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Merger fears fester in Adelaide

A mooted merger between the Adelaide Festival and the Festival Centre would fundamentally change the city's arts ecology.

28 Oct 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Image: The Experiment at Adelaide Festival of Arts 2015

Launching his 2015 program last week, Adelaide Festival of Arts Director David Sefton hinted the Festival’s independence is under attack, saying ‘This is your festival; embrace it, love it – don’t merge it’.

His comments were met with murmurs of support and applause.

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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