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www.metroarts.com.au Metro Arts is developing the future of Australian contemporary arts practice, now. Championing all contemporary art forms, the two core activities of the organisation are developing and co-presenting contemporary arts. Within the walls of Metro Arts there are artists taking risks, creating, developing, experimenting, and presenting ambitious contemporary art. In addition to th

e artistic program Metro Arts supports the wider artistic community with low cost short and long term venue hire for creative businesses, photo shoots, rehearsals, exhibitions, performances, auditions, forums, celebrations and more.

Scenes from the costume design for the upcoming 'god eater'.Jag Popham is working with artist and fashion designer Andre...
23/06/2026

Scenes from the costume design for the upcoming 'god eater'.

Jag Popham is working with artist and fashion designer Andrew Treloar, whose work has been presented at festivals and venues across Australia, as well as the 2018 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. Together, they're creating a bespoke costume that interweaves with the set and lighting in this striking, violent yet vulnerable solo work.

"We were thinking mainly about the idea of shedding, which led to having multiple layers or skins. We also looked at the idea of the sacrificial god, which is at play across so many mythologies. So some items are easy to slip off, others are more of a battle, some are visible underneath.

"We’ve also worked with the way textures interact with the lighting states, and also the idea of ‘dressing’ and revealing an object in the set design, as if to question where is the idea of this god located and how do or are they consumed?"
- Andrew Treloar

BOOK NOW through the link: https://metroarts.com.au/event/god-eater/

📅 1–4 July 2026
📍 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts

Images by Georgia Haupt.

22/06/2026

ARTS STARTS HERE,
WITH HELP FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU
Every artist featured in this campaign began with an idea, a risk, and a need for someone to believe in them.

At Metro Arts, we create space for artists to experiment, collaborate, fail, grow and ultimately create the ambitious contemporary work that audiences across Queensland, Australia and beyond continue to seek out.

CEO Kieran Swann and the Metro Arts team are working alongside our local creative community to strengthen the future of independent contemporary and experimental art, fostering artistic growth through residencies, exhibitions, experimentation, touring and new partnerships.
None of this happens without people like you.

This end-of-financial-year, help us back the next generation of artists, risk-takers and cultural leaders.

DONATE TODAY
https://metroarts.com.au/make-a-donation/


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Visceral movement. Stark stillness. Mystery.Earlier this month, Jag Popham and the creative team were in the New Benner ...
20/06/2026

Visceral movement. Stark stillness. Mystery.

Earlier this month, Jag Popham and the creative team were in the New Benner Theatre for a 'god eater' creative intensive, ahead of the season presenting 1–4 July.

The team spent the week exploring, experimenting and refining lighting elements, choreography, set and costume. Take a glimpse at some of the behind the scenes images.

Don't miss out, BOOK NOW through the link: https://metroarts.com.au/event/god-eater/

📅 1-4 July, 2026.
📍 New Bennner Theatre, Metro Arts.

IMG1&3: Georgia Haupt.
IMG2&4: Metro Arts.

Meet the mind behind ‘god eater’ - and the body that brings it to life.Jag Popham is part dancer, part ritualist, and pa...
16/06/2026

Meet the mind behind ‘god eater’ - and the body that brings it to life.

Jag Popham is part dancer, part ritualist, and part sonic architect. He’s performed all around the world, including on significant works like the Rambert remount of ‘Enter Achilles’ working with internationally acclaimed DV8 Physical Theatre director Lloyd Newsom.

A graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance, Popham now calls Australia home. He’s part of the elite Dancenorth ensemble; co-director of KIN; alumni of projects with Brisbane’s brilliant Australasian Dance Collective and Studio 1 - and now brings his dynamic performance to Metro Arts with the transformative ‘god eater’.

Sweaty, strange and impossible to look away from - ‘god eater’ explores trance, obsession, and what happens when the body warps beyond its limits.

Jag says, “’god eater’ asks for trust in slowness, silence, discomfort, and mystery allowing the experience to move through the body before the mind tries to explain it.”

