APAX has always been a space for us to come together, to talk about what matters most to us at work. There’s something special about coming together in a place like Garramilla I Darwin – the connections and conversations always run much deeper.
We encourage you to take the time and space at APAX to think about new models, our mindset, and hopefully shift the mood about what’s possible so that we can continue to serve the art and the audience.
Program Highlights
A preview of our packed week in Darwin…
It’s Not Them, It’s Us – Audiences have changed, but has our industry kept up? In this address, Amy Maiden, Chief Executive of international entertainment consultancy Anthem, challenges the sector to face its greatest threat: not algorithms, economic headwinds or late-booking audiences, but our own resistance to change.
Ok, but how? – A practical discussion on translating a new mindset about audience development into implementation, no matter the size or scale of your work.
We Need New Models – But what does this really look like? Who’s pioneering in this space, and what we can all do rather than waiting for a top-down response? Be the change.
The New Presenters – Hear from the emerging presenter leaders amongst us; and what their vision for the future of presenting could look like.
Competing Desires and the Sustainability Imperative – To achieve sustainability in all its forms often requires balancing competing desires and confronting those challenges with the urgency they demand. We’ll pick apart the issues of our
Roundtable Conversations
A sneak peek of our roundtable conversations providing time and space to go deep on creative processes, facilitating community and share learnings, challenges and ideas.
Out of the box programming – exploring the link between participatory work and public activations.
Presenting International Work – the why and how.
…and much, much more.