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Final curtain falls on Perth Theatre Company

A 33 year history draws to a close with news that the company will be voluntarily wound up and deregistered.

30 May 2016

Richard Watts

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The Board of the troubled Perth Theatre Company (PTC) has resolved to wind up the company. Chairman Dr Saliba Sassine said that the company’s business and financial model was unsustainable in the current economic environment.

PTC – established in 1983 and originally known as SWY Theatre Company – would be voluntarily wound up and de-registered, Sassine said on Friday.

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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