Don’t overthink it - book now.

📅 1-4 July, 2026.
📍New Benner theatre, Metro Arts.
🎟️ Tickets now available.

New Zealand School of Dance Alumni
New Zealand School of Dance
Dancenorth Australia
Rambert
The New Zealand Dance Company
Australasian Dance Collective
STUDIO1 | Brisbane

Photos by Georgia Haupt. Georgia Haupt | Documenter

TOWNHALL #2 - POSTPONED. Due to ongoing intermittent rain, we’re postponing tonight’s planned Townhall #2 until we can c...
11/06/2026

TOWNHALL #2 - POSTPONED.

Due to ongoing intermittent rain, we’re postponing tonight’s planned Townhall #2 until we can come together warm and dry.

New date to be announced within the coming month.

If you want to move with the night.... then check out our 2026 Brisbane Festival program, NIGHT MOVES, exploring what we...
10/06/2026

If you want to move with the night.... then check out our 2026 Brisbane Festival program, NIGHT MOVES, exploring what we keep hidden in our darkest corners.

'Shandy' brings a taste of q***r mayhem as our opening night party;

'Choral Cthonics', an exhibition where chanting, murmurs and dones become a force that exceeds the body;

'(In)Sight', an exhibition by Kuweni Dias Mendis and Grant x Wilkes, explores what it means to see and be seen.

And 'The Scramble' by Shaun Johnston, a charged physical duet where exertion, resistance and care collide.

Find out more about each event, and book your ticket now on our website.

Presented in partnership with Brisbane Festival.

Image credits:
IMG 1, 2 & 6: Shandy Party.
IMG 3: Image courtesy of Cicadas.
IMG 4: Image by Niru Mendis.
IMG 5: Image by Andrea Mae.

08/06/2026

ARTS STARTS HERE,
WITH HELP FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU
Young artists need safe places to grow into nationally-respected creative leaders.

Metro Arts can only enable this growth with support from people just like you.

Long before becoming one of Australia’s most respected contemporary performance makers, Natano Fa’anana played, collaborated and found his creative voice at Metro Arts. Today, Natano still brings that same “ratbag” energy back to Metro Arts - as an artist, a community leader, and a member of the Metro Arts board.

This end-of-financial-year, help us develop the next generation of artists as they grow into extraordinary leaders.

DONATE TODAY
https://metroarts.com.au/make-a-donation/

Video production

03/06/2026

ARTS STARTS HERE
WITH HELP FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU
No matter where you live, you deserve access to bold independent theatre.

Metro Arts can only make this possible with support from people just like you.
Metro Arts was proud to work with THAT Production Company to tour their acclaimed work to more than a dozen venues across regional Queensland - connecting thousands of audience members with award-winning contemporary storytelling.

This end-of-financial-year, help us back more independent companies to take ambitious new work on the road.

DONATE TODAY
https://metroarts.com.au/make-a-donation/


Video production

god eater by Jag Popham| 1st - 4th July Devour the divine. Be devoured. Join us for the premiere of god eater, a phenome...
28/05/2026

god eater by Jag Popham| 1st - 4th July

Devour the divine. Be devoured.

Join us for the premiere of god eater, a phenomenal new dance/performance work. Contemporary Aotearoan (NZ) dance artist Jag Popham presents god eater, a striking solo work that shifts between explosive physical intensity, stark stillness, and uncanny tenderness.

Driven by a primal, pulsing soundscape, god eater warps perceptions of the body and its limits as Jag seemingly bends between human, creature, and something less easily named. Body encased in a shell that slowly mutates and sheds, the work traces an encounter with forces larger than the self, where distinctions between predator and prey, control and surrender, begin to collapse.

🗓️Season datesgod eater by Jag PophamMetro Arts, New Benner Theatre, West End, Brisbane



🎟️ Book now | Link in bio.
Image: Jade Ellis

god eater was supported by Studio1 through The Workroom Program

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