Events &
Culture
Culture
A celebration of both the intimate & the spectacle
Perran has successfully worked on everything from intimate little events all the way up to major festivals. His events are like no other, they are uniquely tailored experiences where every element has been considered as a whole to create truly memorable experiences.
This allows Perran to seamlessly design and direct every element of the events process in a collaborative, engaging and captivating style.
Skills, Roles
Responsibilities
- Creative, Managing & Event Director & Producer
- Production, Site, Volunteer & Stage Management
- Programming, Curation & Artist Liaison
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Graphic, Web & Wayfaring Design
- Publicity, Promotion & Marketing
- Art, theming, Set Design & Decor Maker
Experiential
Engagement
Perran creates world-class experiential events and engagements that are a celebration of both the intimate and the spectacle. Perran is an eternal optimist driven to help develop models for creating, accessing, sustaining and experiencing cultural expression in all forms.
His transdisciplinary experience has included:
- Space activation and revitalisation
- Community, local and nationwide festivals
- Exhibitions, openings and art fairs
- Public art and community engagement projects
- Social events and intimate gatherings
- Product launches, awards nights and fashion shows
- Theater, film screenings and performance pieces
- Summits, talks and workshops
Selected
Achievements
- Clients have included City of Sydney Council, Sydney Festival, FBi Radio, Sapporo Beer, Peats Ridge Festival, Big Day Out, Newtown Festival, Dalwood Estate Wines, Australian Openair Cinemas, Sydney Opera House, and Underbelly Arts amongst many others
- Multi-award-winning events
- Sector innovator and market leader
- Successfully managed every stage of the event process from concept to completion
- Managed teams of up to 50 staff and volunteers
- Managed and allocated budgets of a shoestring to over 100k
- Market leader in delivering strong and successful local, nationwide and international productions
- Attracted audiences of over 300,000 people both off and online
- Truly reflect the client’s vision and reached their audience creating brand recognition and a loyal base
Perran creates groundbreaking and award winning events, which truly speak to people on a personal level whilst inspiring participation and strong community engagement.
Example of
Holistic Event
Perran’s illustrious career has included Creative/Managing director of Amnesty International Freedom Festival as part of the Stop Violence Against Women Campaign, a national series of thirteen art, music, performance and cultural events in conjunction with an international album release.
Under Perren’s leadership, Freedom Festival attracted the largest uptake in membership and broadest publicity coverage since AIA initiated in Australia, with over 7000 people in attendance, over 10,000 signing the campaign partition, the album selling out across the world and the objectives of the campaign being written into law.
For his astounding work Perran was nominated for the National Prevention of Violence Against Women Award presented at Australian Parliament House.
Perran’s illustrious career has included Creative/Managing director of Amnesty International Freedom Festival as part of the Stop Violence Against Women Campaign, a national series of thirteen art, music, performance and cultural events in conjunction with an international album release.
