About PACS
Our Purpose | Our Values | Our Program
The Blue Room is the trading name of the Performing Arts Centre Society (PACS) a membership-based not-for-profit organisation that provides resources and services to independent performing arts practitioners.
Our Purpose
To be a leading arts organisation that supports the development of outstanding performing arts practitioners by providing affordable and accessible resources, services and support.
Our Values
Productive – The Blue Room is committed to the effective use of resources that maximise our capacity to provide high quality service, programs, and opportunities to the performing arts sector.
Accessible – we are welcoming and open to a broad and diverse range of creative artists and audience.
Creative – we embrace the new and thrive on dynamic, productive exchange between The Blue Room panel, board, staff, artists and our wider environment.
Supportive – we value artists as creators and producers of their own work, we listen and respond to their needs and interests and support them in reaching their creative aspirations.
Our commitment to these values informs all aspects of our work, the work we support as well as our communication with members, audience and key stakeholders.
Our Program
Curating a continuous program of diverse, new work, The Blue Room seeks to support what is urgent and interesting. Our performance program provides artists working across a broad spectrum of theatre practice with practical opportunities to explore their craft and develop their skills, as well as opportunities to build professional profile and present new work. The Blue Room has an exceptional record of providing outstanding artists and their work with critical entry points into the professional arena. These artists are now working across the country contributing to the richness and diversity of Australian culture.
The Blue Room is a well connected organisation that has a strong track-record of working collaboratively with cultural partners on a local, state and national level to support, develop and deliver strategic initiatives that ensure greater opportunity for independent theatre artists working within the small to medium sector.
The Blue Room is currently supported on a triennial basis by The Australia Council for the Arts; The Department of Culture and the Arts WA and on an annual basis from The City of Perth through their cultural partnership program. With their support, The Blue Room’s impact is substantial: In fiscal year 2007, The Blue Room supported more than 200 artists in 21 productions that attracted more than 11,000 audience members.
For more details about our development and marketing plans, please download our Business Plan (203kPDF file).
Governed by an effective and skilled board of management, The Blue Room is chaired by industry leader, Natalie Jenkins and managed by a strong management team of 4.8 permanent staff, ably led by Executive Director, Jansis O’Hanlon since 1999.
Situated in Northbridge WA, The Blue Room is housed in a heritage building owned by the State Government of WA. As well as housing The Blue Room administration, the venue is an active centre for artists to meet, develop, rehearse, produce, review and network offering two theatre spaces, two rehearsal rooms and a great bar all under Blue Room management. In 2006 the venue was significantly refurbished as part of a capital work program implemented by the State Government of WA greatly improving access and facilities for artists and audience members.
