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National review to determine future of Playwriting Australia

Already operating on a skeleton staff, PWA’s Artistic Director Lachlan Philpott and General Manager Michelle Kotevski have been declared redundant as the organisation considers its role and its future.

25 Jun 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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The country’s peak body for the development of new plays, Playwriting Australia, will shortly embark on a national review to determine its future direction and focus. The company’s reserves are to be placed in trust until the review’s completion, after which they will allocated in a way that is commensurate with the review’s recommendations.

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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