcome.  

Artforms: theatre, dance, comedy, music, performance art 

Key Outcomes

Gain the skills and confidence to take your work on tour: 

  • Understand some of the differences between venues vs festivals
  • Learn how to approach venues and festivals
  • Get some tips on a great festival application
  • Learn how to create a producer pack
  • Tour budgets
  • Tour schedules
  • Tips to tour accessibly

Facilitator

Nicole Reilly

Nicole Reilly, a queer wiradyuri yinaa, works across creative producer, director, and teaching-artist roles, as well as being the Enoch Scholar (QUT) and inaugural Wandima Fellow (The Brisbane Powerhouse). She is currently Senior Producer at BlakDance. Nicole has produced sold-out seasons for Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, a touring multicultural music conversation “Songs of Gaia”, a theatrical EP release “The Bigger Picture” at both RPAC and QPAC for celebrated Quandamookan musician Sachém, a site-specific contemporary First Nations ceremony “Dawn Awakening” for Horizon Festival, and has presented at Drama Queensland, Drama Territory, Drama Australia, Stage Queensland and Newcastle’s StageCon. She is currently focused on nation-rebuilding through creative practice. 

Tuesday 6 August
5:00pm – 6:10pm AEST

Location

Online

Cost

Free

Accessibility

  • Auslan 
  • Live captioning 
  • Speaker and slides audio described  
  • Transcription available after the session 
  • Plain English used during workshop 

Contact

If you need any support or further information about this workshop, please email: UndercoverArtist@cpl.org.au   

Frequently Asked Questions

General Workshop Questions

Who are these workshops for?

We program these workshops with disabled and d/Deaf artists and artsworkers in mind, but we very happily welcome all artists and artsworkers who are interested in attending.

All events have a REGISTER NOW button at the top of the page.

 

  • In-person events: the link will take you to Humanitix page to register for this in-person workshop at Backbone Youth Arts. 

 

  • Online events: The link will take you to a Teams page to register for this online workshop. 

No worries! As long as there’s still space in your preferred workshop, we are happy to make that swap.

 

Email us at UndercoverArtist@cpl.org.au 

Yes! Please see below for more information. However, reach out if there is any other way we could support you. 

In-person workshops (Backbone)

  • The venue is wheelchair accessible with level drop off/pick up and 1 disabled car park available.
  • Auslan 
  • Relaxed delivery mode with sensory items available 
  • Captioning available – let us know when you book 
  • Large font handouts available 
  • Plain English used during workshop 
  • Facilitator will describe any visuals on videos and on handouts. Please let us know if you would like additional audio description.

 

Online Workshops

  • Auslan 
  • Live captioning 
  • Speaker and slides audio described  
  • Plain English used during workshop 
  • Transcription available after the session 

Online Workshops

Is the online session on Zoom or Teams?

The online sessions will be run on Teams. You will fill out a form and be sent a link post registration. 

Yes, the online session will be recorded. It will be shared privately with all registered attendees.

 

It may take a week or two to become available so that we can ensure that the captions work.  

If we haven’t yet answered your question in the FAQs above, please email us as undercoverartist@cpl.org.au and we’ll reply as soon as we can! 

 

This workshop is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council  

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