Evaluation of Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) 2014-2018 Year Two Interim Report June 2016

In the awarding of the tender for APAM by the Australia Council to Brisbane Powerhouse for the delivery of the market in 2014-2018, a requirement is that a formal evaluation of the three iterations of APAM be undertaken by the Queensland University of Technology, Creative Industries Faculty, under the leadership of Associate Professor Sandra Gattenhof. The agreed research model delivers reporting on outcomes not only in the year in which APAM is delivered (2014, 2016, 2018) but also in the years between (2015, 2017).APAM sits within a context of other Markets internationally. Other Markets include InternationalPerforming Arts for Youth (IPAY) and American Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), both annual showcases/conferences held in the United States of America; Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS), held yearly in October; and International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA),which holds two Congresses every year –one in New York and one in a different region of the world.Unlike other Markets, which welcome the inclusion from outside the country in which the Market takes place, the focus of APAM is solely on the presentation of Australian and near neighbour country (New Zealand) performance works, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, that are ready for national and international touring