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Five year funding confirmed for new Musical Theatre Festival

The Tasmanian Government has announced a five year funding commitment through Events Tasmania to the Australian Musical Theatre Festival, to be held in Launceston in 2019.

23 Nov 2018 12:00

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Image via www.amtf.org.au

Tasmanians’ collective passion for musical theatre will be celebrated at a new festival to be held in Launceston in May 2019.

The inaugural Australian Musical Theatre Festival will run over four days, featuring workshops and masterclasses held in various venues across Launceston’s CBD. The festival’s performance hub will be the Princess Theatre.

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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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts