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The Flying Nun by Brand X

We are a performance showcase of outcomes from residencies at Brand X. We are the fringe, the alternative and the contemporary counter-culture of Sydney.

The Flying Nun is a cultural program curated by Brand X at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre (ESCAC) featuring exhibitions, performances, workshops and events.

04/04/2025

Rounding out Season 9 'Neighbourhood Sin' of The Flying Nun was ‘Better She Was Never Born’ by Erica J Brennan.

A beautiful, poetic and poignant exploration into pro-natalism and the female experience of defying the status quo. We loved this new work, and we are very excited to watch the evolution of its very bright future.

A big congratulations to the entire team and a huge thank you to our season photographer Peter Darnley-Stuart.

Bring on Season 10!!!

24/03/2025

Last week, we welcomed Kinetik Collective and The Mill Adelaide all the way from South Australia to present My Hair is Thinning at The Flying Nun.

A huge congratulations to the entire team for bringing this heartfelt, hilarious and hairy show to life, captured in these stunning production photos by Peter Darnley-Stuart.

My Hair is Thinning was proudly presented in partnership with The Mill Adelaide.

17/03/2025

📢📢📢 Coming up this week at The Flying Nun is Better She Was Never Born, a bold exploration of a woman's childfree life. Have you grabbed tickets yet? ⁠
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Lu’s graduation day: “Husband and babies next,” her mother insists. Lu smiles—it’s expected. But an alternative future begins to call. Dive into a lyrical solo performance and a provocative PowerPoint that challenges pronatalism and inspires curiosity. Witness a childfree woman’s emergence into the world as she boldly defies societal norms.⁠
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Friday 21st March, 7pm ⁠
Saturday 22nd March, 7pm ⁠
@ ESCAC, Darlinghurst⁠
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🎟️: $25 General Audience | $20 Artist Pass holders ⁠
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www.brandx.org.au/Event/better-she-was-never-born
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Artwork by: Erica J Brennan⁠ ⁠
📸: Sergiu Vălenaș⁠
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Content warnings: Images of ultrasounds, brief discussions of abortion and birth trauma. Mentions of domestic violence and reproductive coercion.⁠
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Image description: A monochromatic image of a woman holding a baby in a bed. The baby’s face and body are a colourful collage of flower buds, petals and leaves. ⁠
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06/03/2025

❗️Ground Zero Tech Crew Opportunity!

Brand X are on the hunt for a Sydney based sound designer with lived experience of disability to be part of "Ground Zero" a disability led performing arts residency and cabaret style performance season. You will be working on five short 10-15 minute works at our East Sydney Community & Arts Centre venue in Darlinghurst and would need to have flexible availability from April 24th - May 16th.

Please email your EOI and bio to [email protected] by March 13th.

📷️: Christopher Bryant in Ground Zero, 2023. Image by Christina Mishell.

04/03/2025

💈Hairy, sexy, stupid! Check out Kinetik Collective's showreel from the development of My Hair is Thinning, coming up next week at The Flying Nun. Grab tickets while you can!

After his fiancé, Jamie, passes away unexpectedly, Anthony discovers that he’s terrified at the prospect of dying alone. Or worse, dying alone while bald. My Hair is Thinning is a darkly funny documentary theatre work about grief, loss, and the things we can and can’t grow back.

My Hair is Thinning is presented in partnership with The Mill, Adelaide.

Friday 14th & Saturday 15th March, 7pm ⁠@ ESCAC Darlinghurst⁠
⁠🎟️: $25 General Audience | $20 Artist Pass holders ⁠
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www.brandx.org.au/Event/my-hair-is-thinning

03/03/2025

Calling all creators! Do you make experimental work and want to be part of an exciting new platform for intermedial performance in Sydney?

TheLab@UNSW is an exciting new partnership between UNSW's School of Arts & Media and Sydney Fringe Festival. This experimental hub, housed in Studio One at the Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab, will showcase innovative works for two weeks of cutting-edge performances across the Sydney Fringe.

Find out more at www.unsw.edu.au/arts-design-architecture/our-schools/arts-media/student-life/opportunities/the-lab-sydney-fringe

Applications close March 16!

27/02/2025

To get you pumped for our final two shows of Season 9 at The Flying Nun – check out one of our most recent proud mum moments…

‘I Watched Somone Die on Tik Tok’ by Charlotte Otton (Season 8) has been killing the game after her enormously successful Flying Nun run last year.

Scoring 5-star reviews, multiple Fringe Festival awards and nominations, all while inflicting audiences with existential and digital panic, we couldn’t be prouder of Charlotte.

