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Towards new Australian musicals

A new advocacy group with plans to raise funds for the development of new Australian musicals was a key outcome of the first Music Theatre Symposium.

28 Sep 2015

Richard Watts

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A scene from the 2015 production, Ned: A New Australian Musical. Photo: Marty Williams.

The formation of a new advocacy body representing the interests of the Australian music theatre sector, and a plan to establish a $1 million dollar fund for the development of new, home-grown musicals, were the key outcomes of a sector-wide meeting held in Melbourne on Monday.

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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