Anywhere Festival is an annual Brisbane based festival for performance anywhere but traditional theatre spaces. The first anywhere-but-in-a-traditional-theatre concept was brought to Brisbane in 2011 by creative director Paul Osuch.
"The festival is about theatre anywhere but in a theatre," explains Paul Osuch, the mastermind behind the festival. "I could see people wanted exciting theatre that didn't have to happen in a theatre," he says. "What kicked it over the line was when English actor Ian McKellen couldn't find a theatre space in Brisbane to bring his acclaimed Waiting for Godot. I figured that if he had trouble getting into a Brisbane theatre there were probably a lot of less-well-known theatre producers with the same problem."
The festival is held in Brisbane and Moreton Bay and has been held in Brisbane, Mackay, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Frankston, Woolloongong and Parramatta.
History
The festival began in 2011 as the Anywhere Festival, Brisbane but became known as the Anywhere Festival in 2014 to expand its remit beyond traditional "theatre". It was created and directed by Paul Osuch.
In 2014, the first Anywhere Festival was presented in Frankston and in 2015 grew to include Brisbane, Mackay, Dysart, Middlemount, Moranbah Parramatta and Frankston.
In 2017, the festival expanded to Noosa and Sunshine Coast with Toni Wills and Nycole Prowse joining.
See also
List of festivals in Brisbane
References
External links
Arts Queensland Case Study of the 2011 Anywhere Theatre Festival Arts Queensland Creative Capital Strategy document referring to Anywhere Theatre Festival Paul Osuch interview with The Australian Commissioned Blog by Festival Director Paul Osuch on Anywhere, anytime Green Room interview with Paul Osuch "Creative Spaces Case Studies