Plugging Brisbane’s brain drain

What can be done to strengthen Brisbane’s vibrant independent theatre sector and prevent local talent from moving away?
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Brisbane is constantly described as being on the brink of making it big.

In ArtsHub’s recent Cultural Capitals series, Megan Starr-Thomas, Creative Director of The Brisbane Collective, described Brisbane as ‘a small country town at heart but [with] the attitude of a jealous little sister’. In the latest issue of ArtAsiaPacific, the bi-monthly magazine covering contemporary art and culture in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East, describes Brisbane as a city that seems ‘seems perennially on the cusp’.

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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