Upcoming Events
PACT Artist in Residence: Bedelia Lowrenčev
Enough is a cripplingly funny, joy-injected musical interrogating the topicalisation of disability and the 'inherent' exceptionalism of disabled people by Bedelia Lowrenčev.
PACT Roof-works
Our landlord, the City of Sydney, is spending $150k to replace our leaking roof.
Bump In Party
Come along and celebrate PACT - our new roof, our lighting grid, our artists, staff and volunteers and help us POWER ON into our next era!
PACT Artist in Residence: Amit German
Amit German experiments with embodied movement, experimental soundscapes and audiovisual glitch aesthetics to transform PACT into a site of queer futurity, digital ritual and soft protest.
PACT Artist in Residence: Ashleigh Veitch
Longing, an abstract contemporary dance work set in a distant future, explores the consequences of human detachment from the body and emotional self. The work imagines the final remnants of a human on Earth, moving slowly, uneasily, and laboured. It searches for hope, connection, and a sense of belonging.
PACT UNDERGROUND: Blue Void Hollowe'en
Give in to the Blue Void this Hallowe'en for an extra haunted lineup of performance and music at the legendary PACT theatre for PACT UNDERGROUND.
In the Works | PPE 2025 Showing
Save the date for In The Works.
In The Works is an opportunity for our 8 PACT Lab: Process, Play, Experiment (PPE) 2025 artists to share the works they have developed during their residency.
Sydney Fringe Returns to PACT
Sydney Fringe Festival is returning to PACT this year for Yalgali and Made In Sydney.
EOI NOW OPEN | PACT Residencies 2025 – 2026
Our PACT Artist Residencies provide valuable time, space, mentorship and financial investment for emerging artists/collectives to develop new work. Thanks to the support of PACT's donors, we are offering two residencies in 2025-26
EOI closes: 12th September 2025, 3:00 pm AEST
EOIs now closed | PACT Lab: Process, Play, Experiment 2025
Our full-time, two-week lab intensive for emerging artists is back in 2025, and applications are open!
EOIs close: Friday 1 August 2025 3:00pm AEST
Catapult: Outbound
Catapult partners with PACT to present a double bill featuring two powerful new works by emerging artists, developed through Catapult's Propel residencies.
PACT Hosts… Happy Hour Plus 2025
ReadyMade Works and PACT are excited to announce the third edition of our partnered performance platform initiative, PACT hosts...Happy Hour Plus!.
PACT Underground: GENERATOR
Join us for the second edition of PACT Underground 2025.
Curated by Theo Carroll and Milo McLaughlin, in collaboration with our brilliant BOH technicians Anwyn Brook Evans, Juan Guillermo Robayo Gómez, Roisin Spencer, and Sonnet Cure.
PACT House: Crip Rave Theory
CRIP RAVE THEORY, your favourite club night outside the club returns to PACT in May, 2025!
Queer Development Program Showcase
PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE SPACE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PACT CENTRE FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
Your chance to see fresh new work-in-progress from some of so-called Australia’s most dynamic queer artists working across performance, drag, dance, poetry, film, parties and everything in between.
PACT House: Flip The Script
Come through for an afternoon of hip-hop, street dance, music and community.
PACT Presents: Papers from The Citadel
World Premiere
Papers from the Citadel began as a series of writings made when Adeeb left Syria for Lebanon during the civil war. In solitude, as he wrote more and more, the Citadel and its characters became his inner sanctum.
PACT UNDERGROUND: CARNIVOROUS
Hosted by ZSA ZSA, CARNIVOROUS Issue 2 presents: Louisa, Anouk, Marumaru and Mona Mule.
PACT House: Full Circle
A one-day festival of arts and community, curated by Lucky Lartey.
Full Circle is a dynamic, intergenerational celebration of Africa and African Diaspora arts, featuring dance, music, visual arts, film, and traditional African games.
PACT House: Koori Khristmas Party
Hosted by Instagram’s favorite Koori sensation, Isaac Compton, this year’s Koori Kristmas Party is a celebration you won’t want to miss.
