Funding cut threatens theatre company’s future

Succession planning in light of the Artistic Director's impending retirement, and the company's 2018 season, are now imperilled.

18 Aug 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

A scene from the Tasmanian Theatre Company’s 2017 production, e-baby. Photo by Richard Parkinson.

The Tasmanian Theatre Company’s annual funding for 2018 – delivered through Arts Tasmania’s Organisations Investment Program – has been cut by almost $23,000 from $125,000 to $102,785.

As well as threatening the company’s 2018 season, the reduction in funding also endangers the company’s long term future – including its succession planning.

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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