Consultancy
Fueling Creativity for Artistic & Social Impact
LRT’s Consultancy Program is designed to empower artists, organisations, and businesses by integrating creativity into new projects, strategic planning, and public engagement. Our multidisciplinary approach offers dramaturgical support, creative direction, grant auspicing, and curatorial expertise to help artists navigate funding, production, and audience engagement.
We work with independent artists, cultural institutions, and corporate teams to foster innovation and meaningful collaboration. Whether you’re developing a new performance work, seeking guidance on funding, curating a festival, or activating public spaces, LRT provides the expertise to bring bold ideas to life.
Our Services Include:
- Dramaturgical & Artistic Development – Refining creative projects with expert guidance.
- Auspice Agency Support – Helping independent artists access and manage grants.
- Cultural Placemaking & Event Curation – Creating site-specific, immersive experiences.
- Conference & Networking Support – Assisting with speaker curation and industry connections.
At LRT, we value curiosity, experience, connection, and innovation—helping artists and organisations push creative boundaries and make a lasting impact.
Let’s collaborate! Reach out to explore how LRT can support your next project.
Why Work with LRT?
LRT’s multidisciplinary approach understanding of client’s needs and tight budgets.
At LRT, we value:
Curiosity – Encouraging exploration, risk-taking, and bold artistic expression.
Experience – Bringing deep dramaturgical, curatorial, and production expertise to every project.
Connection – Building strong networks between artists, institutions, and communities.
Innovation – Championing new platforms, genres, and creative methodologies.
By working with LRT, you are supporting a visionary environment that fosters meaningful collaborations and long-term artistic growth.
Notable Clients & Partnerships
LRT’s consultancy expertise has supported arts organisations, academic institutions, and community projects, including:
- Community Restorative Centre
- Celebrate South King
- City of Ryde – Ryde Live Music Activation
- Dulwich Hill Relit Festival
- Ensemble Offspring
- Greenpeace Australia-Pacific
- Macleay Museum
- Newtown Enmore Business Community
- University of Sydney
Through our consultancy, we continue to redefine how creativity, performance, and community engagement intersect—expanding the reach and impact of artistic expression.
For Artists & Creative Practitioners
Dramaturgical Support
LRT provides dramaturgical guidance for artists developing new works, helping refine narratives, structure performances, and deepen thematic exploration.
Arts Auspicing & Grant Support
LRT acts as an auspice agency, providing financial and administrative support to independent artists and smaller collectives.
- Why use an auspice agency?
- LRT holds Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, enabling artists without this status to access funding opportunities.
- Financial Management: LRT manages grant funding, ensuring compliance, reporting, and auditing.
- Project Delivery: Artists focus on the creative work while LRT oversees the financial administration.
For Organisations
Cultural Placemaking & Site-Specific Events
- Events in Unusual Places – Creating immersive, site-specific performances that activate unexpected spaces.
- Transforming Urban Spaces – Designing artistic interventions that engage communities and reimagine public environments.
Conference & Networking Advice
- Strategic Networking & Speaker Curation – Helping artists, academics, and cultural organisations position themselves within multi-disciplinary industry discussions.
- Conference Programming – Assisting with content curation, panel development, and audience engagement strategies.
Curatorial Support
- Curating Exhibitions, Festivals & Public Programs – Ensuring meaningful audience experiences and thought-provoking artistic narratives.
- Festival & Event Curation – Collaborating with artists and organisations to create compelling programming that reflects innovative and diverse artistic voices.
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Creative designer
Michelle St Anne emphasises isolation with, in turn, each soloist half-shadowed at the base of a high cone of misty light and each of the six performances newly positioned amid small softly lit sculptural forms, lending the space a cosmological ambience, apt for lone voices in the vastness of the universe. Keith Gallasch - Realtime