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Performers ‘left out’ of Creative Industry Taskforce

Performing arts representatives in Victoria have expressed dismay that their sector has not been included in a recently-announced strategy to bolster the creative industries.

24 Apr 2015

Richard Watts

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The Andrews’ Government’s Creative Industries Taskforce – part of a strategy to increase the public value of the creative industries in Victoria, announced last week by the Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley – has been criticised for failing to include representatives of the state’s dance, circus and theatre sectors among its members.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts