The 2025 MERRIGONGX artists’ program, presented by Merrigong Theatre, showcases the breadth of local talent from the Illawarra region, NSW. The initiative supports a range of ambitions, from in-house creative developments to fully staged public presentations of new work, with fundamentals such as financial, technical, marketing and artistic resources.
Merrigong Theatre Company Artistic Development Manager, Leland Kean, says the program, now in its eighth year, is “sighted as best practice by many of our industry peers” and its impact “has changed not only the ecology for independent artists in the live performing arts in the Illawarra, but is felt now across the national performing arts landscape”.
