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Joining the big kids at AMPAG

How might a new member might be admitted to the ranks of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group?

24 Nov 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Jessica Pratt and Carlos E. Bárcenas in Victorian Opera’s 2016 production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Photo by Jeff Busby.

Among its 118 recommendations, the National Opera Review recently recommended Victorian Opera (VO) become a member of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group (AMPAG), the national body representing the nation’s 28 major performing arts 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