CreateSA has announced the recipients of the February 2026 round of its Arts and Culture Grants Program, which sees sixty creative projects across the fields of performing and visual arts, literature and craft and design awarded a share of $1 million.

This funding will secure work for more than 335 artists and 152 arts workers, and will supports the delivery of projects in South Australia, regional and interstate locations, and internationally.

The Mirror by Gravity and Other Myths. Photo © Daniel Boud

Projects with international scope include circus company Gravity & Other Myths, granted $49,982 to deliver a European tour of its works A Simple Space and The Mirror; dance company Lewis Major Projects will also see an international and Australian tour of Triptych with $50,000 in funding. The company’s director, Lewis Major, has has also been named a recipient to support the development of his work Present Tense.

Soundstream New Music will be awarded $25,000 to support South Australian members of the Inarma Women’s Choir, comprising members from remote Indigenous communities, in performing the world premiere works of their works Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in October.

With $45,000 in funding, The Bowerbird Collective will also conduct a regional tour of Karuna Yarta – The Seasons, an 80-minute cinematic concert pairing music from David John Lang with visuals.

UNCLE VANYA but there’s ASMR soap cutting videos playing in the bottom right corner. Photo © Claudio Raschella

Adelaide Baroque will also see a second development for its Tides of Change program, Paper Mouth Theatre earns support for its work UNCLE VANYA but there’s ASMR soap cutting videos playing in the bottom right corner while TGIF, a vocal ensemble compromising nondivergent and learning disabled singers, earn funding to travel to the Tasmanian-based Festival of Voices in 2026.

A new partnership between State Opera South Australia and Opera Hong Kong has also been finalised, which will see the organisations co-produce Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel. 

Directed by Constantine Costi, the work will be developed and premiered in SA this year with an Australian creative team before travelling to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in 2027.

State Opera South Australia’s The Magic Flute.

This follows on from the two’s previous collaboration on the 2025 production of The Magic Flute, in conjunction with the Beijing Music Festival. In a five-star Limelight review, contributor Chris Reid named  it “one of the most original and inventive” settings of Mozart’s comic opera.

“The touring model represents a move away from short‑term, fly‑in fly‑out engagement towards a genuine co‑production framework,” said CreateSA in an announcement.

The [partnership] reflects growing confidence in South Australia as a place where world‑class opera is conceived, developed and delivered through internationally connected practice.”

The full list of funding recipients can be found here.