Who we are 

Utp is a Western Sydney-based arts organisation. We create, support and facilitate impactful and meaningful creative experiences. Our projects are self-determined and led by the artists and communities we work with. We believe in the radical accessibility of the arts. We want creative and critical thinking to be available to everyone – particularly for people from Western Sydney, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people experiencing financial hardship, First Nations people of Australia, people living with disability and young people.

What we do

Utp is a unique commissioning and producing organisation. We make long-term investments in collaborations with artists and communities from outside the dominant culture to give form to extraordinary ideas. We work with an exceptional set of partners to co-produce a year-round program of performance, dance, visual art, learning and community-led projects, unlike anything you have seen before.

First and Last

Throughout 2024 and extending beyond, Utp's program will centre First Nations-led experimental practice with multi-arts outcome, deepening our commitment to First Nations people of Australia. First and Last is a year of embedded programs and strategies ensuring a continued strong commitment to First Nations Peoples having the first and last word, now and into the future.

First and Last Programs
Body Place
ALWAYS Call and Response Lab
Crip Rave Theory 2024
Radical Accessibility Essays
Counterflows writing lab
Utp Rising
Dharug Collective

Utp (Urban Theatre Projects) is a charitable institution and is registered as a deductible gift recipient. All donations made to the Urban Theatre Projects Public Fund of over $2 are tax deductible. All donors are issued a tax receipt.

Cover image: The First and Last artwork is a collaborative project by Dharug, Lebanese, Chinese and UK artist, M. Sunflower and and typography by Ngemba/Ngiyampaa, Dutch and Irish illustrator and designer Emma Sjaan Beukers.

Image: April Phillips, Body Place, 2024, photo by Jacquie Manning