Belvoir announces suite of initiatives supporting independents

Discounted tickets to mainstage shows will be provided for artists, and Belvoir’s downstairs theatre will be freely available to independents.
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Belvoir’s Artistic Director Eamon Flack in rehearsals for The Rover. Photo credit: Brett Boardman.

New opportunities designed to strengthen the independent theatre sector were announced by Belvoir this week.

The initiatives, including free access to Belvoir’s downstairs theatre for independent artists, and significantly discounted tickets to select mainstage performances, were unveiled at the annual Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture at Belvoir St Theatre on Monday night.

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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