Join us for a night of music, joy, and resilience —by mob, for mob, and all allies in between.
In The Works | PACT Lab: Process, Play, Experiment.
Join us at PACT on Friday 22nd of November for In The Works.
In The Works is an opportunity for our 8 PACT Lab: Process, Play, Experiment (PPE) artists to share the works they have developed during their residency.
EOIs CloseD: Call out for Associate Artists
As part of PACT’s 2025-2028 Strategic Plan, we are calling for Expressions of Interest from mid-career artists to form our new cohort of Associate Artists from 2025.
PACT UNDERGOUND: Ripple Effect
Stick around after our Hyperlocal: Block Party to catch PACT Underground: Ripple Effect.
60 Years Young Exhibition
To celebrate 60 years of PACT, we ventured into the Archive Room and PACT’s digital archive to bring you a multimedia exhibition of posters, photographs and footage that forms a tapestry of connection and partnership, from PACT’s founding in 1964 up until today
HYPERLOCAL: BLOCK PARTY
Celebrate our 60th Birthday with us at Hyperlocal: Block Party.
A free celebration of community and street artistry with an all-star line up.
EOIs Closed | PACT Lab: Play, Process, Experiment
PACT Lab: Play, Process, Experiment (PPE) is PACT’s full-time, two-week lab intensive that will support eight emerging artists in building their skills, experimenting with form and evolving their craft to its next stage. If you've been waiting for an opportunity to explore performance-making tools, methods and practices in a collaborative environment led by the PACT Artistic Directorate and alongside acclaimed guest facilitators... then PPE is for you!
SYDNEY FRINGE RETURNS TO PACT
Sydney Fringe Festival will take over our PACT space for the month of September.
After four successful seasons, the beloved ‘Made In Sydney’ program returns to PACT. This year’s lineup features two sensational Sydney-made works and six award-winning shows from the 2023 Sydney Fringe Awards. Join us as we roll out the red carpet for these rising stars, ready to captivate you with their talent and creativity.
DIRTYFEET: EMERGING MAKERS STUDIO SHARING
DirtyFeet Emerging Makers studio sharing will showcase the cumulative findings from the DirtyFeet Emerging Makers masterclass.
This event is open to friends, family, and industry guests, and is hosted in partnership with the PACT Centre for Emerging Artists.
PACT UNDERGROUND: BACCHANTS
Psychedelic, improvised and interactive.
Explore the line between what is right and what feels good.
Bacchants is a live performance that experiments with the push and pull between learned behaviour and human nature. Some parts are live-scored, some parts are purely performance-based and all are encouraged to let loose and interact.
PACT Presents: The Changelings
PACT presents The Changelings, a new full-length experimental autobiographical performance about bisexuality, Christianity, and becoming your mother.
PACT hosts...Happy Hour Plus! 2024
ReadyMade Works and PACT are thrilled to announce the second iteration of our partnered performance program: ‘PACT HOSTS…HAPPY HOUR PLUS!’ 2024
Queer Development Program Showcase
Presented by Performance Space and PACT, your chance to see fresh new work-in-progress from some of so-called Australia’s most dynamic queer artists working across performance, poetry, film, dance, protest, parties and everything in between.
SOLD OUT - Marcus Whale: Ecstasy Album Launch
Marcus Whale launches Ecstasy at PACT. Explore losing the boundaries of the self through mystified desire and the mystical ritualism of the rave and the club.
NEW SHOW ADDED! Marcus Whale: Ecstasy Album Launch
Marcus Whale launches Ecstasy at PACT. Explore losing the boundaries of the self through mystified desire and the mystical ritualism of the rave and the club.
Double Bill with Lacey Bilger and Hugo Poulet
Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub and PACT Centre for Emerging Artists present: Double Bill with Lacey Bilger and Hugo Poulet. Two exhilarating new dance works by up-and-coming choreographers, bringing the voices of a fresh new generation of dance makers. One show only!