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Performers ‘left out’ of Creative Industry Taskforce

Performing arts representatives in Victoria have expressed dismay that their sector has not been included in a recently-announced strategy to bolster the creative industries.

24 Apr 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Image: Osamah Sami in the current MTC production I Call My Brothers. Photo by Jeff Busby.

The Andrews’ Government’s Creative Industries Taskforce – part of a strategy to increase the public value of the creative industries in Victoria, announced last week by the Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley – has been criticised for failing to include representatives of the state’s dance, circus and theatre sectors among its members.

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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