Bendigo has a vibrant performing arts community, from theatre companies and dance groups to orchestras and choirs. Bendigo Backstage recognises the potential of supporting these local artists and performers to create a stronger, united community.

Performance in Bendigo has always struggled to hold the attention of the wider community beyond a strong core of local supporters. Bendigo Backstage aims to aid the growth of the performing arts community through promotion and by raising awareness within the general public.

There are many different groups involved in performing arts production, including orchestras, technical crew, performers, designers, venues, production crew, film makers and volunteers.

We hope that Bendigo Backstage covers the interest of these groups, while encouraging personal growth and training among Bendigo’s performers and supports those wishing to pursue their talents to a professional level.

Bendigo Backstage started as an idea for an end of year University Project back in June. It was just an idea we were throwing around and we thought it would be a great idea for the project but we had no idea how big it was going to get.

Along the way word spread and soon we had many people jumping on board and were in need of a team, so we gathered a group of enthusiastic youths also with a love of the performing arts to help with the creation, which we believe is a vital ingredient to the success of the project, as we are not just the creators of an informative website, but performance makers ourselves. It soon out grew the university project and became something much more exciting.

From the Team at Bendigo Backstage we hope you enjoy browsing our site and hopefully you find it both interesting and useful and keep coming back for updates.

If you have any feedback or would like to know more please contact us at info@bendigobackstage.com.au

Kyrilee Johnstone & David Townsend