Regional theatremakers the focus of inclusive new program

Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre will host a five month program to mentor and support regional theatremakers.
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Matt Scholten, BPACC Artistic Director. Image supplied.

Theatre-maker Matt Scholten has been the Artistic Director of Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre (BPACC) for less than two months, but has already launched an ambitious new program designed to support theatremakers living in north-east Victoria.

Scholten, who started at BPACC in early June, recently secured a $14,800 Australia Council to fund skills workshops for emerging theatre makers in the region, with the first workshop to be held this Friday.

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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