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Cheers as playwright castigates Arts Minister

Patricia Cornelius faced down Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield at a national playwrights dinner on Tuesday.

27 Jul 2016

Richard Watts

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James O’Connell, Mark Tregonning and Lyall Brooks in Patricia Cornelius’ Savages (2013). Photo: Sarah Walker

Playwright Patricia Cornelius, the award-winning author of works including SHIT, Savages, Slut and Do Not Go Gentle… challenged Minister for the Arts Senator Mitch Fifield over the Abbott-Turnbull Government’s poor handling of arts funding in a brief but pointed confrontation on Tuesday night.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts