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Regional theatremakers the focus of inclusive new program

Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre will host a five month program to mentor and support regional theatremakers.

21 Jul 2014

Richard Watts

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Matt Scholten, BPACC Artistic Director. Image supplied.

Theatre-maker Matt Scholten has been the Artistic Director of Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre (BPACC) for less than two months, but has already launched an ambitious new program designed to support theatremakers living in north-east Victoria.

Scholten, who started at BPACC in early June, recently secured a $14,800 Australia Council to fund skills workshops for emerging theatre makers in the region, with the first workshop to be held this 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