Atlas by dates
30 July 2006
A is for Atlas launched at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club
September 2006
Atlas reclaims and refurbishes the Abbotsford Convent basement for the presentation of its debut work I Start Again (celebrating the Beckett/Shostakovich centenary)
Founding management team (Xan Colman, Grant Cooper, Hope Gates-Scovelle, Anna Schoo and Charlotte Strantzen) move the company into the Abbotsford Convent
October 2006–May 2008
Atlas opens and manages The Basement, a multi-purpose visual and performing arts space within the Abbotsford Convent
December 2006
Atlas wins Best Independent Company at the Melbourne Short+Sweet Festival with When We Fall (Dec 2006)
June–September 2007
Artistic Director Xan Colman undertakes Asialink Residency with Makhampom Theatre in Thailand.
December 2007
A is for Atlas presents White Art Christmas, a festive season of visual and performing arts in aid of Whitelion
May 2008
Incorporation as a limited guarantee company; establishment of Board
November 2008
Duets for Actor and Musician premieres in the Linen Room, Abbotsford Convent
June 2009
Seedpod Residency at Punctum Inc in Castlemaine for in the absence of sunlight
© A is for Atlas
August 2009
Transformation of the Drama Studio at J-Studios Fitzroy for Quartet/The Razor
September 2009
in the absence of sunlight at the Melbourne Fringe Festival
January 2010
Company workshops Heracles High 5 at TanzFabrik, Berlin
April 2010
Company secures triennial operational funding from the Dennis Osborne Clarke Charitable Trust, managed by ANZ Trustees.
June 2010
Heracles High 5 at the Meat Market, North Melbourne–part of the Arts House Future Tense program–
July 2010
Company moves its operations to the Meat Market
Sep–Oct 2010/Feb–Apr 2011
Artistic Director Xan Colman undertakes International Theatre Institute Fellowship with Robert Wilson at the Berliner Ensemble, Germany
Jan–Feb 2011
Commencement of annual summer creative development works
June 2011
Launch of The Atlas Golden Apple Orchard
November 2011
Company listed on the Register of Cultural organisations
December 2011
A is for Atlas presents Cherry Cherry, its first Dining Room Tale
