About

Asia TOPA is Australia’s major triennial of Asia-Pacific performance.

Asia TOPA returns 20 February – 10 March 2025 with an extraordinary program of new art and performance from across the Asia-Pacific.

Every three years, Asia TOPA brings the best of Asia-Pacific arts, culture and ideas to Melbourne for a three-week-long celebration that spotlights our diverse and dynamic region.

The 2025 triennial includes breath-taking new work across dance, theatre, music, visual art and beyond, alongside a new nightlife program and opportunities to connect with artists and creative communities.

Asia TOPA is a place to connect with our global neighbours, bringing cultural innovators and artistic visionaries from across the Asia-Pacific to our city. The 2025 triennial is led by Creative Director, Jeff Khan and a new team. With a spirit of openness and curiosity, Asia TOPA creates a dynamic space to build connections, exchange bold new ideas and imagine new possibilities for the future.

Join us for an unmissable three-week, city-wide adventure of dynamic performances, captivating exhibitions, thought-provoking talks and immersive late-night events that will inspire, surprise and captivate.

HISTORY

Asia TOPA: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts is a joint initiative of Sidney Myer Fund and Arts Centre Melbourne built to celebrate the creative imagination of artists and culture in the Asia-Pacific region.

The first two triennials were presented in 2017 and 2020, led by founding Creative Director Stephen Armstrong. These inaugural editions of Asia TOPA established the triennial as a key cultural event in Australia’s arts calendar, working with essential Australian and Asia-Pacific voices to realise ambitious and vital works and bring audiences together across boundaries and cultural difference.

Delivered by dedicated teams of festival experts, Asia TOPA quickly established an important place in the cultural life of Melbourne. Across the 2017 and 2020 festivals 1,960 artists and 631 individual events were presented.

Contact

General

asiatopafestival@artscentremelbourne.com.au

Media

Will Hamilton
Media & Communications Advisor
will.hamilton@artscentremelbourne.com.au

Partnerships

Siobhan Kranz
Partnerships Manager
siobhan.kranz@artscentremelbourne.com.au

Development

Lorrae Nicholson
Manager, Philanthropy Partnerships
Philanthropic Support
Lorrae.Nicholson@artscentremelbourne.com.au

Suzanne Daley
Director, Philanthropy
Private Giving & Contemporary Foundation
Suzanne.Daley@artscentremelbourne.com.au