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Cultural Ministers agree to new performing arts framework

Brisbane’s Circa have been invited to become a Major Performing Arts company as the MPA Framework itself is set to be replaced.

11 Oct 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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Humans by Circa, who have been invited to become a new MPA company. Photo credit Pedro Greig.

A new National Performing Arts Partnership (NPAP) Framework to support Australia’s performing arts sector was agreed upon at today’s annual Meeting of Cultural Ministers in Adelaide (Friday 11 October).

The new Framework will replace the existing Major Performing Arts (MPA) Framework, which currently supports the nation’s major orchestras, opera companies, ballet and theatre companies.

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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