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Stand Up! grants honour memory & promise of comedian Eurydice Dixon

The new grants program aims to support local women in comedy by covering the practical costs of mounting their shows at MICF. An initiative designed to facilitate safer travel has also been announced.

19 Mar 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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Comedians Carla Wills and Urvi Majumdar; image supplied.

Victoria’s Labor Government has announced a new initiative inspired by the talent and promise of Eurydice Dixon, the young Melbourne comedian who was murdered in June 2018 as she walked home after performing at Highlander Bar in the CBD.

A program designed to help vulnerable comedians get home late at night from the festival was also launched this week.

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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