In Queensland preview of OUT!
by Daniel Johnson
VISION STATEMENT:
MISSION STATEMENT:
Media Release for The Producers
by Adam Gardnir
Get up, get out and do it.
To provide Queensland audiences with highly regarded, locally made, valuable music theatre experiences.
GOALS
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To produce medium-scale music theatre with a comprehensive annual program of important existing works and new Queensland writing.
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To be an employer of choice for Queensland based Artists and Technicians.
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To develop an inclusive, loyal audience for music theatre in Queensland.
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To activate a range of Queensland venues for music theatre projects.
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To sustain a commercially strong and environmentally friendly company.
WHO WE ARE
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We are fresh, innovative and nimble.
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We value education as a lifelong process.
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We operate in ethically, responsible ways.
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We prioritise cultural diversity, accessibility and inclusion.
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We believe in the value of art through storytelling.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
JOSEPH SIMONS
Artistic Director
A graduate of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Joseph Simons is a director, choreographer and performer in ballet, contemporary dance, physical theatre and music theatre. He has created new works for West Australian Ballet, Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc., Force Majeure, Queensland University of Technology and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Joseph’s Director and/or Choreographer credits include the musicals Miss Saigon, Company, Carousel, Peter Pan, The 20’s and All That Jazz and Fame!
After winning Outstanding Emerging Artist at the Australian Dance Awards in 2010, Joseph was selected as the 2013 Tanja Liedtke Fellow to undertake residencies at Ufer Studios, Berlin, the International Choreographic Laboratory, Frankfurt and the Margot Fonteyn Academy of Dance, New York, where he premiered his first full-length solo work, First Things First.
As part of a national 2019/2020 tour, Joseph was most recently seen at Brisbane Powerhouse in a sold-out season of his second solo show titled 100 Years Of The History Of Dance As Told By One Man In 60 Minutes With An Energetic Group Finale.
www.josephsimons.com.au
