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Federal government allocates over $2 million to support 29 regional tours

Almost $2.5 million in funding has been allocated by the Federal Government to support tours to more than 250 locations around the country.

14 Jan 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

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HIT Production’s The Sapphires will tour to 12 Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales in 2020. Pictured: 2019 cast. Image supplied.

Twenty-nine tours across a range of artforms including music, theatre and dance have been supported by the latest round of Playing Australia, the Regional Performing Arts Touring program, and the Australia Council’s Contemporary Music Touring program.

Almost $2.5 million in funding has been allocated by the Federal Government across the two programs to support tours to more than 250 locations around the country.

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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