The Flying Nun by Brand X is a platform dedicated to supporting artists to develop experimental, contemporary, counterculture, and brave new works. We can’t wait to watch many more stories like Charlotte’s emerge and break into the wider world.

Next up at The Flying Nun is ‘My Hair is Thinning’ by .collective, in partnership with and Brand X. And closing out the season will be ‘Better She Was Never Born’ by

Tickets are available on our website for both shows! Head to the link below and watch Season 9 go out with a bang.

https://www.brandx.org.au/listing/category/flying-nun-s9

Images provided by Charlotte Otton.

26/02/2025

‘Dolly’s Miracle Hoard’ by Hurrah Hurrah just closed after a SOLD OUT run at The Flying Nun!

Congratulations to the entire team for such an entertaining, heartfelt and FUNNY show. To celebrate, take a look into the world of Dolly’s hoard, it’s quite miraculous, really.

This won’t be the last you see (or don’t see) of Dolly….

Next up at The Flying Nun: 'My Hair is Thinning' by Kinetik Collective, in partnership with The Mill, Adelaide and Brand X - Find out more here!

www.brandx.org.au/Event/my-hair-is-thinning

Images by: Peter Darnley-Stuart

17/02/2025

Just over a week ago, State of Play took the stage at The Flying Nun. Brilliantly captured in these shots by Peter Darnley-Stuart, co-creators Chris Bryant and Emma Palackic used pop culture and theatre history to challenge the audience's assumptions about how queer-disabled people live their lives.

A big congrats to the entire State of Play team for delivering such a thought-provoking and entertaining production 💖

Next up at The Flying Nun is: ⁠
⁠Dolly’s Miracle Hoard devised Hurrah Hurrah and written by Alison Bennett⁠
Friday February 21 & Saturday February 22, 7pm ⁠@ ESCAC Darlinghurst⁠
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🎟️: $25 General Audience | $20 Artist Pass holders⁠
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www.brandx.org.au/event/dollys-miracle-hoard
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📸: Peter Darnley-Stuart⁠
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11/02/2025

'never are' recently made its powerful debut at The Flying Nun, brilliantly captured in these production photos by Peter Darnley-Stuart.

A huge congratulations to Emma Riches and her team on an outstanding performance.

Next up at The Flying Nun is: ⁠
⁠Dolly’s Miracle Hoard devised Hurrah Hurrah and written by Alison Bennett⁠
Friday February 21 & Saturday February 22, 7pm ⁠@ ESCAC Darlinghurst⁠

🎟️: $25 General Audience | $20 Artist Pass holders⁠
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www.brandx.org.au/Event/dollys-miracle-hoard
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📸: Peter Darnley-Stuart⁠
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10/02/2025

Next up at The Flying Nun is Dolly's Miracle Hoard! We’ve got tickets to sell, not stash...have you got yours?

Isolated from the world in her tiny flat, Dolly tends to her precious hoard. When a persistent new neighbor arrives, Dolly is dismayed to find herself yearning for human connection. She builds her hoard higher and higher, only to find her defenses falling down around her.

Friday, 21st February 7pm
Saturday, 22nd February 7pm

🎟️: $25 General Audience | $20 Artist Pass holders ⁠at ESCAC Darlinghurst ⁠

www.brandx.org.au/Event/dollys-miracle-hoard

📸: Alex Travers

09/02/2025

Forgive Me Father: I’m Fat, Black and Ugly made a giant splash at The Flying Nun two weeks ago. Did you miss it? Never fear; take a look at these beautiful production pictures by

We extend a big congratulations to the entire team and we can’t wait to see how the project continues to evolve ❤️�
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Next up at The Flying Nun is:
⁠Dolly’s Miracle Hoard devised by Hurrah Hurrah written by Alison Bennett
Fri 21 & Sat 22, 7pm
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@ ESCAC Darlinghurst⁠
🎟️: $25 General Audience | $20 Artist Pass holders⁠
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Grab your tickets here:
https://www.brandx.org.au/Event/dollys-miracle-hoard

📸: Peter Darnley-Stuart

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It is a showcase of the outcomes from Performing Arts residencies with Brand X. By its very nature, we celebrate the fringe, alternative and contemporary counter-culture, contributing multi-disciplinary creative risk-taking to the East Sydney Creative Precinct.

We support artists by providing low-cost resources that encourage experimentation by reducing the financial barriers of developing and presenting new work to audiences in Sydney. The Flying Nun by Brand X offers a performance program for new ideas open to EOI.

So come and see something raw, something beautiful, something strange in the heart of Darlinghurst. Your presence will support Sydney’s Independent Artists with income, feedback and the opportunity to take their new ideas to the next level. Risk Everything.

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