FRIDAY 27TH - SUNDAY 29TH MARCH 2026
Experience the SMALL
Life moves quickly. We fill our days with work, responsibilities, and the rhythm of everyday life and sometimes we forget to notice the moments that truly matter.
The moment of wonder.
Brave New Works #32 invited audiences and artists to slow down. The 2026 festival celebrated the beauty of SMALL.
SMALL: The quiet moments. The details we might overlook. The miniature, the diminutive, the seemingly insignificant things that turn out to be the most meaningful parts of our lives.
Because it is often the small things that move us most.
A Festival of Intimacy
Brave New Works 2026 transforms spaces across Kwoorabup/Denmark into places of connection and creativity.
We witnessed:
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Small stages and intimate audiences
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Performances that felt close and personal
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Creative works that experimented and explored
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Stories that challenged and inspired
The festival was not about large productions or distant spectacle.
It was about experiences that invited you in, moments where art met audiences and meaning emerged in the small details.
Small ideas carried enormous weight.
Small moments changed the way we saw the world this weekend.
2026 PROGRAM
Three decades of arts festivals... and counting.
Brave New Works (BNW) is a longstanding regional arts festival, providing participation in and access to WA made arts and culture. Established in 1994, BNW is WA's only experimental community art festival, embracing all forms of creative expression from theatre, song, film, visual arts, comedy, poetry, written works and dance. BNW invites submissions of "works in progress to polished pieces, big or small, across all artistic mediums, as long as they are brave and new".
BNW is designed to support artists in their development phase of a new work and growth in the sector, annually featuring over 80 activities in ten venues during a multi-day program in March/April. The fringe style platform supports 900+ artists in their exploration and performance practice in a supported environment, strengthening community connections, mentorship and growth of regional audiences. The inclusive line up of activities encourage participation and engagement from local schools, nursing homes, disability groups and youth.
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BE BRAVE, BE NEW.
WHAT A TIME IT WAS!!
DENMARK'S Brave New Works welcomed creative works responding to the 2025 theme: Aurora Australis, local artists and artists from outside the region presented astounding NEW or BRAVE works. Cosmic, unusual, zany and curious presentations incorporating the thrilling Aurora, were presented carefully, considered, through high calibre performances of dance, spoken word, music, bands, mediation, comedy, visual art and workshops.
A festival like no other, the 31st Brave New Works, continues to make Kwoorabup (Denmark) one of the state’s most recognised creative hubs! A beloved festival that welcomes all forms of creative expression to entertain and challenge audiences. offering professional development programs for artists and opportunities for artists to interact directly with audiences. Great Southern audiences are famous for their welcoming and warm support of the festival, creating a safe stage for new and experienced artists alike to try something new. BNW continuously welcomes experimentation, exploration and performance practice.
This festival has been the springboard for many artistic careers, You never know what marvellous work you will experience! Denmark Arts is proud to have been witness to and supporter of many artistic careers over the many years! Who knows, you could be next!?
2025 Gallery
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