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Merger fears fester in Adelaide

A mooted merger between the Adelaide Festival and the Festival Centre would fundamentally change the city's arts ecology.

28 Oct 2014

Richard Watts

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Image: The Experiment at Adelaide Festival of Arts 2015

Launching his 2015 program last week, Adelaide Festival of Arts Director David Sefton hinted the Festival’s independence is under attack, saying ‘This is your festival; embrace it, love it – don’t merge it’.

His comments were met with murmurs of support and applause.

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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