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WAAPA’s future home to be a high-tech campus in Perth CBD

Perth's arts and business communities have welcomed the recent announcement that Edith Cowan University, including WAAPA, will relocate to a new home in the CBD.

29 Sep 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

ECU City Campus, artist’s impression, Public Square.

Central Perth is poised for an influx of staff and students from Edith Cowan University (ECU) when a high-tech new education precinct opens in 2025.

ECU’s Creative Industries, Business and Technology Campus will be home to over 9,000 staff and students, including the WA Screen Academy and 1,254 students from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

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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