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Bendigo poised for cultural boom

A new 1000-seat theatre is expected to have significant flow-on effects for the regional Victorian city’s arts ecology.

31 Mar 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Artist’s impression of the completed theatre complex. Image by www.y2architecture.com.au

Built on the site of the former Sandhurst Gaol, Bendigo’s new Ulumbarra Theatre – a $26 million project developed with national, state and local government funding, as well as corporate and community fundraising – is expected to have significant benefits for the local arts ecology when it opens in mid-April.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former 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