Established in 2024, the NIDA Future Centre is NIDA’s innovation lab. We explore the future of storytelling and performance through emerging technologies.
Partnerships & Collaborations
Programs & Opportunities
Conversations & Connections
What’s new at the NIDA Future Centre?
RAPP Lab
RAPP Lab (Robots, Art, People and Performance Laboratory) is a practice-based research initiative that puts collaborative robot arms on stage with human performers.
Future Forms
Future Forms is a salon series from the Future Centre celebrating works and ideas that push the boundaries of technology and performance.
Each gathering brings artists, researchers and industry together to explore how performance can evolve.
NIDA X
NIDA X is a program offering grants to alumni to develop live entertainment projects that push the boundaries of storytelling and technology. NIDA X is supported by the Girgensohn Foundation, NIDA X Patrons.
The NIDA Future Centre was seeded by a generous donation from the Jim Sharman Future Fund. Jim Sharman, a NIDA alum, is an Australian director of stage and screen whose work has had a profound cultural impact in Australia and internationally.
We want to hear from you. Get in touch if you have any enquiries.
