$5.5M allocated for performing arts touring

$5.5 million for 16 creative projects visiting 151 locations around Australia has been allocated in the latest Playing Australia round.

21 Jan 2022 14:22

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Minister Fletcher and Junkyard Beats at Monkey Baa’s ARA Darling Quarter Theatre on Wednesday. Image supplied.

The latest round of the Australia Council’s Playing Australia touring program has allocated $5.5 million to organisations around the country for tours across rural and regional Australia.

The funding allocation follows a one-off increase of $5 million to Playing Australia in April last year, made soon after the release of the National Performing Arts Touring Scan in March 2021.

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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