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Theatres close for massive renovations

Overhauling the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct will result in the closure of STC’s Wharf Theatres for all of 2018.

7 Apr 2017

Richard Watts

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Sydney Theatre Company (STC) will receive an additional $30 million to redevelop its Wharf Theatres, the first significant upgrade to the STC’s home in 30 years.

The allocation is part of an additional $68 million in NSW Government funding for the redevelopment of the Walsh Bay arts precinct, announced on Wednesday by Minister for the Arts Don Harwin, in addition to the $139 million committed to the project in 2015 through the Cultural Infrastructure Program.

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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