Northern Rivers companies focus on flood recovery

After devastating floods at the end of February, artists and arts organisations in the Northern Rivers are now focused on rebuilding and recovery.

16 Mar 2022 8:00

Richard Watts

Muddy brown water dominiates the phot, which shows a theatre half-sumerged by floods.

Performing Arts

NORPA in Lismore was inundated by floodwaters, March 2022. Image supplied.

‘People talk about resilience in theatre companies, and I must admit, I’m pretty tired of that word at the moment,’ said Julian Louis, Artistic Director of Northern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA).

NORPA’s home at Lismore City Hall was inundated by floodwaters in late February, during an extreme weather event that saw central Lismore submerged under more than 14 metres of water.

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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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts