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Darwin Festival placed under administration

The future of Darwin Festival is in doubt with the NT Government dismissing the board on Wednesday.
8 Jun 2016 12:00
Richard Watts
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The Board of Darwin Festival – chaired by former Labor chief minister Clare Martin – has been dismissed by the Northern Territory’s Director General of Licensing, Cindy Bravos.

Decisions about the Festival’s future are now in the hands of a statutory manager appointed to run the Festival for 2016, however the government has assured staff and stakeholders that funds were available to ensure the 2016 Festival goes ahead.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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