UpStage 2025

Attention local theatre producers and playwrights:
Expressions of interest for the 2025 season of UpStage at the Playhouse are now open!

UpStage is a local-based programme that presents works by the Newcastle Creative & Performing Arts industry in the Playhouse Theatre.

Local artists will be offered space and support to present original or reimagined theatre works as part of the UpStage 2025 programme.

Download our UpStage Information Package for more information.

Important Dates
Expressions of Interest Open	Thursday 20 June 2024
Expressions of Interest Close	Friday 26 July 2024, 5pm
Successful Candidates Advised	Friday 9 August 2024
Creative Assets Due	Monday 14 October 2024, 5pm
UpStage Media Announcement	December 2024
UpStage On Sale	December 2024

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.

We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.

CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community