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Fold or forge onwards: Theatre Network NSW at a turning point

While the advocacy body has been thrown a funding lifeline by Create NSW, without an additional $32,000 it may have to wind up in the coming months.

3 May 2019

Richard Watts

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A new feature is being forged for Theatre Network NSW. Image via Shutterstock.

Theatre Network NSW (TNN), the state’s peak body for the theatre sector, received only 60% of its annual program funding ($50,000 of the $82,000 requested) from Create NSW in the latest Arts and Cultural Organisations program round, and consequently cannot continue operating unless additional income is secured.

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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