A Sydney-based creative producer and cultural programmer working across contemporary performance, queer culture and community-embedded practice. He is the founder of Unfunded Empathy and the co-creator of Queer PowerPoint, which has been presented across the region including RISING, Taipei Pride, Sydney Festival, Festival of Live Art Auckland and Darwin Festival. As Producer at Performing Lines, he produces work with Bundjulung/Ngapuhi choreographer Amrita Hepi , queer icon Betty Grumble and dj & composer Paul Mac.
His producing work is characterised by a commitment to risk-taking, artist care and building genuine community around cultural events. He brings particular expertise in emerging artist development, event production and the kind of sustained relational work that makes ambitious projects viable.
A multidisciplinary curator and cultural programmer with over two decades of experience. She is the founder and director of Friends with Strangers, a socially-engaged cultural organisation working at the intersection of artistic excellence and social impact. She curates and produces multidisciplinary art experiences with a focus on building platforms where communities can gather and imagine more equitable futures.
Prior to Friends with Strangers she served as Executive Producer and Artistic Adviser at Performance Space, Festival Director of Art Month, and Director of Programs and Partnerships for Sydney Contemporary. She has worked extensively with artists and organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, with a sustained interest in collaborative practice, political and ecological urgency, and art that reaches beyond institutional audiences.
Photo Credit: Maja Baska
Head of Operations
Tom Fenley is a Sydney-based event producer and project manager working across live event planning and production, strategic planning, and consulting for non-profit and cultural organisations.
Creative Producer
Joy Ng is a cultural producer who spent 11 years building one of Sydney's most beloved cultural venues. As owner of The Bearded Tit, she grew the Redfern bar from a neighbourhood haunt into a cultural hub. Creating an ongoing program of exhibitions, performance, talks and parties, it became a home for queer and historically marginalised artists and communities
Music Producer
Gemma is a Western Sydney artist, DJ and event producer whose music has earned an FBi SMAC Award nomination, Sound NSW support for her debut EP and a 2024–25 Generations Fellowship (Powerhouse, Blacktown Arts and Sound NSW). As a Producer she has produced events including the 2026 Best of the West: Battle of the Bands for City of Parramatta and todo, all (2025) at Fairfield City Museum & Gallery.
Artist Liaison & Festival Co-ordinator
Lalita Conquest is a multi-hyphenate artist and arts worker living on the land of the Gadigal people. Working across performance art and burlesque since 2021, she has performed at The Bearded Tit in Redfern, Restaurant Hubert, the National Art School and the Sydney Opera House. Now moving into arts work, Lalita will be working in festival coordination and artist liaison.
Marketing Co-ordinator
Avalon is a proud Ngarabul woman. She is the Events, Marketing and Administration Officer at First Hand Solutions, supporting three First Nations social enterprises: Blak Markets, the National Indigenous Art Fair and IndigiGrow. She leads event logistics and production for Blak Markets, co-coordinates the National Indigenous Art Fair, and writes and designs the marketing for all three.
Head of Transport Logistics
Ellie Lynch is a Master Mariner and Captain of Cape Peron. She has more than 15 years' experience in commercial shipping, aviation and heavy vehicle navigation
Brand Design
Designer and technologist. One half of EX-GF studio.
Web Design
Digital producer and web developer. The other half of EX-GF studio.
Content Creator
Media artist and arts worker working on Dharug country.
Gundungurra Man and GAHAI member. Gully Traditional Owner.
Dharug woman, artist and cultural educator.
Bundjulung and Ngapuhi choreographer and artist working across performance, video and installation.
Iconic Australian fashion designer and artist, Blackheath resident for nearly fifty years.
Interdisciplinary artist, curator and writer of Tamil ancestry. Artistic associate, Sydney Festival.
Managing Partner, REA Arts and Culture. Over 20 years working with Carriageworks, Sydney Opera House and the Australian Ballet.
Managing Director, MusicNSW. Board Member, Green Music Australia, NSW Sound NSW Advisory Board, 24-Hour Economy Advisory Council.