Breaking news: Critical Stages goes into liquidation

The Board of Critical Stages Touring has placed the company into liquidation, with the company ceasing to trade and staff no longer employed.

20 Oct 2023 17:05

Richard Watts

End of the road for Critical Stages Touring. Image shows an end of road sign.

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Is this the end of the road for Critical Stages? Photo: Shutterstock.

National touring body Critical Stages Touring announced late Friday that its Board had made ‘the difficult decision to place the company into liquidation’.

The news was announced on social media at 3pm AEST.

Critical Stages staff, including CEO Robbi James, Programming Producer Scarlet McGlynn, and Senior Producer Melanie Carolan, are no longer employed by the company.

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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